Pikes Peak isn't what it was before getting all paved and guardrails and Loeb setting a record no one is going to touch for a long time. Done it twice as a codriver. Mt Washington, Climb to the Clouds, that is where the brave hillclimb now.
Michèle Mouton @ Pikes Peak to Bobby Unser- "If you have the balls you can try to race me back down as well."
I still remember my first drive up the Peak back in the early 1970's and constantly moving around to shift the weight when the drop-off got to close . It may have changed but it is still a great event in my opinion.
Maybe so, but Pikes Peak can still be dangerous. Motorcycle racer Bobby Goodin killed in crash at Pikes Peak Climb finish | FOX Sports on MSN
Wow. Didn't realized it was completely paved at this point. Audi should run an R18 up Pikes Peak just for fun.
Yeah, heard about that. Chatting w/ the bikers at Pikes Peak a year I did it I told one that they were crazy racing up w/o a cage. His response was if he was about to go over edge he could jump off whereas us drivers were strapped in. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on3RxOpGNYA]Jeremy Foley Crash: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2012 - YouTube[/ame] Mt Washington is much more technical; a road two grocery carts wide, w/ blind crests, jumps and bumps, off camber, multiple surface changes, no guardrails whereas Pikes Peak is wide, flat, single surface w/ guardrails. Posting this video because it shows the suspension movement because video doesn't do the crests, bumps and camber any justice. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yGamGjGPw]Audi Super Chicken, Mt. Washington Hillclimb 2014 - YouTube[/ame] Besides, Carroll Shelby held the record back in 1956 driving a Ferrari. How cool is that?
