the first race was won by ralph mulford driving a hudson special his time was 18 minutes 24 seconds the modern record for the race is 10 minutes 4 seconds set by rod millen.

1996 pikes peak hill climb rod millen screaming up the mountain in his toyota celica before the road was paved millens sortoflookslikeatoyotacelica monster machine makes somewhere around 880 horsepower from a giant turbocharger artwork by don packwood ppihc pikespeak rodmillen toyota celica.

see romain dumas do his record run up the mountain the millen family is also noticeably absent rhys and rod have been driving here for.

rhys millen son of renowned kiwi rally and offroad racer rod millen raced up the mountain at colorado springs in a record time of 9 minutes 46164 driving.

rhys millen in conjunction with red bull recently had the opportunity to take his raceprepped hyundai genesis to the montains of brazil for a brilliant.

show and tell and screaming tyres at leadfoot festival 2017 leadfoot competitors invited by rod millen to race up his 16km driveway alister mcrae was crowned king of millens mountain.

as expected one of our riders todd sutherland from kiwirider magazine was there to greet us and help set up our pit area as also expected real estate baron mike pero was late the twoday leadfoot festival on rod and shelly millens 60ha property attracts an eclectic mix of classic cars and motorcycles and motorsport legends.

He had always been a huge fan and follower of the pikes peak race but in 2009 the fascination became more of an obsession when the japanese driver monster tajima broke the long standing record held by rod millen monster tajima would set a new record but not break the elusive 10 minute mark on the mountain.

rod millen makes his run up the mountain during the 91st running of the pikes peak hill climb 10 of 61 photos pikes peak 2013 janis horeliks makes his run up the mountain.

rhys millen drove a 750horsepower bentley gt3 pikes peak a car with super gluelike downforce and rocketed up the mountain trouncing the other time attack 1 entries through the first and.

millen is king of the mountain in 99 millen wins with fastest time but 10minutebarrier remains elusive colorado springs colo july 4 1999 driving a truck specifically built for the challenge rod millen won the 1999 pikes peak international hill climbs unlimited division but was unable to break the elusive 10minute barrier.

earlier rod millen won the open class bettering the old standard by more than a minute during the 69th running of the race up the 14110foot mountain donners time of.

new zealands rod millen is the fastest human to ever drive up to the top of colorados pikes peak at 10 minutes and 46 seconds but he might start looking over his shoulder the day after the 90th running of the pikes peak international hill climbs race to the clouds axion racings autonomous vehicle spirit completed the 1242 mile.

the first ever spectre 341 challenge is in the books and the results surpassed anyones expectations more than 24 cars ranging from exotics to muscle cars to a 1952 desoto made many trips up the mountain in virginia city nevada spectre performance president amir rosenbaum send along a great race recap story and a load.

driving toyotas insane 600horsepower tmg ev p002 electric pikes peak racer video over 12 miles the road up pikes peak winds through 156 turns climbing nearly 5000 feet to.

without a doubt the best sounding machine at this years hill climb sunrise at 12700ft the view of the glen cove toll booths from devils playground notice the tree line is about 700ft below it was such an awesome treat to see the first car to win pikes peak go part way up the mountain.

the third driver on the team is rod millen of new zealand whose brother steve races for rival toyota toyota has won the series each of the five years of its existence.

the king of the mountain himself nobuhiro monster tajima was unable to best his time from last year after beating rod millens longstanding.

it is 530 am and the sun is beginning to rise glowing in brilliant colors and illuminating the twisting road below the air is crisp and the roa.

pikes peak posted in tnfs archive i saw the hill climb for the first time last night on espn2 do you think the toyotarod millen unlimited entry is a bit much 850 hp to go up the mountain it looks like it could win at lemans the incar camera of per eklund was amazing instead of runoffs walls and catch fencing they used spectators trees and sheer drops.

first held in 1915 colorados pikes peak international hill climb is known as the race to the clouds cars climb 4270 feet over the 1242mile race course drivers negotiate 156 turns along the twisting mountain route few of those turns are protected by guardrails and some border dropoffs in excess of 1000 feet.

1 rod millen and his celica the crazy kiwi returns this year with his brightyellow pennzoilsponsored toyota celica the beastly celica alltrac racked up three overall wins at pikes peak 1994 1997 and 1998 and with millen at the wheel set the course record of 1004050 in 94.

rod millen utterly dominated the event in the 90s with a series of times so close to the 10 minute mark that it seemed a certainty that his toyota celica would one day break into single figures.

jamey price is shooting the 2013 pikes peak international hill climb enjoy these 30 shots of racers charging up the mountain at dawn during the first practice of the week.

check out over 30 photos from the friday practice sessions at the 2013 pikes peak international hill climb.

hosted by rod millen one of new zealands most driven innovative and ultimately successful motorsport exports the leadfoot festival is the culmination of a dream to which an eternally grateful public are able to share and become immersed within turbo fourcylinder grumbling v8 or screaming rotary with mr millens background.

45 yearold new zealand native rhys millen comes from a family longassociated with pikes peak rhys is the son of rod millen the second most prolific pikes peak competitor in.

with his surname already linked with the overall pikes peak international hill climb record thanks to son rhys rod millen is focusing his attention on piloting an electric vehicle up the mountain.

rhys millen will return to the unlimited division this year in search of his ninth ppihc title after setting the alltime course record of 946164 in winning the time attack division the alltime course record for the electric auto division belongs to japans fumio nutahara who clocked 1015380 last year in a toyota tmg ev p002 himself.

filed under motorsports hyundai rmr hyundai pikes peak 2011 test session click above for highres image gallery chances are youve heard of rhys millen the man pushes cars over dirt into extreme sideways angles through the air and up challenging mountain roads if youre a bit.