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Pace car design contest launched for Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Winslow BMW of Colorado Springs and The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb are inviting contest entries for the creation of a design that will cover – or wrap – a BMW i8 Coupe, which…
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Longtime local Pikes Peak Hill Climb racer inducted into Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame
Gay Smith dreamed about racing the Pikes Peak Hill Climb after listening to the race broadcast as a young boy with his dad. At age 27, in 1974, that dream became a reality with the encouragement of father-in-law Vern Shaver, a race car owner and 2011 inductee into the Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame. Smith…
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95th Annual Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Race Day
Car and motorcycle racers compete in the 95th Annual Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday June 25, 2017.
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Motorcyclists reach Pikes Peak summit in honor of fallen Carl Sorensen
Motorcyclists hugged on a mountain summit Sunday. A dead man’s bike sat in the center of it all. The motorcycle belonged to Carl Sorensen, who died Thursday during a practice run up Pikes Peak. At a turn in the mountain’s top section, he flew off the edge. Sunday would’ve been his third Broadmoor Pikes Peak…
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Two motorcyclists share quiet moment in honor of deceased after reaching peak
Tucked deep inside the breast pocket of his racing suit, Dan Elders had stored a Ziploc bag. In it is a clipping of his mother’s hair from her final haircut. Elders’ mother passed away at 100 years Monday. He carried the hair with him in the 93rd running of the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill…
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Two motorcyclists share quiet moment in honor of deceased after reaching peak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tucked deep inside the breast pocket of his racing suit, Dan Elders had stored a Ziploc bag. In it is a clipping of his mother’s hair from her final haircut. Elders’ mother passed away at…
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Qatar sheikh reaches Pikes Peak summit in 11:37, says he’ll be back
Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Thani offered a simple explanation as to why he took on the risk of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. “I just love racing,” the Qatar prince said. The sheikh clocked a time of 11 minutes, 37 seconds in his Porsche 918 that sported Qatar plates in his first full…
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Romanian Andrei Mitrasca drives right from New York to Hill Climb
The man seemed more urban legend than racer. Pikes Peak International Hill Climb competitor Dan Aweida told a small group Thursday morning there was this racer who drove the car he’s competing in for – get this – almost two days straight from New York. Then, the seemingly crazy mystery man appeared. Andrei Mitrasca made…
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Drivers underwhelmed as Hill Climb records fall in less-than-spectacular fashion
Rhys Millen drove into history, but not as emphatically as he wanted. The New Zealander took an electric car to an overall title at The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, which marked the first time not only in this 99-year-old race but any major event globally that an electric car bettered a field that…
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Romanian Andrei Mitrasca drives right from New York to Hill Climb
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man seemed more urban legend than racer. Pikes Peak International Hill Climb competitor Dan Aweida told a small group Thursday morning there was this racer who drove the car he’s competing in for –…