Competing in the 87th running of the historic Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado; Rhys Millen drove his RMR Hyundai Genesis Coupe equipped with Toyo Proxes R1R extreme performance tires to a Time Attack 2WD division win.\u00c2\u00a0 Millen also set a new world record of 12:09:397 on the 156-turn mountain course, beating his own personal best by 22 seconds, and finished one minute and 23 seconds ahead of the next fastest car in his division.\u00c2\u00a0 Notorious for extreme changes in weather, the race course begins at a 9,390-foot elevation, and then climbs to the summit at 14,110-feet.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I chose to run on the Toyo Proxes R1R on race day knowing that its high grip level would get us to the 10 mile mark in record time,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Millen.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153During the 12.5 mile run I experienced slippery pavement with rain and hail at the start line, 95-degree weather in the middle and an abrasive upper two miles of crushed granite. A large contributor to the huge time reduction of this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s record breaking run was due to the tires.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n