V-Force
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I like Hondas.
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Mar 16, 2011 22:01:11 GMT
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 From Wikipedia:
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, a distance of 19.99 km (12.42 miles) over 156 turns, climbing 1,439 meters (4,721 ft) from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway at 2,862 meters (9,390 ft) on grades averaging 7% over both gravel and paved sections. The first running of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb was promoted by Spencer Penrose. Penrose had finished widening the narrow carriage road into a much wider "Pikes Peak Highway." He decided to encourage tourists to visit by creating a race to the clouds.
The oldest current class is the Open Wheel division which has been run since 1916 and has been won by such names as Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, and Robby Unser (the current class record holder, achieving 10:05.85 min in 1994). The overall record is held by Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima from Japan who clocked a time of 10:01.408 on July 21, 2007 driving the 1000 hp mid-engined Suzuki XL7 Hill Climb Special, breaking the previous record (set in 1994 by Rod Millen) by less than three seconds. The winning time in 1916 was 20:55.40, set by Rea Lentz.
In 1989, an award-winning short film about the 1988 event was released by French director Jean-Louis Mourey. The film, titled Climb Dance, captured the efforts of Finnish former World Rally Champion Ari Vatanen, as he won the event in a record-breaking time with his turbocharged Peugeot 405 T16.       And everyone's favourite:  This would be my desktop if it was in a decent resolution:   And the less well known Cultus:  |
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1999 Impreza WRX typeR STI Version 5 Limited
1999 Civic VTi-S Aerodeck
2005 Bora TDI daily
Several other 90s Hondas (shhh they're sleeping)
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Mar 16, 2011 22:31:56 GMT
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Man, I love the pike's peak huge aero package cars. Brillient
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crazymonkey
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ummm....what was I doing again???
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Mar 16, 2011 22:45:47 GMT
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Ok you've posted one of my all time favourite dream cars in this thread. The Pikes peak toyota tacoma. I even have the Hot wheels version ;D I don't think anyone could ever forget the escudo though  |
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whoever said dogs were man's best friend....obviously never heard of cable ties
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stealthstylz
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Mar 16, 2011 22:52:33 GMT
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I think a lot of them use stupidly large amounts of nitrous alongside turbos to make up for the drop in atmospheric pressure at high altitude.
Matt
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Mar 16, 2011 22:56:07 GMT
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Mar 16, 2011 23:54:10 GMT
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I found these two while searching for something else, they're not what I'd pick for driving up a mountain!   |
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skinnylew
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burns
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I was surprised to find out a while ago there is a class for Trucks at pikes peak. Mmm, smokey  |
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Last Edit: Mar 17, 2011 9:12:35 GMT by burns
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cianha
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aka VDubbin
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Mar 17, 2011 16:36:50 GMT
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Mar 17, 2011 17:15:51 GMT
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I know the 205 has it's own dedicated thread but this belongs here.  And it's 405 sibling :  |
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Seth
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MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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Mar 17, 2011 21:11:28 GMT
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Ok you've posted one of my all time favourite dream cars in this thread. The Pikes peak toyota tacoma. I even have the Hot wheels version ;D This one? This was my favourite photo the first time I went to Goodwood (in 07), the first time using a DSLR.  |
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Ax GTi Turbo
