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What is The Broadmoor Pikes Peak Int’l Hill Climb?
The Broadmoor PPIHC takes place on a 12.42 mile (19.99 km) public toll road boasting 156 turns, while competitors climb 4,720 ft. (1,440 m.) from the 9,390 ft. (2,862 m.) Start Line at Mile 7 marker on the Pikes Peak Highway to the 14,115 ft. (4,300 m) Finish Line at the mountain’s summit
Jeff Zwart – Full Run Onboard and Summit Interview. Check out #11 Jeff Zwart’s run in a 2019 Porsche 935 at the 98th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
Dan Novembre – Full Run Onboard and Summit Interview
Drivers who set November 2019 record have bested their own achievement with average speed of 112 mph
There’s a new record in Cannonball land: Drivers Arne Toman and Doug Tabbutt announced today that they completed the cross-country drive from New York City to Los Angeles in 25 hours, 39 minutes, narrowly beating a claimed “sub-26-hour” record publicized in May and besting their own record of 27 hours, 25 minutes that was announced in November 2019.
Toman and Tabbutt’s November attempt kicked off a spate of copycat record-chasers, many of whom took advantage of … More
The New York to Los Angeles Cannonball Record that Ed Bolian, Dave Black, and Dan Huang set in 2013 has just been broken by Arne Toman, Doug Tabbutt, and Berkeley Chadwick. Here’s the amazing story of the fastest cross country drive of all time. (Dec 3, 2019)
* There’s ANOTHER New Cannonball Record * (May 14, 2020)