Pikes Peak Hill Climb next weekend.

[HybridSquirrel]

Who is excited? I'm going to try going Friday afternoon and camping out overnight along the road.

http://youtu.be/q6aOb0uSo1Y

 

[jlee]

....awesome.

If I had vacation time and weekends off I'd consider heading up there for that.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

I'm glad they rescheduled it I was out of town when they originally planned it.

 

[Zap]

Time for some new records, now that it is all paved.

 

[Anubis]

Time for some new records, now that it is all paved.

ok so im not crazy because i could have sworn a lot of it used to be dirt on the upper part of the road

sweet vid.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

ok so im not crazy because i could have sworn a lot of it used to be dirt on the upper part of the road

sweet vid.

It was all dirt at one point. They paved it now, makes it easier for flat landers to drive to the top.

 

[SketchMaster]

It was all dirt at one point. They paved it now, makes it easier for flat landers to drive to the top.

Where's the fun in that?

<-- Drove up it when it was almost completely dirt.

I may try and catch some sprints if I'm free that weekend, I've lived in CO going on 12 years and never seemed to bother with the race.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

they are going to be streaming it on the website I think.

 

[ballmode]

me jelly

 

[roguerower]

No speed triple in the 1205cc category

 

[Harrod]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zEUrEPPABbY

Crash from the event.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zEUrEPPABbY

Crash from the event.

D:

 

[Anubis]

that will buff right out...

no no it wont, hope they are alright that looked brutal

 

[manimal]

oh crap that sucked for those guys. Lucky to be alive those blokes. In the ol days they woulda been goners.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

here's the model from the OP:
http://www.palatov.com/cars/d4.html

microscopic! the motor sits next to the driver. iirc, i saw 1 with a v8 made from 2 hayabusas, which must be simply bananas

 

[Imported]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EpQtPhRDDs4 Had any spectators been more to the right.. this crash would have been awful.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

D:

yeah it was pretty freaky, my friend works for the fire department and ran down to see if they were ok, but someone from the crash rescue team beat him there.

I think the co-pilot dislocated his arm, and the driver was more or less ok.

edit: one of the drivers nearly went off the road driving back down at the end because it started raining/snowing a little and they had those slick racing tires. after about 5pm they stopped going to the top and only went half way up...so we hiked back down.

edit2: and Monster had a cock pit fire 1/2 mile intot he race, so that was a HUGE let down.

 

[thegimp03]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EpQtPhRDDs4 Had any spectators been more to the right.. this crash would have been awful.

1,400 HP car on that road. Daaaaang!

 

[HybridSquirrel]

1,400 HP car on that road. Daaaaang!

1,400 at the base, more like 900 at the top

 

[HybridSquirrel]

This was my favorite car to come up all day....next to the motorcycles with sidecars

 

[JCH13]

Update on the crash: both drivers released shortly after, no broken bones!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/48657803#48657803

 

[HybridSquirrel]

Update on the crash: both drivers released shortly after, no broken bones!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/48657803#48657803

yeah...they were ok. Not like last year though, the guy who crashed his firebird walked back up the mountain with rescue workers. he didn't tumble nearly as far though.

They were talking about having a 2day event next year.

 

[JCH13]

yeah...they were ok. Not like last year though, the guy who crashed his firebird walked back up the mountain with rescue workers. he didn't tumble nearly as far though.

They were talking about having a 2day event next year.

The really scary part is that there are many worse places to run off, with much further to fall! D:

 

[brainhulk]

Damn, that evo crash was crazy. Even more insane is how those people spectate along the turns.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

Damn, that evo crash was crazy. Even more insane is how those people spectate along the turns.

This turn is retared, people stand literally where the dirt meets the pavement when cars come flying around it