As the PPIHC website puts it, “As the drivers climb toward the summit, the thin air slows reflexes and saps competitor’s mental and muscle strength in addition to robbing internal combustion engines of up to 30% of the power they are capable of at the Start Line.”...
Colorado: Pikes Peak Highway DrunkDriver // Wikimedia Commons Colorado: Pikes Peak Highway Beginning at 7,400 feet, Pikes Peak Highway climbs an additional 6,715 feet in only 19 miles to the mountain’s summit, which tops out at 14,115 feet. Don’t forget a fishing pole, as the high...
the same car completed the winding course to the summit of pikes peak—a 12.42-mile ribbon of asphalt with 156 turns–in 27 minutes. that's far slower than sebastien loeb's record-setting pace of 8 minutes and 13.9 seconds, but nevertheless impressive for a car controlled exclusively by sil...
Beginning at 7,400 feet,Pikes Peak Highwayclimbs an additional 6,715 feet in only 19 miles to the mountain’s summit, which tops out at 14,115 feet. Don’t forget a fishing pole, as the highway has three different well-stocked lakes to cast a line into. Connecticut: Connecticut River...
Colorado: Pikes Peak Highway DrunkDriver // Wikimedia Commons Colorado: Pikes Peak Highway Beginning at 7,400 feet,Pikes Peak Highwayclimbs an additional 6,715 feet in only 19 miles to the mountain’s summit, which tops out at 14,115 feet. Don’t forget a fishing pole, as the highway...