Video Automobile Sports Car Rally Car – Guiding voice of a record breaking Pikes Peak Hill Climb?
Video Automobile Sports Car Rally Car – Guiding voice of a record breaking Pikes Peak Hill Climb?
Rally racing is crazy, but the Pikes Peak Hill Climb is shear and utter madness. Drivers begin at 9,390 feet and traverse 12.42 miles of mountainside through 156 turns – power sliding inches from cliff sides along the way – to the 14,110 foot summit. Since 1916 the race has attracted professional and amateur racers from all walks of motorsports who wanted to compete simply because of the outrageous and unique experience the event offers.
One such example is Ryan Schnell of RS Motorsport In Motion based here in Denver. He was drafted as co-driver for driver Dave Carapetyan of Rally Ready Motorsports. The two will attempt to break the Open Class record of 11:21 – currently held by a factory Saab team – with their heavily modified Mitsubishi Evolution 8. For comparison, no car has ever completed the climb in under 10 minutes – another record that the Unlimited Class cars are after this year … Details
film of Ari Vatanen in PIKES SPEAK with a peugeot 405 t16