Pikes Peak Hill Climb

[10mm-man]

My red/white/blue RX-8 is running in it with Bill Caswell driving. I may be able to upload some video from practice later.

Sweet man! Good luck!

[hcr25]

I am racing it this year, it Will be my first time. Now that it is fully paved they are allowing true sportbikes to race. That being said they put us in a class that has mainly 4 wheel vehicles and charged us double the entry fee for the other bike classes.
We had qualifying yesterday and I got third 3rd with a 4:55.
I am 38 seconds off the fastest bike which seems like a lot but being it's my first year and the Ducati guys have years of experience, I am really happy. Greg Tracy told me this was his 16 year! I am racing a gsxr 600..
Tomorrow should be fun!

[Big Wall]

Good luck to everyone racing!

[hammer03]

Any guesses on the overall winner's time?

Think they'll break 9 minutes now that it's all paved?


Can't wait to drive up there myself... How is the pavement all the way up?

[hcr25]

I'm not sure about breaking 9 minutes, I have not paid that much attention to the car times. The road is very good overall and actually better then some tracks I have raced on.

[jerrymrc]

I'm not sure about breaking 9 minutes, I have not paid that much attention to the car times. The road is very good overall and actually better then some tracks I have raced on.

The road is very good. Last week they were running the street sweepers to take care of the marbles that were in a few places. I still miss the dirt. Even though I do know the road pretty well there are still a couple of places that I get mixed up at.

I think if I were to run the pavement single I would want a recording going on in a set of phones akin to a rally co-pilot. There are a few blind places that one can make great time on.

I crewed on a 14 time champ bike 1999-2005.

[DangerLee_Industries]

Good luck on your race... I haven't been in a few years to watch but its a blast.

[funkymonkey1111]

I assume most Pike's Peak Hill Climb fans have seen this, but for those that haven't, this video is amazing

[bogie]

I assume most Pike's Peak Hill Climb fans have seen this, but for those that haven't, this video is amazing

Very cool video and amazing skills. I've seen a lot of wannabes "riding" their Subaru race cars up the canyon from Boulder to Nederland that pretend to drive like this.

For all of you that are going to this have fun and wish i could go

[dwalker460]

Almost go time, pics from practice...