Mouton achieved the overall victory and course record of 11:25.39 in the following year. While Schanche failed to set a new track record due to a flat right front tire, Mouton (together with her World Rally Championship co-driver Fabrizia Pons from Italy) won the Open Rally category but failed to win the event overall.
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In 1984 the first European racers took part in the PPIHC with Norwegian Rallycrosser Martin Schanche (Ford Escort Mk3 4x4) and French Rally driver Michèle Mouton (Audi Sport quattro), thereby starting a new era for European teams in the almost unknown American hillclimb. In 1971 the event was won by the first non-gasoline vehicle ( propane), this was also the first overall victory from the stock car class (1970 Ford Mustang), the car was driven by the Danish-American Ak Miller. The motorcycle overall victory that year went to Bill Meier riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. In 1954 motorcycles returned to the event, the first time since its inception in 1916.
The majority of these records were set by Louis' nephew, Bobby Unser. In this period the course record was broken every year from 1953 until 1962, this is the largest string of record breaking runs in the event's history. In 1953, the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) sponsored the event, bringing with it an influx of sports cars. During this time the event was part of the AAA and USAC Ind圜ar championship. įollowing World War Two, Louis Unser returned to his winning ways at Pikes Peak, winning three more times between 19 these wins were tightly contended with rival Al Rogers. In 1929 the popular stock car class was added to the event. In the years following, Glen Scultz and Louis Unser shared a rivalry and won the event 12 times between them. In 1924 the final Penrose Trophy was awarded to Otto Loesche in his Lexington Special. In the same year Floyd Clymer won the motorcycle class with a time of 21:58.41. The first Penrose Trophy was awarded in 1916 to Rea Lentz with a time of 20:55.60. The first Pikes Peak Hill Climb was promoted by Spencer Penrose, who had converted the narrow carriage road into the much wider Pikes Peak Highway. The PPIHC operates as the Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Educational Museum to organize the annual motorsports event. It is currently contested by a variety of vehicle classes. The race is self-sanctioned and has taken place since 1916. It used to consist of both gravel and paved sections, but as of August 2011, the highway is fully paved as a result, all subsequent events will be run on asphalt from start to finish. The track measures 12.42 miles (19.99 km) and has over 156 turns, climbing 4,720 ft (1,440 m) from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at 14,115 ft (4,302 m), on grades averaging 7.2%. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA. Rick Knoop, Tim O'Neil, and Charlie Greenhaus with an EVSR electric race car by Entropy Racing at Pikes Peak in 2015
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