Pikes Peak hill climb overall winner 2014
 

And here I thought the race was dead after they paved it...I was wrong.

Check it out.

Intense! :thumbsup:

Anyone know the televised schedule? Or did I miss it again... For the 5th consecutive year?

Doesn't surprise me that he did it in a Norma!

http://www.lecont.com/files/.thumbs/...z_norma_03.jpg

That's a lot of rear wing!

Those modifiers and prototypes have a bunch of aero. Huge wing(s), canards, splitters, diffusers, side canards... He'll, even the roof line design On some of them is factored to not only smooth out the line for the rear wing it also provides downforce.

I'm sure some guys in Florida were saying the same thing about Daytona in 1959. Paving hasn't killed it, only changed the nature of it. The race is more popular now than ever and race entries are limited and must go through a selection process. There are discussion of it expanding into a multi-day qualifying event before the race if entries continue to rise.

Speeds have increased as a result of the pavement and viewing is now limited to designated areas. A new challenge to the run is slowing these things down on the limited amount of asphalt after the finish line before it transitions to the dirt parking lot. Bobby Goodin was killed this year when he lost control of his motorcycle while trying to slow in the dirt after his run.

I did notice the spectators were only at a few places like the picnic area, the cove and the playground. I haven't been up there for a long time since I lived in the springs. We always went up the night before and partied hard at the playground.

It looks like they added guard rails in places?

I heard they ran the cars with a different format, like letting the fastest cars run first regardless of class?

I was sorry to hear about the fatality.

Another Impressive display of nads of steel and pretty sick to watch but to put it in context it's no where near Loeb.


"Dumas, who now lives in Geneva, Switzerland, averaged 79.150 miles per hour in his 2013 Norma M20 RD Limited to win the Unlimited Division and overall race title. His time was well off Loeb’s race record of 8:13.878 from last year, but Dumas was thrilled to add his name to the race’s prestigious list of champions."

Still a great race, but I liked it better when it was all dirt

Here's another good vid

What about the Gas Monkey entry? Wasn't there more than one? Do they count?