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Racing in the Pikes Peak Region included 19th century horse tracks (e.g., to the west of Colorado Springs' Palmer House along Fountain Creek by 1882 [4] and to the north by 1903, the "Roswell Racing Park"), [5] and the annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb started in 1916 on the 1915 Pikes Peak Highway.
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 ...
International Speedway Corporation (ISC) was a corporation whose primary business was the ownership and management of motorsports race tracks.ISC was founded by NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. in 1953 for the construction of Daytona International Speedway and in 1999 it merged with Penske Motorsports to become one of the largest motorsports companies in North America.
Two new venues, Texas Motor Speedway and Pikes Peak International Raceway, was followed by IRL's first incursion in a NASCAR foothold, the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Texas and Charlotte held the first night races in Indy-car history, and became the first 1.5 mile banked oval racetracks in an Indy-car schedule since Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1983 .
The 1997 Samsonite 200 (also referred to as the Colorado 200 on ABC's TV coverage) was the seventh round of the 1996–1997 Indy Racing League. The race was held on June 29, 1997, at the 1.000 mi (1.609 km) Pikes Peak International Raceway in Fountain, Colorado.
He started the race in 31st and fell to 40th after an early engine issue. Vahsholtz then moved to his own #90 Ford for the race at Pikes Peak. He finished in 18th position despite being four laps down. Vahsholtz had another top-20 finish in his first 2004 outing, which came at Nashville. In that race, he finished in the 19th position.
1998 Pikes Peak; Race details; 8th round of the 1998 Indy Racing League season: Date: August 16, 1998: Official name: Samsonite 200: Location: Pikes Peak International Raceway: Course: Permanent racing facility 1.000 mi / 1.609 km: Distance: 200 laps 200.000 mi / 321.869 km: Pole position; Driver: Billy Boat (A. J. Foyt Enterprises) Time: 20. ...
Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb: 12.42 mi (19.99 km) Pikes Peak Highway: Pikes Peak, Colorado: Hill Orville Nance A: Ted Foltz: 9 July 26 Indy 150 150 mi (240 km) Indianapolis Raceway Park: Clermont, Indiana: Road Mario Andretti: Al Unser: 10 August 22 Tony Bettenhausen 100 100 mi (160 km) Illinois State Fairgrounds: Springfield, Illinois: Dirt ...