Thursday 9th August 2012

Pikes Peak in pictures

Sideways electric prototypes, trucks on three wheels - welcome to Pikes Peak 2012

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There’s no news yet on what Audi is bringing to Pikes Peak to celebrate that 25th anniversary of Walter Rohrl’s last victory there but the action is well and truly underway, a Autoblog's extensive coverage including a fantastic gallery of shots from the first practise day. And if you want evidence of just how wonderfully eclectic the event is just spend five minutes clicking through these pics.

Check out Autoblog's fantastic gallery of pics

The electric class has some real oddities, from Toyota’s Radical-based contender to Mitsubishi’s mad i-MiEV based (we use the term loosely) effort. Even Pikes Peak hero Monster Tajima has gone electric. There are some homebrew specials too, like the electricE36 M3 built by EV West. More traditional internal combustion-powered machinery ranges from privateer specials – classic Mustangs, Cobras and open-wheelers included – to the inevitable European pro gunning for Pikes Peak glory, in this case 2010 Le Mans winner Romain Dumas in a Porsche 911 GT3 R.  

The fact the course is now tarmac all the way has offended some traditionalists but, wow, what a stretch of tarmac it is. And though the evocative sideways in a cloud of dust imagery may be a thing of the past it’s opened the event up to an even wider range of machinery and speeds will no doubt increase. Enjoy!

To keep up with the event check out the official website and, to get you in the mood, enjoy this tilt shift tastic vid from last year's event.

Pics via Autoblog/Drew Phillips

 

[housen]

i want that truck !

[Gatsods]

That video is awesome! I really hope Pikes Peak makes it back into Gran Turismo when 6 comes out

[Beefmeister]

I can't stand that sodding tilt shift nonsense in videos and images. Why purposefully make you image/video look like it's a model village?

Odd.

Pikes Peak does look amazing though, I'm hoping to time a holiday to the US next year with it...

[DanDC5]

Is there any decent coverage of this anywhere this year?

[richb77]

Gatsods said:

That video is awesome! I really hope Pikes Peak makes it back into Gran Turismo when 6 comes out

By the time that comes out they will all be electric vehicles! The delays for 5 where horrendous.

[Bloitus]

Now its entirely tarmac, how long until we see RedBull turn up with some F1 machinery?

[EDLT]

richb77 said:

Gatsods said:

That video is awesome! I really hope Pikes Peak makes it back into Gran Turismo when 6 comes out

By the time that comes out they will all be electric vehicles! The delays for 5 where horrendous.

But the delays are worth it, you get an extra 46 versions of the Nissan Skyline!

[M@1975]

Those pictures are brilliant, so much Porsche goodness!

[st165andy]

Best pikes peaks video ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siKlrTF9Baw

[stephen300o]

Really fast.

[MC Bodge]

Is anybody riding a really fast (WSB, MotoGP etc.) bike up there this year?

John McGuinness on his TT bike?

Edited by MC Bodge on Thursday 9th August 13:46

[pcn1]

MC Bodge said:

Is anybody riding a really fast (WSB, MotoGP etc.) bike up there this year?

John McGuinness on his TT bike?

Edited by MC Bodge on Thursday 9th August 13:46

Not sure about that, dosnt a Ducati Multistrada have the bike record for that event ?

[gforceg]

FFS. Why on Earth did they speed up the film? Is it not fast or impressive enough as it is?
Sorry, but for me, that video was bonk.

[dtrump]

EDLT said:

richb77 said:

Gatsods said:

That video is awesome! I really hope Pikes Peak makes it back into Gran Turismo when 6 comes out

By the time that comes out they will all be electric vehicles! The delays for 5 where horrendous.

But the delays are worth it, you get an extra 46 versions of the Nissan Skyline!

By the time it comes out we will all be long dead

[Bill]

Beefmeister said:

I can't stand that sodding tilt shift nonsense in videos and images. Why purposefully make you image/video look like it's a model village?

This. Way to ruin a video.

[dukeboy749r]

Agree with the video comments, but does anyone know what the music was/is?

[TinyCappo]

really Need to time a holiday in the US with this. On the list to do with the Leman classic and the Nur24hour too.

[cookie1600]

gforceg said:

FFS. Why on Earth did they speed up the film? Is it not fast or impressive enough as it is?
Sorry, but for me, that video was bonk.

Yep, sorry it ruined it for me too. Why can't they run it at normal speed, it's not like they aren't going at a serious lick anyway?!

[UltimaCH]

gforceg said:

FFS. Why on Earth did they speed up the film? Is it not fast or impressive enough as it is?
Sorry, but for me, that video was bonk.

+1 but some very good looking filming done on that video but WHY the increased speed! Spoils the whole thing IMO

[Gary C]

My favorite PP moment was Michele Mouton in 1985 rolling up in a S1 Quattro and showing all the US good ol boys how to drive

Such a shock to them on so manu levels, european funny car and female - hehe