Pikes Peak is a mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, 10 miles (16 km) west of Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County. It is named for Zebulon Pike, an explorer who led an expedition to the southern Colorado area in 1806. At 14,115 feet (4,302 m), it is one of Colorado's 54 fourteeners. Drivers race up the mountain in a famous annual race called the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Pikes Peak is a federally designated National Historic Landmark.
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as the The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, a distance of 19.99 km (12.42 miles) over 156 turns, climbing 1,439 metres from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway at 2,862 m on grades averaging 7% over both gravel and paved sections.
The race is on the FIA International Events Calendar and has featured competition from United States rally sanctioning body Rally America in 2004 and 2005. It has taken place since 1916 and is currently contested by a variety of classes of Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles and Quads. There are often numerous new classes tried and discarded year-to-year.
On average there are 150 competitors. The oldest current class is the Open Wheel division which has been run since 1916 and has been won by such names as Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, and Robby Unser (the current class record holder, achieving 10:05:85 min in 1994). The overall record is held by Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima from Japan who clocked a time of 10:01.408 on July 21st 2007 driving the 1000 hp mid-engined Suzuki XL7 Hill Climb Special, breaking the previous record (set in 1994) by less than three seconds. The winning time in 1916 was 20:55.40, set by Rea Lentz.
Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima
Nobuhiro 'Monster' Tajima (Shinjitai: 田嶋 伸博, Tajima Nobuhiro?, Japanese nickname モンスター田嶋 Monsuta Tajima), is a hillclimb racer, tuning shop owner, rally team manager and former rally driver who is best known for his involvement of Suzuki's involvement in rallying and also is largely best known for his association in Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, mainly through his car's appearances in video games.
came across this clip from a local chinese forum.. wow.. amazing... this Korean singer singing Beyonce's "Listen" with the original key.... a member of Korean boyband Cloud9..
his vocal is abit similar with Malaysia's singer Gary Chow 曹格
while my hubby is having his nap in this rainy sunday afternoon... i was too bored and browse thru his phone.. looking at those photos that we had taken since a month ago... this fella... always too lazy to send the photos to me ask him to send it me he always making me wait..... so i decided to "curi" and upload myself... :p
months ago.. in front of Ian's workshop... R34 GTR
me... before grapefruit diet plan.... so damn freaking fat...
1 week after grapefruit diet.... we went for korean bbq at ampang
yumm yumm
in the car.. on the way to the movie "impak maksima"
2nd week of grapefruit diet, at cineleisure "monster inc"
the curve, scottish band
my lovely & notti mickey
3rd week of grapefruit diet... last friday before heading for battle field II... shabu-shabu at SS2
yesterday lunch at cheras business centre... batman
bluek
last evening... while we were heading to aunty carol's house to fix her computer... gotta rain again
today.... after "brunch" we decided to go for a round of go kart at sepang... "home of Malaysia motorsports"
Sepang Go Kart Circuit.. smaller scale of sepang international circuit
track
no body take photo for both of us.. coz we hit the track at the same time.. before the rain pours... street racer vs touge racer.... hehe... touge racer lose :(
