Pikes Peak

  • 2014 Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution III

    Mitsubishi will tackle the Pikes Peak Hill Climb for the third time in a row using an electric race car packing similar technology to that found in its i-MiEV zero-emission minicar. The Japanese automaker will be bringing two third-generation electric racers, known as the MiEV Evolution III, and has recruited the same driver pairing as last year: Hiroshi Masuoka and Greg Tracy. MUST SEE: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks At Lamborghini Aventador: Video Masuoka came second in the Electric Modified Division last year, after having been defeated by Pikes Peak legend Nobuhiro...

  • Mike Ryan drives the Banks Super Turbo race truck up Pikes Peak
    Gymkhana Drift Truck Kills Pikes Peak, The Planet, With Awesomeness: Video

    Killing the planet has never looked this awesome, except for every time a raced-out big rig does its physics-defying thing. Here, the big rig is a Banks Super Turbo race truck, and it's being piloted up Pikes Peak by Mike Ryan. ALSO SEE: Sébastien Loeb Obliterates Pikes Peak Record: Video...

  • Ken Gushi drives the Lexus IS F CCS-R at the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
    Lexus IS F CCS-R Highlights From Pikes Peak: Video

    Drifter and racer Ken Gushi has impressive skills behind the wheel, and this wasn't his first time up Pikes Peak in a Lexus IS F, so as you'd expect, the 2013 effort with the IS F CCS-R was a serious affair. The video shows the highlights from the team's week on the mountain, from car prep to...

  • Jeff Zwart and his Porsche 911 at Pikes Peak, 2013
    Pikes Peak Purity: Jeff Zwart And His Porsche 911

    There's been a lot of hype around Sebastien Loeb's record run, but here we have something that needs no hype, no music, no adornment. It's just pure, beautifully shot footage of Jeff Zwart's 2013 Pikes Peak hill climb run in his Porsche 911. That 911 is no run-of-the-mill road car, either. It's a...

  • Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak race car
    Pikes Peak Record-Smashing Peugeot 208 T16 Headed To Goodwood: Video

    Fresh from its dominating run at the recent Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, where it ran a time of just 8:13.878, totally obliterating the previous record of 9:46.181, Peugeot’s highly-modified 208 T16 rally car is now on its way to the grounds of Goodwood House in the U.K. for the...

  • Rhys Millen Racing / Hyundai Motorsports PM580-T Pikes Peak race car
    Rhys Millen, Again Overshadowed, Set Second Fastest Time Ever At Pikes Peak This Year

    Last year, it was Jeremy Foley's massive off at the Devil's Playground that overshadowed Rhys Millen's run up Pikes Peak, even though he set a new sub-10-minute record in what was nothing more than a lightly modified drift car. This year, it was Sébastien Loeb's stunning 8:13.878 run that...

  • Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak race car

    Sébastien Loeb, driving a highly-modified Peugeot 208 rally car in yesterday’s 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, completely obliterated the standing record, set last year by Rhys Millen. This was only the Frenchman’s first time at Pikes Peak but with the entire course now being a paved track, numerous records were expected to fall. It was also Peugeot’s first time on Pikes Peak since the automaker’s back-to-back titles in 1988 and 1989, achieved by Ari Vatanen and Robby Unser, respectively. Loeb took his 875-horsepower Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak through...

  • Jeff Zwart Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
    Jeff Zwart Running Pikes Peak In 2013 With Tuborcharged 911 GT3 Cup Car

    Jeff Zwart is a man who knows his way around the Pikes Peak Hillclimb. Zwart has won the event seven times, and he holds the street car record for making the run up the mountain. He has made the trip in both a Porsche 911 GT2 and a 911 GT3. Now, for the 2013 run taking place this weekend, he's...

  • Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak race car
    Sébastien Loeb's First Tests At Pikes Peak: Video

    The king of rally is about to take on the biggest hill climb in the world. We expect records to tumble, re-set at levels that will stand for years. What else should you expect, after all, when the eight-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb brings an 850-horsepower Peugeot to Pikes Peak?...

  • 2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport at Pikes Peak
    Range Rover Sport Sets Pikes Peak Record For A Production SUV

    Land Rover is well-known for making some of the world's most capable, go-anywhere luxury SUVs. And here’s proof. The automaker’s latest 2014 Range Rover Sport has just set the production SUV record for a Pikes Peak ascent, managing to complete the 12.42-mile climb in a time of 12:35.61...

  • 2012 Lexus IS F CCS-R race car
    Lexus Offers Fans A Chance To Get In On Pikes Peak Action

    Always wanted your name on the side of a racecar? Now you have that chance... sort of. Lexus is offering a unique way for fans to get involved with its Pikes Peak program this year, and it involves its Lexus IS F CCS-R racer and social media. The automaker has partnered up with the Tony Hawk...

  • Hyundai PM580-T sketch
    Hyundai Previews Pikes Peak Race Car, Preps For Record Defense: Video

    Last year Rhys Millen drove his Hyundai Genesis Coupe drift car, lightly modified for Pikes Peak use to the fastest time up the mountain, ever. This year, the Millen-Hyundai pairing is aiming to repeat the overall win, and defend his overall fastest time to the clouds. This year's car won't be a...

  • Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak race car

    The path to the summit is almost completely paved these days, but that doesn't make the race up Pikes Peak any less thrilling or terrifying. In fact, it raises the speeds and increases the potential for danger. That makes it all the more important to have a well-sorted car for the time trial to the sky. Peugeot appears to be well on its path to a sorted and safe race car in the 208 T16, shown in these photos in a "dress rehearsal" test ahead of the race next month. Rather than testing at Pikes Peak itself, which is somewhat remote from Peugeot's home in France, the test was performed along a...

  • 2013 Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution II electric race car
    Mitsubishi Returning To Pikes Peak With Two MiEV Electric Racers

    Mitsubishi is returning to Colorado’s famous ‘Race To The Clouds’ with a pair of electric race cars utilizing technology from the automaker’s road-going i-MiEV hatch. Mitsubishi entered the Pikes Peak competition for the first time last year with its original i-MiEV...

  • 2013 Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak
    Sébastien Loeb Tests Peugeot’s New 208 T16 Pikes Peak: Video

    Sébastien Loeb, possibly the most competent driver in any field of motorsport (we’re yet to see him in an F1 car, though), goes for his first test drive of Peugeot’s 875-horsepower 208 T16 Pikes Peak monster. Loeb, of course, is used to handling such beasts, having won a record...

  • 2013 Toyota EV P002 electric race car
    Toyota To Defend Pikes Peak Electric Title With Upgraded EV P002

    After breaking the Pikes Peak record for an electric car in 2012, and coming a respectable sixth overall, Toyota is set to return to the famous ‘Race To The Clouds’ this year with an improved version of its EV P002 electric racer. Toyota has also secured a new driver for its 2013...

  • Monster Sport Super 86 Pikes Peak race car
    Meet Monster Tajima’s Toyota GT 86 Pikes Peak Racer: Video

    Pikes Peak legend Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima has put away his Monster Sport E-RUNNER electric car from last year, and is hopping back behind the wheel of a gas-swilling custom racer to tackle this year’s running of the annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado. The Japanese master...

  • HPD Acura NSX
    Honda To Enter 10 Vehicles In Pikes Peak, Including Original NSX

    With each passing year, more and more OEMs are showing up at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb with the intention of taking home some trophies. The latest is Honda, which plans to campaign an unprecedented 10 vehicles across nine different classes in this year’s event, scheduled for late June. Honda...

  • 2013 Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak

    French automaker Peugeot has released full specifications for its 208-based race car that multiple World Rally winner Sébastien Loeb will campaign in this year’s Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Loeb will be competing in the Unlimited class and is seeking an outright win on the mountain, and perhaps a new record in the process. At the same time, the Frenchman will be hoping to relive the glory of Peugeot’s 405 T16, which won back-to-back Pikes Peak climbs in 1988 and 1989 at the hands of Ari Vatanen and Robby Unser, respectively. Fortunately for him, Peugeot has pulled no punches in...

  • Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak race car
    Sébastien Loeb's Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak Car: Video & Gallery

    It's been known for a few weeks now that World Rally Championship-dominating (and now proven road racer) Sébastien Loeb will be campaigning a Peugeot at Pikes Peak. Today, we have a full gallery and video of the car. It's ferocious. The Peugeot 208 T16 Loeb will be piloting is styled to look...

  • 2013 Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak rally car
    Peugeot Returning To Pikes Peak In 2013 With Nine-Time WRC Champ Sébastien Loeb

    Peugeot is set to make a return to Pikes Peak this year, with nine-time WRC champion Sébastien Loeb set to represent the French automaker in the grueling hill climb. Peugeot, of course, is no stranger to Pikes Peak, having previously been triumphant in the event with its 205 T16 and 405 T16...

  • Jeremy Foley of Evolution Dynamics, PPIHC 2012 Qualifying. Image via Evo Dynamics/Brandon LaJoie.
    Pikes Peak Racer Jeremy Foley Gains Pirelli Tire Sponsorship

    If you don't remember Jeremy Foley's massive off at the Devil's Playground from last year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, you probably haven't touched a computer in the past 7 months. Fortunately, both Foley and co-driver Yuri Kouzenetsov were unharmed in the massive barrel-rolling...

  • Monster Tajima in the Sport E-RUNNER electric Pikes Peak car.
    Rod Millen To Take On Monster Tajima In Pikes Peak Electric Class

    In 2012, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb legend and record-holder Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima announced he’d be switching from the gasoline-powered Unlimited class to take on a new challenge: attempting to set a new record in the race’s Electric class. Though Tajima was...

  • Rhys Millen's Pikes Peak Hyundai Genesis.
    Paul Dallenbach To Drive For Rhys Millen Racing At Pikes Peak

    Now that the relationship between Rhys Millen Racing (RMR) and Hyundai is back on track, RMR can get back to the business at hand: building a competitive Unlimited Class racer to set a new record at this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. When Hyundai announced that it would again...

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