2009 Pikes Peak Hillclimb: Results from todays run + Dozens of pics.
Yes, i edited the old thread.
Monster Tajima failed to break the 9 minute barrier with a 10:15.368
Obviously, this was good enough to win the unlimited class.
King of the Mountain.
Marcus Gronholm with his WRC codriver Timo Alanne managed a 11:28.963.
He was in the 5 door Fiesta and this is a great result for his first visit up the mountain.
Pre race practice.
In the Pikes Peak Open Wheel Division, class honors went to #98, Paul Dallenbach. His time was with his Chevy powered 850hp, 1750lb buggy.
This is one of my favorite classes at Pikes Peak because these vehicles are RWD and are the latest evolution of the original Pikes Peak Hill Climb racers.
The most impressive drive of the weekend came from Rhys Millen. As I respect him more for his rally background than his drifting background, I'm not surprised his RMR Hyundai Genesis set a new class record this weekend with a time of 12:09.397
Pikes Peak Open winner: David Carapetyan / Adam Kneipp in a 2003 Mitsubishi Evo. Time was 11:52.837.
The 3 door Fiesta was driven by Andreas Eriksson
He had an off earlier in practice.
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