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Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in North America.The ultra-prominent 14,107-foot (4,299.83 m) fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, 12 miles (19 km) west of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Louis Unser Jr. (March 16, 1896 – October 18, 1979) was an American racing driver. [1] He was the patriarch of the Unser family of American auto racers. He was renowned for his hill-climbing career, winning the Pikes Peak Hill Climb nine times between 1934 and 1953.
In 1972 he began a string of three straight wins in the famous Pikes Peak Marathon, he added a fourth victory in 1976. [6] [7] He has completed the race six times, the most recent as a 57-year-old. [8] He also won the Avenue of the Giants Marathon in 1974 [9] In 1980, he was runner up at the Chicago Marathon. [10]
His father and two uncles, Louis and Joe, were also drivers. Beginning in 1926 they competed in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, an annual road race held in Colorado. Joe Unser became the first member of the Unser family to lose his life to the sport, killed while test-driving an FWD Coleman Special on the Denver highway in 1929.
Vahsholtz is known for his results and records at Pikes Peak. He has appeared at every Pikes Peak International Hill Climb since 1992. He took part in 30 events and won his division on 24 occasions, and 1 King of the Mountain, making him the most successful driver in the history of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. He currently holds the ...
Zebulon Montgomery Pike (January 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813) was an American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. As a U.S. Army officer he led two expeditions through the Louisiana Purchase territory, first in 1805–1806 to reconnoiter the upper northern reaches of the Mississippi River, and then in 1806–1807 to explore the southwest to the fringes of ...
Wallace Jacob Dallenbach (December 12, 1936 – April 29, 2024) was an American racing driver and official. He competed primarily in United States Auto Club (USAC) sanctioned Championship cars, [1] [2] and was the winner of the 1973 California 500.