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The 91st running of the
Pike's Peak International Hill Climb is scheduled to begin on June 30. Like
last year's event, the 12.42 mile course - fully paved these days - starts at 9,390 feet elevation and doesn't stop climbing until it reaches an impressive 14,110 feet (the air is so thin up there that the FAA requires pilots to use oxygen at that altitude).
There will be an assortment of internal combustion machines racing to the summit, entries from France, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Sweden, Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and Belgium, but all eyes will be on the electric showdown between
Rod Millen and
Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima, from Japan. 61-year-old Millen is a familiar name to
Toyota racing fans, and he will be driving the Toyota TMG EV P002 (it won the Electric title last year), while Tajima will be again piloting the
Monster Sport E-Runner (which was forced out of the field last year after a fire broke out).
Other entrants include
Rhys Millen driving a 2013
Hyundai PM58OT and
Paul Dallenbach, who will be driving Millen's
Hyundai Genesis Coupe (it set the all-time speed mark last year).
Tickets and camping permits may be purchased online at the PPIHC
official site, and the official press release announcing Millen's run is available
below.
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Motorsports: Rod Millen to face Monster Tajima in Electric Division of Pikes Peak Hil
