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The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA. The track measures 12.42 miles (19.99 km) and has over 156 turns, climbing 4,720 ft (1,440 m) from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at 14,115 ft (4,302 m ...
Pikes Peak Meadows was a dirt horse racing track facility opened in 1964 20 mi (32 km) south of Colorado Springs and 25 mi (40 km) north of Pueblo, Colorado, with a large, blue, covered grandstand on the west. After its horse racing ended in 1993, C. C. Myers "announced plans in May 1996 to build a major auto racing facility" at Pikes Peak Meadows.
Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb: Pikes Peak Highway: Pikes Peak, Colorado: Hill Orville Nance B: Mario Andretti: 7 July 6 Rocky Mountain 150 Continental Divide Raceways: Mead, Colorado: Road Dan Gurney: Gordon Johncock: 8 July 12 Nazareth 100: Nazareth Speedway: Nazareth, Pennsylvania: Dirt Bill Vukovich II: Mario Andretti: 9 July 19 Trenton 200 ...
Randy drives for PPR in a 700 hp Nissan GT-R in preparation for the 2016 Pikes Peak race in Colorado. Randy hosts a show called The Racing Line on the MotorTrend YouTube channel where he teaches about the basics of being a racing driver. In December, Randy was inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame
The 1964 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 22 and concluding at the same location on November 22. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was A. J. Foyt.
Stéphan Grégoire ( Chastain Motorsports) Third. Davey Hamilton ( A. J. Foyt Enterprises) The 1997 Samsonite 200 (also referred to as the Colorado 200 on ABC 's TV coverage) was the seventh round of the 1996–1997 Indy Racing League. The race was held on June 29, 1997, at the 1.000 mi (1.609 km) Pikes Peak International Raceway in Fountain ...
1966 →. The 1965 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 18 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 28 and concluding at the same location on November 21. This season was notable for the Hoosier Grand Prix, the first Championship Car event held on a road course since the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup. The USAC National Champion was Mario ...
He made a total of 5 Championship Car starts from 1965 to 1969, during which time Pikes Peak was part of the United States Auto Club (USAC) Championship Car season schedule. [2] Vandervoort finished on the podium nine times during his Pikes Peak career, and recorded only one finish outside of the top ten. [1] He won the event in 1967. [3]