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
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]
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
[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]
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.
Its not like that lot is very big either... Colorado probably spent that money pushing to regulate our guns or something...
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.
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.
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: Get off my lawn!
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]