Why I have no desire to run pikes peak.

[haley735]

yup, jimi hyder has been running pikes peak for a long time- we let him get his runs in on saturday so he can leave for the long trip west sunday
actually-there are quite a few of the NEHA folks that have doen pike peak in the past, i know of don taylor, smokey, jerry driscoll ( i know there are others but the names escape me at the moment)

[jkale]

that was definitely jimi..

[Rabbit Farmer]

I just downloaded Pikes Peak for (racing sim) GTR2.... it is the entire hill. A lot of detail. Had fun with 2WD Viper, but I need to map an e-brake lever to make it around the turns. I did have an off that resulted in me going from 0 (the impact) to 250 mph (straight down) and back to 0 (the second impact). Ouch.

[sdwarf36]

You got rFactor? Try the group B rally cars.

Or heres a fun one for GTR2-- http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=2877
Thats just one car-but theres a whole car pack of them in various states of tune.

[jkale]

July 19 2009. I would really like to go out there and check it out. Weekend after Okemo 1.

[sdwarf36]

From the stories I've heard around the campfire, there is alot of BS that goes with that hill. Do ANYTHING wrong-you get fined. According to Don T., show up at the line with a dirty car-$50 fine. Wrong place in line? $500-pass a car on the hill $500 or more depending on the mood. (the Unsers have someone follow them with a suitcase of cash.)
They practice the hill over 3 days-bottom-mid-top. Your turn for the top you have to be up there at 4:30am--which means you have to be inline by 2am.

[jkale]

I knew they could fine you for crashing, but that is kind of ridiculous. There is something like 200 entrants, right?

I just want to go out there and check out the event, camp on the mountain, and watch Nubohiro tear that escudo up the hill. I want to get a look at the design of that car, its crazy. I have been having a really hard time finding good info on it...other than the fact that its a twin turbo V6 tube frame Grand Vitara..

I did know of the 3 days of practice... I didnt know you have to get in line that early? I thought they launched in order of car number..

..That hill is amazing.

[Rabbit Farmer]

You got rFactor? Try the group B rally cars.

Nope, just GTR2 and a great game called Flat Out 2. Good times there.

[Rabbit Farmer]

A local... a bit younger then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKKfzR7dX-c