Dream Weaver

Check out the Climb Dance footage of Ari Vatinen taking a 405 T16 up Pikes Peak. Unreal!!!

Look at the drops as well

http://www.geocities.com/nosro/climbdance/

Jza

SIAL but nice....

Jza

drb5

iTrader: (4)

if there's a race i would love to go and watch...it would be pikes peak!!!


WOW

AK47

yeah, his co-driver had a heartattack and so couldn't be in the car with him

now I get scared by just looking at that...no way would you get me in that car!!! some scenes you can see the back wheels drifting over the edges

crapped my pants - absolutely wild!

Johnny50

Ahh...it's a great vid that one.

Would love to se a video of the Audi Quattros doing it, Walter Rohl etc...

Great !

ScoobyJawa

Awesome vid thats for sure - ***** of steal to do that!

drb5

iTrader: (4)

is that guy still alive is more the REAL question?

day tripper

The Audi S1 holds the record for the pikes peak at something like 10 and a half minutes, soon after group B rallying was banned, audi announced they had a 1000bhp engine for the S1, which was tested up on pikes peak and was undriveable as it was just oo fast.

RB5_245

Nut's!

Yup Ari Vatanen is still alive, the maniac.

H7

No, the current record time was done in 1994 by Rod Millen in a Toyota Celica SuperSportTurbo in 10m 04.06s. Best Audi time ever was 10m 47.85s set in 1987 by Walter Rohrl in an Audi Sport Quattro. Vatanen just pipped him the following year in the Peugeot 405 Mi16 Turbo (which is what the above film is about) in 10m 47.22s. How quick must Rod Millen have been going?

I've driven the road, somewhat slower than these guys (in a Chrysler LHS) and it is extremely scary. IIRC, it took me more than half an hour

[Edited by H7 - 11/22/2003 7:03:35 PM]

NiceCupOfTea

Pikes Peak Saab 9-3 driven by Per Eklund :

http://web.inter.nl.net/users/turbo-...motorsport.htm

Bandwidth alert!!

http://heddie.myserver.org/videos/Pi...n_mantorp.mpeg

http://heddie.myserver.org/videos/Pi..._pereklund.avi

[Edited by NiceCupOfTea - 11/23/2003 2:29:23 AM]

Brit_in_Japan

Ari "maximum attack" Vatenan, my hero. He had a good showing in this years Rally Finland too, and I'm not just the driving. He finished 11th O/A but said he didn't want to go too fast as it would jeopardize his chances of a works drive in next years WRC (some rule about the 3rd driver can't have had a podium finish in last x years). Also said all the young guns who couldn't beat him might as well give up now. Ha ha, typical Ari

SirFozzalot

***** of titanium!!

lucky_strike

I remember reading about Martin Schance (Rallycross god from a few years ago) taking his X-trac Escort over there for the Pikes Peak. He didn't modify it much (some silly horsepower anyway and the weight of a bit of tissue paper) took it off the cargo plane and drove it from the airport to the event! If you know rallycross cars (particulary the supercar class) then you know they are not really road motors!

But then he would get out of his car at a meeting when he was pushed out and stand in the middle of the track when the offending driver came back round and then chuck his crash helmet at him...whilst the other guy is still flat out.

Anyway, I think he was on for a top time but got a flat near to top.

RON

Rod Millen was at Goodwood this year, he was beaten to the ftd by only a second or two by a bespokely built hillclimb car!!