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This V8 Racecar Made to Dominate Pikes Peak Uses Welded Together Superbike Motors, and One Big Turbo

Using two M1000RR blocks as a starting point, Robin Shute's 'V8' racecar is designed to dominate the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in Colorado. It's affectionately called 'SendyCar,' and nearly killed the driver during the event.

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Insta360 teamed up with adaptive racing driver Lance Fenderson, who used only his upper body to race the world’s most dangerous hill climb

Adaptive athlete Lance Fenderson refused to take the chequered flag on his racing career, set his sights on 14,000-ft ‘Race to the Clouds’ with Insta360 in tow

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The Ford Super Mustang Mach-E Was Built To Win Pikes Peak

The wild EV has three electric motors making over 1,400 horsepower. However, the downforce is even more impressive.

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'This Is a Different Beast:' Ford Is Taking On Pikes Peak With a 1,421-HP Mach-E

Last year, Ford won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with Romain Dumas behind the wheel of its 1,400-horsepower F-150 Lightning SuperTruck. In 2023, Dumas came in second, driving the brand's equally powerful SuperVan. This year, Ford aims to maintain its position atop the podium with a purpose-built Mustang Mach-E…

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Peugeot Let Designers Run Wild. This Is What They Came Up With

Automotive design is an interesting art. The radical styling ideas first sketched on paper rarely end up on the production car as imagined. However, automakers sometimes give their designers freedom to go wild, giving way to incredibly cool results. The creative minds at Peugeot have done just that, remaking the…

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Evidence from Snowball Earth found in ancient rocks on Colorado’s Pikes Peak – it’s a missing link

Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet like a giant snowball. This global deep freeze, known as Snowball Earth, endured for tens of millions of years.

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This Stripped-Out BMW i4 M50 Cuts Weight To Go On The Attack

Romanian motorsport team Engage Racing has built a one-of-a-kind BMW i4 for hillclimbs. They plan to take it to the Pikes Peak hillclimb next year.

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Under the skin of Ford’s Pikes Peak pace-setter

When Romain Dumas whistled to the top of the fabled 12.42-mile Pikes Peak hillclimb in a time of 8m53.553s, there were mixed emotions in the Ford camp. His Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck had set the fastest time of the event on one hand, but on the other, the Frenchman’s time…

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How Hyundai Took Tesla’s Lunch Money At Pikes Peak

With just six months' development and some pro drivers, an Ioniq 5 N smoked a Tesla-set record at the famous hill climb race.

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Dumas, Ford win Pikes Peak despite stopping on course

Romain Dumas took his fifth outright victory in the famous Pikes Peak hillclimb aboard Ford's F-150 Lightning SuperTruck electric demonstrator, despite briefly coming to a halt and having to restart.

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Hyundai Ioniq 5 N TA Spec Outperforms Tesla Model S Plaid On Pikes Peak

Driver Randy Pobst says that Hyundai's Ioniq 5 has much better performance than the Model S Plaid he has run previously.

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Ford's Electric Pikes Peak Race Truck Makes Three Whole Tons of Downforce

This is the most ridiculous pickup we've ever seen.

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Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Pikes Peak Car Gets 678 HP and Even Louder Exterior Speakers

A new Time Attack version has more power, more aero, and a lot more sound.

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This Secret Ford F-150 Lightning Will Climb Pikes Peak

It could be a modified version of the F-150 Lightning Switchgear we saw earlier this year.

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Radford Motors Will Sell You The Car It Raced Up Pikes Peak For $1 Million

The 710-hp track car can hit 60 mph in 2.2 seconds and weighs just 1,898 pounds.

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See How Ford's 1,400-HP Electric Supervan Set A Pikes Peak Record

It beat the previous one by nearly 37 seconds.

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Watch The BMW XM Thunder Up Pikes Peak

The 738-horsepower hybrid SUV completed the course in 10 minutes, 48.06 seconds.

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Watch Lia Block Go 100 MPH At Pikes Peak In Her Dad's Hoonipigasus Porsche

She drove the 1,400-horsepower car for the first time just two days before practice runs at the world-famous hill climb.

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Watch The BMW XM Crash, Flip, And Take Down A Tree At Pikes Peak

It sounds like BMW is gearing up for a second record attempt.

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Alpine Honors First Pikes Peak Run With New A110 Livery For Bespoke Program

It joins two new other liveries available through Alpine Atelier.

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BMW XM Crashes At Pikes Peak During Record Attempt For Fastest SUV

The Lamborghini Urus still holds the title, but BMW will try again later this year.

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2023 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb: See The Livestream Here

The 101st running of the annual climb to the clouds starts at 9:00 AM Eastern on June 25, and you can watch it right here at Motor1.com.

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Rivian Adopting Tesla NACS, McMurtry Spéirling Pure Revealed

Listen to the panel discuss Rivian adopting Tesla's charging sysytem, the reveal of the McMurtry Spéirling Pure, and Ford Supervan 4.2 racing at Pikes Peak.

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Hopes for 'big year' of building new trail up Pikes Peak

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The effort to build a new trail to the top of Pikes Peak is entering a fifth summer — what figures to be "a big year," according to the project leader.

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Acura Brings Integra Type S Racer, Crazy NSX Type S To Pikes Peak

The Integra Type S makes its racing debut as Acura runs its 13th consecutive Pikes Peak Hill Climb.

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