LIVE UPDATES! REFRESH OFTEN FROM PIKES PEAK
-RACEDAY- Sunday, June 26
1:30am: Gateway opens 7:30am: Green Flag is dropped - Start of the 100th Running
No two-lane uphill traffic at any point for anyone.
5:00am: Official PPIHC Start Line closes to uphill traffic*
6:30am: Drivers Meeting
5:00pm: Projected Event End (Estimate only)**
Today Only, Race Day, race cars are released from the Start Line approximately
every 4-5 minutes. With the current field size and no red flags, the race would finish at approximately 2:00pm. However, over the past 5 years there have been an average of 2-3 hours of stoppage time (due to racing incidents, spectator issues, weather, etc.). The average
time from the first green flag to the end of the race is 9 hours.
-Saturday, June 25
Pit Set-Ups Only
-Friday, June 24
Optional Sanctioned Practice: Friday, June 24 (No Qualifying)
Upper Section: Exhibition, Unlimited
Middle Section: Open Wheel, Pikes Peak Open
Lower Section: Porsche Pikes Peak Trophy by Yokohama, Time Attack 1
4:00am-5:00am: Gateway open
4:45am: Official PPIHC Start Line closes to uphill traffic
5:30am-8:30am: Optional Practice (Pikes Peak – America’s Mountain)
9:00am: All media must be off Pikes Peak – America’s Mountain. Anyone wishing to remain on the
mountain must return to the Gateway and pay to re-enter.
5:00pm: Final Competitor List / Run Order announced
5:00pm-9:00pm: Fan Fest (Downtown Colorado Springs) – Free / Open to the Public
6:00pm-7:00pm: Fan Fest
7:00pm-7:30pm: Fast 15 Alley - Media Interview Session (Fan Fest)
-Wednesday, June 22
Day 2 Report: Reality Check
Day 2 Qualifying>>>
From the team:
Ken Blocks team has reported they have ended this years efforts to race.
The engine is kaput.
"ENGINE IS OUT"
"The engine is out of the Hoonipigasus and our team is investigating the extent of the damage from the inside - not the thing you want to do the day before qualifying for the 100th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb - especially because it means less time practicing on the hill. Some bad news from our Pikes Peak International Hill Climb efforts with the Hoonipigasus: two separate engine component failures in the last two days. I was only able to put in one run yesterday morning on the middle of the mountain during practice, and an engine issue started just a few turns in. The team is working hard to get the engine repaired, but we have just lost two important days of practice on the Pikes Peak racecourse. We are having to adjust our goals for this weekend’s race, as these big setbacks are taking their toll and we are going to struggle to even get a good qualifying run."
*Qualifying Day 2>>>
*PRE-RACE QUALIFYING SESSIONS ON PIKES PEAK NEARLY COMPLETE
2021 KING OF THE MOUNTAIN ROBIN SHUTE TOP QUALIFIER IN UNLIMITED DIVISION
3-TIME KING OF THE MOUNTAIN DAVID DONNER SETS EXHIBITION DIVISION QUALIFYING RECORD
Colorado Springs, CO – Drivers in the 100th Running of the iconic Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, brought to you by Gran Turismo, took to the mountain for day two of early morning practice sessions and ran on all three sections of the course with the Unlimited and Exhibition divisions taking their qualifying runs on the lower section.
A new qualifying record was set in the Exhibition division by David Donner, (Colorado Springs, CO) in a 2022 Porsche 911 Turbo S with a time of 4:02.939, besting Randy Pobst’s record of 4:10.342 in the Tesla Model S Plaid just last year. Donner was King of the Mountain three times, first in 1991, again in 2002 and a third time in 2005.
Defending King of the Mountain, Robin Shute (Lomita, CA) topped the Unlimited division with a time of 3:24.519 in his 2018 Wolf TSC-FS. Two other Wolf’s joined Shute in the division this year, Dan Novembre, qualifying third, and Pikes Peak rookie, Henry Hill.
Check out the full list of qualifying and practice times below!
The final day of qualifying takes place on Thursday, June 23 when the Open Wheel and Pikes Peak Open drivers line up to Race to the Clouds.
The 2022 Race Day Run Order is as follows:
- The Exhibition Division competitors will run slowest to fastest based upon qualifying times.
- The Porsche Pikes Peak Trophy by Yokohama Division will run slowest to fastest based upon qualifying times.
- The remaining competitors will run fastest to slowest based upon qualifying times (regardless of division). These cars will not run in any specific division order.
Qualification times will be determined by the competitor’s best time on the Lower Section during Official Qualifying held Tuesday, June 21 – Thursday, June 24. The final Run Order will be based upon qualification times.*
DAY ONE REPORT-
*Race Week Kicks off on Pikes Peak – America’s Mountain
Two Divisions Complete Qualifying Runs
Colorado Springs, CO – It’s Race Week on Pikes Peak – America’s Mountain. Competitors in The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, brought to you by Gran Turismo, qualified today.
All three sections of the course were open to drivers making their early morning practice runs.
Lower Section – Qualifying
The Porsche Pikes Peak Trophy by Yokohama division revved up for qualifying runs on the lower section of the course. Cam Ingram (Durham, NC) behind the wheel of his #9 2020 Porsche GT4 Clubsport was top qualifier in the division.
Time Attack 1 drivers also completed their qualifying attempts today with David Donohue (West Chester, PA) in the top spot.
Practice and Qualifying sessions continue for the sold-out 100th Running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, this week.
Time Attack 1 competitor, Sead Causevic (Vancouver, BC, Canada), made two attempts, but flipped the car just past the Start Line on his third. Causevic was not injured.
Middle Section – Practice
Rhys Millen, Tommy Boileau and James Clay ran well through the middle section, setting top times in the Pikes Peak Open division. Millen’s time was 2:26.411 behind the wheel of the 2016 E-Motion Porsche GT3R TT.
The Open Wheel division was led by 2021 Rookie of the Year, Codie Vahsholtz, in the 2013 Ford Open with a section time of 2:33.656. Paul Dallenbach in a new entry, a 2020 Sierra Alpha also had good runs.
Upper Section – Practice – Unlimited and Exhibition Divisions
For Exhibition, David Donner turned the fastest time of 2:38.612 in his ‘22 Porsche Turbo S. Blake Fuller crashed at Cog Cut when his Tesla overshot the braking zone, ending up in the boulders, but was able to walk away uninjured.
The first day of practice was rough on the Unlimited class. Dan Novembre, Rod Millen and Robin Shute all experienced mechanical issues preventing them from making full runs.
Derek Boyd in his ‘08 Mitsubishi Evo X with a 2:48.581 notched the fastest time.
Check out the full list of qualifying and practice times from Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
CLICK HERE: June 21 Qualifying Results
On Wednesday, June 22 the Exhibition and Unlimited divisions will make their qualifying attempts.
The 2022 Race Day Run Order is as follows:
- The Exhibition Division competitors will run slowest to fastest based upon qualifying times.
- The Porsche Pikes Peak Trophy by Yokohama Division will run slowest to fastest based upon qualifying times.
- The remaining competitors will run fastest to slowest based upon qualifying times (regardless of division). These cars will not run in any specific division order.
Qualification times will be determined by the competitor’s best time on the Lower Section during Official Qualifying held Tuesday, June 21 – Thursday, June 24. The final Run Order will be based upon qualification times.*
Listen to that Porsche racing motor rev out! The racing motor is not at full tilt yet.
Stay tuned to OFF-ROAD LIVE! we'll bring you all the details!
Testing and pushing the car is a big part of developing a new race car, especially when it’s a build as insane as the Hoonipigasus.
Get a behind-the-scenes look of Ken's first test as we prepare for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, happening in just 10 days!
OFF-ROAD Network LIVE! Brings you the 100th Running of the PIKES PEAK CLASSIC LIVE.
The Network has EXCLUSIVE Reporting from Colorado USA through the month of June, with our RaceStar Reporter originally from San Diego - California.
The first time LIVE ! ONLINE PIKES PEAK CLASSIC!
UPDATES! The Safari Club Staff is making our way to the competition! Pikes Peak
June 14: Ken Block is testing the PIG, 9AM Today LIVE! Here
June 4: OFF-ROAD LIVE's Bitch, on the hill CLICK HERE
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June 1: Our Safari Club Staff (was) currently in Mexico.
Located 75 miles south of San Diego US and 100 miles south-east of Ensenada, Baja California at what is the most exciting new events on the planet.
It’s called TOYO TIRES MONSTER Mike’s Peak. A 20-mile desert-based, flat-out off-road hill climb to ‘Mike’s Sky Ranch’ – the ultimate altar to off-road adventure, high up in the San Pedro Mártir foothills.
The name of the event we're working on, is a very intentional play on that other very famous hill climb called Pikes Peak. That’s because, ultimately, it’s the heart of the sport. Pikes Peak, for the uninitiated, is an annual hill climb up a public road in Colorado USA that scales the side of a mountain.
Starting way back in 1916, the course is a snaking 12.42-mile, 4,720-foot ascent through 156 corners and into the clouds to the checkered flag at a very high 14,000 feet!
Dirt racing. Running on loose gravel offers a different dimension to the traditional, stuffy and stiff-upper-lipped hill climb scene. It’s more visual, more engaging and a lot trickier to drive.
From the past. Pikes Peak was somewhat neutered in 2012, when glossy, smooth black tarmac was slopped over the dirt road. This changed everything. It brought a heavier reliance on aerodynamic, rather than mechanical grip. Runs became more predictable, safer and opened the door for circuit racers to come and have a crack in their track-spec cars.
People like nine-time WRC champ, Sébastien Loeb. Who in 2013 rocked up in a purpose-built 875bhp, 875kg, super-specialist, hill-climb weapon made out of recycled Le Mans parts. Seb didn’t just break the Pikes Peak record, but unequivocally obliterated it. 8:13.878 was his time. Equating to an average of 90.53mph and sending the previous 90-odd years of records into insignificance.
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