http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/canet-toye-to-race-in-2016-pikes-peak-international-hill-climb/ Canet, Toye To Race In 2016 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Feb 15, 2016 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
[image / Kawasaki http://www.roadracingworld.com/RFS/2016/02/15/c135c7d3-348e-4133-bfa2-a047ad546737.jpg?size=630 Jeremy Toye (57) on his way to being the fastest motorcycle racer at the 2014 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb ] The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 100th Anniversary Race Will Showcase A Field Of Champions & Record Holders COLORADO SPRINGS (Feb. 15, 2016) - The 100th anniversary and 94th running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Brought to you by Gran Turismo, will present a strong field of approximately 100 competitors that includes past champions and record holders with impressive credentials. The Race to the Clouds, staged for Sunday, June 26, promises to be among the best in the history of the world's most prestigious auto hill climb and America's second oldest motorsports race behind the Indianapolis 500. ELECTRIC VEHICLES FAVORED TO DEFEND OVERALL TITLE Fans will have their eyes on an ultra-competitive Electric Modified field once again; headlined by Hill Climb legends Rhys Millen and Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima in a rematch of last year's battle for King of the Mountain where Millen set an Electric Modified record with a time of 9:07.222, besting Tajima's run of 9:32.401. Millen will return driving for Latvia's Drive eO in his 21st appearance in the Race to the Clouds, which began with Rookie of the Year honors in 1992 when he captured the title in the Pikes Peak Open Division. Rhys, son of PPIHC dirt course record holder Rod Millen, has claimed two King of the Mountain titles, one overall course record and ten class victories, in addition to last year's historic electric powered overall victory. Tajima looks to reclaim the title of King of the Mountain for the eighth time in his radical Tajima Motor Corporation E-RUNNER. Tajima cemented himself in Race to the Clouds history in 2011 by becoming the first competitor in the history of the race to break the 10-minute barrier with a run of 9:51.27 and is the owner of ten of the 100 fastest times in a century of PPIHC competition. FACTORY BACKED CONTENDERS Honda Performance Development (HPD) looks to build upon their three class victories and seven podium finishes in 2015 with entries in Electric Modified, Time Attack 1, Time Attack 2 Production and Exhibition Powersport. Last year's top exhibition finisher Tetsuya Yamano will make the move to Electric Modified in a 2016 Honda 4-Motor EV Concept. After pacing the field with the next-generation Acura NSX supercar in 2015, HPD will enter two 2017 production models in this year's race. HPD Engine Research Principal Engineer James Robinson will trade in the 1991 Acura NSX that powered him to a second place finish in last year's Pikes Peak Open Class for the 2017 model ... [© 2016 Roadracing World] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVent-Pikes-Peak-Electric-Race-to-the-Clouds-6-26-CO-Springs-CO-tp4680584.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
