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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 ...
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 International Hill Climb, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado is the world's premier Hill Climb Race. This event has been entered by many internationally renowned drivers, Indy 500 champions, and multiple world rally champions. The 12.4-mile (20.0 km) course finishes at a height of 14,100 feet (4,300 m) after navigating 156 turns.
This time, the road up the mountain is completely paved, but in the dirt, Millen's quickest run in the Tacoma was 10:07.70 in 1998. ... The race up Pikes Peak is a 12.42-mile time trial event ...
Al Rogers [1] (March 1, 1909 – December 5, 1984) was an American race car driver from Pekin, Illinois. He won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb [2] four times between 1947 and 1954, when he was part of the AAA Championship Car. Rogers has a total of five victories, the first being obtained before World War II, in 1940. [3]
The Pikes Peak Highway is a 19-mile (31 km) toll road that runs from Cascade, Colorado to the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, at an altitude of 14,115 feet (4,302 m). [1] It is at least partially open year-round, up to the altitude where snow removal becomes excessively difficult.
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. It had four wheel steering, [2] a feature never before seen on a rally or hillclimb car.
The Pikes Peak Marathon, a trail race held since 1956, is a round trip between the trailhead and the Pikes Peak. The Barr Trail Mountain Race is a 13 miles (21 km) round trip between the trailhead and Barr Camp. Another route, rated as Class 2, begins at Crags Campground, approaching the summit from the west. [26]