Pikes Peak 2014

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    The full running order list is here.
     
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    There is a MINI...

    John Edwards-Parton in Time Attack 1 with car number 199 from Woore Shropshire, UK driving a 2003 Mini Cooper S
     
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    WOW.....!

    Fantastic run and what a view.

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkquxccgN9s]Greg Tracy - Qualification Run at Pikes Peak in the Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution III - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    I didn't know the Mitsus were electric until I saw that video.
     
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    Here's another surprise. I just clicked to the supposedly pay-per-view live feed and it's working...and I haven't paid. Maybe it's just a teaser and will cut off after a timed limit but here's the link, just in case.

    92nd Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
     
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    Timed out. I knew it.

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    Pikes Peak Hill Climb rider dies from injuries after crash (UPDATED) (nbcsports.com)
     
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    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IQjMQGTl0E"]Mike Ryan EXCLUSIVE - The CRASH at Pikes Peak - In Mike's Own Words and Unseen Footage - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    HOLY CRAP! Glad he is ok.
     
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    Dumas claims overall honors at Pikes Peak (racer.com)
     
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    Sounds like its time to pave the gravel parking lot past the finish line.
     
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    You would have thought they would have done that when they finished the road...
     
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    It's just stupid that they didn't. It's like not paving the rest of the track at a drag strip after a 1/4 mile. Could you imagine running 300 Mph and stopping on gravel....nope. NHRA would not allow it.
     
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    Its not like that lot is very big either...

    Colorado probably spent that money pushing to regulate our guns or something...
     
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    Just use a day of Pot profits. :ihih:
     
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    It saddens me that the Pikes Peak road has been paved. Glad I got to spectate that race twice while it was a gravel road.
     
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    Yep, the pavement killed part of the fun factor!
    It was once a race where it could be 70 degrees at the base of the mountain, and only mid 30's at the top, then transitioning from pavement to gravel on top of that...
    It used to take one ballzy driver who knew what they where doing just to reach the summit... Now its point and go, with cars that dont care about altitude or weather, they can run on soft road race slicks and make it just fine without the worry of dirt.

    Running the dirt tires on the pavement was every bit as challenging as just running the dirt half. Now you have records being broken multiple times each year, just because a lot of the variables went away when the asphalt got poured. :(
     
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    I still am a fan of the race, but as you say is sure lost something when they paved the whole thing. For me it seemed to require a very special talent that the new course does not. Yes the racers today are still talented, but it ain't the same. Back in my day..... :sleep:

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    He finished 101st with a time of 13:10.620.

    Full results list here.
     
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    Here's some onboard video from the E30 that finished 26th (time of 10:44.650).

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKyYcWamJCk"]2014 Pikes Peak Int. Hill Climb Tim Hardy #326 1987 BMW E30 Full Run - YouTube[/ame]
     

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