RE: Pikes Peak: The ones to watch

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I lost all desire to see this in the flesh when it went full tarmac.

[donkmeister]

I paid my $4.99 and am watching it on Matchsports Live...

Am I going mad, or are they spending far too much time talking and showing interviews rather than showing the racing? I've looked to see if there is a button to choose views in case I'm watching the "red button" type stream instead of the racing... no luck though!

ETA Their Twitter feed is full of people with the same issue... I hope it improves as the event continues!

Edited by donkmeister on Sunday 24th June 15:28

[SlimJim16v]

redback911 said:

Thanks for the photos, amazing cars. I especially like the aero mods turned up to 11
Also this old style Pikes Peak car, how I remember most of them looking when I first heard of it many years ago. Before the European rally teams started bringing their cars over.

Edited by SlimJim16v on Sunday 24th June 16:46

[tr3a]

I watched a (free and probably illegal) Matchsports Live stream through YouTube this afternoon, in which an electric veedub smashed the 2013 overall record by 19 seconds. Since we're only at the outset of high density, high current draw battery tech development, this looks like the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine. It was good while it lasted.

[RobDickinson]

RobDickinson said:

Guessing the vw Id racer will do well

Killed it.

[Evolved]

RobDickinson said:

RobDickinson said:

Guessing the vw Id racer will do well

Killed it.

Wow. This is essentially like seeing a Model T Ford killing the competition. It’s early days for the tech and development, and they’re already murdering the competition! As said, the days of the IC are numbered - shame as it is.

All hail the new king.

[RobDickinson]

Yeah, motors are already light and powerful but batteries are heavy, getting lighter though.

Guessing the weight is easily offset by not loosing any power at altitude

[chevronb37]

It’s worth mentioning that Simone Faggioli is the absolute master of the European championship. He’s extremely quick and his car is very well developed. To beat him by 40 seconds is hugely impressive.

[DanielSan]

tr3a said:

I watched a (free and probably illegal) Matchsports Live stream through YouTube this afternoon, in which an electric veedub smashed the 2013 overall record by 19 seconds. Since we're only at the outset of high density, high current draw battery tech development, this looks like the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine. It was good while it lasted.

A slightly unique event where an IC engine is atmosphere restricted the further up the course it goes, and it’s onky got to run for 8 minutes or so... There’s a long way to go yet

[SlimJim16v]

tr3a said:

I watched a (free and probably illegal) Matchsports Live stream through YouTube this afternoon, in which an electric veedub smashed the 2013 overall record by 19 seconds. Since we're only at the outset of high density, high current draw battery tech development, this looks like the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine. It was good while it lasted.

Let's see how well they do in the Le Mans 24hrs

[RobDickinson]

SlimJim16v said:

Let's see how well they do in the Le Mans 24hrs

Honestly for something like 24hr you'd just implement a fast battery swap, probably take less time than the average 24hr pitstop.

[Loyly]

The IDR record looks impressive and to best Loeb is no mean feat but then, it's a purpose built car that doesn't suffer an atmospheric falloff. It looks more like a prototype racer than any other Pikes Peak record holder and yet, it hasn't really bested the petrol car by that much, with all that going for it. In future years, it might really hit it's stride.

[Truckosaurus]

Just seen an Instagram video of the VW towards the end of its run, it was going somewhat leisurely to say the least (running out of juice?), so there's plenty more time to come out of it.