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On the Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Occan Highway [7] west of the city was the end of the 1951 Colorado sports car rally (terminus at the Crystola Inn), [8] a 1953 dirt dragstrip "some four miles east of Colorado Springs" was used for "the first statewide drag race", [9] and a stock car track was along Powers Road in the early 1960s.
The Pikes Peak Hill Climb Museum (PPHCM) is an American non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and serves to promote and develop educational awareness of advancements in motorsports technology and automotive engineering while maintaining and preserving the history of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC).
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in the U.S. state of Colorado. The track measures 12.42 miles (19.99 km) and has over 156 turns, climbing 4,720 ft (1,440 m) from the start at mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at 14,115 ...
Pikes Peak is one of Colorado's 54 fourteeners, mountains more than 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m) above sea level. The massif rises over 8,000 ft (2,400 m) above downtown Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak is a designated National Historic Landmark. It is composed of a characteristic pink granite called Pikes Peak granite.
Film from a 1964 Glidden Tour Archived 2017-01-29 at the Wayback Machine Alexander Film Co. Archive has a series of videos featuring the 1964 Glidden Tour "Pikes Peak or Bust" New York Public Library. Item related to Glidden Tour; Library of Congress. Items related to Glidden Tour Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
George Bruff Hammond [1] (October 21, 1903 – February 18, 1981) [2] was an American race car driver [3] from Colorado Springs, Colorado.He won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb [4] in 1952, [5] when he was part of the AAA Championship Car.
Driven by Ari Vatanen, the four wheel drive car won the Paris Dakar rally in 1989 and 1990. It won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 1988 setting a record-breaking time of 10 minutes and 47 seconds in the hands of Vatanen. [1] Footage from Vatanen's run was used to create the short film Climb Dance.
Race stopped due to flipped car. Final standings reverted to 51 laps because of red flag and work done on cars. Half points awarded. ^C No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first. No lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, however, a lap was awarded to the drivers ...