Simon Pagenaud takes the Pikes Peak Honda Odyssey on an adventure.
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The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2013 was held June 24-30 at Pikes Peak Mountain in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The 91st annual “Race to the Clouds” is the second oldest motorsports race in America.
An international field of 146 competitors, 63 automobiles and 83 motorcycles challenged the 12.42 mile, fully-paved course with 156 turns that begins at 9,390 feet and ends at the 14,110-foot summit of Pikes Peak, where the air is rare. As the drivers climb toward the summit, the thin air slows reflexes, saps muscle strength and robs engines of roughly 30% of their power.
The Pikes Peak Hill Climb was launched in 1916 … Pictures and more
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Professional Driver + Closed Course + Fiesta ST Race Car
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The last person still working at Peugeot Sport who formed part of the 1987-’89 Pikes Peak campaigns actually retired only a few months ago, but for the French marque it was still a case of history repeating itself. Just like Ari Vatanen 25 years ago, Sebastien Loeb pulverized the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb course record. And one of the people to watch him do it was Robby Unser, the last person to win Pikes Peak in a Peugeot in 1989.
“It seems incredible that so much time has passed,” said Unser, “Because … More
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