Pikes Peak

After claiming victory in the Unlimited Class last year in a 900-horsepower turbocharged Toyota 86 sportscar, Daijiro Yoshihara is swapping petroleum for electrons in a bid for back to back triumphs at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

In the wake of a fatal accident at this year's Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, the PPIHC Board of Directors has decided to cancel motorcycle racing for the 2020 event, pending a review of whether it should return in the future.

Buried a little in yesterday's timesheets from Pikes Peak was an eyebrow-raising record set for the fastest ever production car time up the mountain, which was set by Kiwi Rhys Millen driving Bentley's luxury Continental GT.

This year's overall Pikes Peak win was taken by a group of friends who found themselves short of a team when Faraday Future pulled out of competition last year. With no factory backing, they bought themselves a car, tuned it up and took an 11-second victory.

A dream campaign for Ducati's new V4 streetfighter prototype came to a tragic end as pole-sitter Carlin Dunne ran off the road to his death, just 20 yards from winning his 4th Pike's Peak Hill Climb. Aprilia's Rennie Scaysbrook takes the win, and a new record motorcycle time for the course.

Volkswagen has released fully edited multi-camera footage, with commentary, of Romain Dumas smashing the all-time Pikes Peak hill climb record in the all-electric I.D. R Pikes Peak race car, showing just how maddeningly fast this thing is.

After a superb performance in qualifying, we thought the battery-powered Volkswagen had a good chance at beating the electric record at Pikes Peak. Turns out Romain Dumas and the VW team had their sights set even higher.

​After teasing us with series of silhouettes and flashy renders, Volkswagen has finally whipped the covers of its first all-electric race car, the I.D. R Pikes Peak built to conquer the road race of the same name.

The Pikes Peak International Hillclimb has become an important proving ground for electric cars, and it is here that Volkswagen will be looking to flex its EV muscles. It has just revealed an all-electric racer built with one goal in mind, to finish the world-famous mountain race in record time.

Bottpower's XR1R is an American-style flat tracker from Spain built from an American legend (Erik Buell's XB12) that was built from another American Legend (Harley-Davidson's Sportster 1200). With more than 150 hp and less than 150 kg to shift, it should be a mad little racetrack carver.

Electric vehicles were the story at last year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, with the eO PP03 beating out the Rimac E-Runner for a 1-2 electric finish. Rimac and Nobuhiro Tajima are teaming up again and hoping to come out on top.

Lightning Motorcycle's Electric Superbike ridden by Carlin Dunne took first place among motorcycles at this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, finishing nearly 20 seconds ahead of the nearest competitor.