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However, the big difference is that the Pikes Peak climb starts at 9000 feet and climbs up a mountain to over 14,000 fee...
13/09/2021

However, the big difference is that the Pikes Peak climb starts at 9000 feet and climbs up a mountain to over 14,000 feet at the summit. This is only just under half the cruising altitude of a Boeing 737 and more than enough to cause pretty serious altitude sickness.

Adding to this there is no run-off and are only guardrails between you and finding out the terminal velocity of your car. And in some spots, no barriers at all.

There are hundreds of accidents every year on the Nordschliefe and it’s certainly very good at catching out even the mos...
13/09/2021

There are hundreds of accidents every year on the Nordschliefe and it’s certainly very good at catching out even the most experienced drivers.

However, Pikes Peak is as if you wrapped the Nordschliefe around a mountain.

The Nordschleife and the Pikes Peak hill climb course are almost exactly the same length, both at roughly 12 miles long and around 150 turns.

So why do we think this is the toughest racetrack on the planet? Hold the comments, you may be thinking ‘isn’t the Nurbu...
13/09/2021

So why do we think this is the toughest racetrack on the planet? Hold the comments, you may be thinking ‘isn’t the Nurburgring the most dangerous track in the world?’ You’ve got a good point, but let me explain how Pikes Peak is different.

The Nordschleife is a formidable beast, 12 miles, 156 corners and absolutely no run-off. Memorising the track in the first place is a challenge, let alone racing other cars and navigating the unpredictable weather.

That’s Randy Pobst, a two time Daytona 24 hour winner and has raced Pikes Peak many times, in anything from a Ford Musta...
13/09/2021

That’s Randy Pobst, a two time Daytona 24 hour winner and has raced Pikes Peak many times, in anything from a Ford Mustang to a Tesla Model 3.

He knows both the highs and the lows of the yearly race to the clouds, the Pikes Peak Hill Climb.

So what makes this the toughest race track in the world? And how can it go wrong?

These drivers are some of the bravest in the world, doing 150 miles an hour up a mountain, with 2000 foot drops and no b...
13/09/2021

These drivers are some of the bravest in the world, doing 150 miles an hour up a mountain, with 2000 foot drops and no barriers.

To make it even trickier, the course is over 12 miles long and you complete it whilst the elevation is sapping mental power.

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