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Old 08-17-2012, 05:54 PM
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Default ab-b Rhys Millen's record-breaking Pikes Peak Hill Climb run

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There are those who thought that paving the upper slopes of Pikes Peak would render the event boring. That didn't happen this year: between the crashes, the electric racers and the broken records it was a year that won't soon depart from memory.



The biggest record of them all was taken by Rhys Millen, who took his 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe race car from bottom to top in 9:46.164, relegating Pikes Peak rookie Romain Dumas to second place by the whisper thin margin of 17/1000s of a second.



The video below is in-car footage of the entire run. Scroll down to watch.Continue reading Rhys Millen's record-breaking Pikes Peak Hill Climb run



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Old 08-17-2012, 07:42 PM
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FINALLY!!! Now let's steal the unlimited class recod from Monster Tajima so het can figure out a cool way to get it back lol.




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