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Ford Performance is heading to Colorado at the weekend for the Race to the Clouds, and will be trying to beat last year’s record time set by its electric SuperVan. This time driver Romain Dumas will be behind the wheel of a souped-up F150 Lightning Sup… Continue reading Monstrous 1,400-hp Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck takes on Pikes Peak
About a year ago, Ford revived the Supervan for the electric era with an absolutely audacious 2,000-hp quad-motor bullet van built to deliver all world records, no packages. It described the vaguely E-Transit Custom-related Supervan 4 as a rolling labo… Continue reading Ford’s 1,400-hp electric SuperVan 4.2 will basically fly up Pikes Peak
After claiming victory in the Unlimited Class last year in a 900-horsepower turbocharged Toyota 86 sportscar, Daijiro Yoshihara is swapping petroleum for electrons in a bid for back-to-back triumphs at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Again wor… Continue reading Pikes Peak 2020 Unlimited winner returns in modified Tesla Model 3
In the wake of a fatal accident at this year’s Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, the PPIHC Board of Directors has decided to cancel motorcycle racing for the 2020 event, pending a review of whether it should return in the future…
Continu… Continue reading No motorcycles at Pikes Peak for 2020: The party might be over
Buried a little in yesterday’s timesheets from Pikes Peak was an eyebrow-raising record set for the fastest ever production car time up the mountain, which was set by Kiwi Rhys Millen driving Bentley’s luxury Continental GT…
Continue Readi… Continue reading The fastest production car ever up Pikes Peak is … the Bentley Continental GT?
This year’s overall Pikes Peak win was taken by a group of friends who found themselves short of a team when Faraday Future pulled out of competition last year. With no factory backing, they bought themselves a car, tuned it up and took an 11… Continue reading Group of friends working out of a home garage wins the 97th Pikes Peak International
A dream campaign for Ducati’s new V4 streetfighter prototype came to a tragic end as pole-sitter Carlin Dunne ran off the road to his death, just 20 yards from winning his 4th Pike’s Peak Hill Climb. Aprilia’s Rennie Scaysbrook takes the win, and a new record motorcycle time for the course.
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Continue Reading Tragedy for Ducati as the 97th Pike’s Peak Hill Climb comes to a close
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Continue reading Tragedy for Ducati as the 97th Pike's Peak Hill Climb comes to a close
First things first: the tease on this video, that an electric supercar can be charged from a massive lemon battery array, is exactly that – a tease. Despite that, it makes for an interesting story and a great attempt to get kids exposed to science and engineering.
The story goes that [Mark] was approached by Volkswagen to help charge the batteries on their entry for the upcoming Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, the annual “Race to the Clouds” in Colorado. Racers are tortured by a 4,700′ (1,440 m) vertical climb over a 12.42 mile (20 km) course that features 156 …read more
Continue reading Charging An Electric Supercar With Lemons, Kids, And The Sun