Pikes Peak…

In 1989, an award-winning short film about the 1988 event was released by French director Jean-Louis Mourey. The film, titled “Climb Dance”, captured the efforts of Finnish former World Rally Champion Ari Vatanen, as he won the event in a record-breaking time with his turbocharged Peugeot 405 T16. Here is some quick info on Pikes Peak. 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.