heinrich

Not at all certain. There was a long Excellence report on Pike's Peak a few years back, following a well-respected Carrera 4S racer in his saga over a few years. He had a Carrera 2 and went to a 4S and discovered that disabling the front diff was the way to go .... 2-wheel gave more control and better times.

Carl Fausett

Two new Pikes Peak 928 videos are up now for downloading.

They are here: http://www.928motorsports.com/othervideos.html

I am still acquiring still pictures from various sources - will post a link to aslideshow as soon as I have it done.

bronto

Wow! Forget the video. The audio is worth pressing onto a CD!

mark kibort

are the videos up?
site asking me for user name and password????????
mk

Carl Fausett

?? there should not be any request for a user name and password from my FTP server.

Try this link: http://www.928motorsports.com/othervideos.html

Mike Frye

Carl, that's a cool pic. Gettin' sideways !

I like the video from outside the car, especially where your drown out the helicopters coming out of the corners. Great stuff!

I didn't have any trouble downloading them (this time) thanks for the tip, I was previously trying to view them from your server, rather than 'save link as...' then running it locally. It works fine for me that way.

IcemanG17

Carl
Finally got to watch the full video....wow did your pace drop when you hit the dirt.....I would guess about 1/2...... Also I noticed the "oops" at about 12:00..... it looks like you got pretty close to the edge!! That had to have some pucker factor!!!

Carl Fausett

Yes, when you hit dirt with asphalt tires, its like going from dry pavement to snow. Slippery slippery.
That dirt section was worse than the gravel section at the top. I had more traction on the gravel. The dirt was really bad. I had learned thru the qualifying races to tip-toe over the dirt.

I kept testing it... I'd give it a little more throttle, the *** would swing out, I'd lift and put it back, go 100 feet, test it again, etc. All the way up the hill.

Carl Fausett

Some of you were asking about the 1st place winner - listed as a "2005 Ford Ranger"

Here it is:

This was Leonard Vascholtz's 31st Pike Peak event. He has won the Open Division several times. The next-most frequent Pike's Peak competitor was Schmidt, who too 2nd place, who has raced PPeak 21 times.

His "Ford Ranger" is a purpose-built hill climb machine, tube-framed and all, with a lightweight Ford ranger body in Lexan Dzus fastened to the tubes.
S'pose you had to call it somthing - and Ford Ranger was the most recognizable.

Leonard was a nice fella - we sat at his table at the awards ceremony. He retired this year. Everybody gave him a standing ovation for racing Pike's Peak 31 times - more than anybody else by far.

Jim bailey - 928 International

Do they remove the windshield to take off the air cleaner ? When they say OPEN category they mean really really open Like a "Funny Car" for hillclimbs !

Carl Fausett

Precisely. I was in the Open Division - and its almost completely open to anything. A VERY tough class to compete in. Very few rules. The only class that is faster is the Unlimited Division, and that has only 1 competitor this year. My supercharger is what put me in the Open Division. I did not fit anywhere else.

Carl Fausett

I digested over 300 photos from multiple photographers to get these…. The 32 best photos from our trip to Pikes Peak.

Enjoy!

http://www.928motorsports.com/racetotheclouds.php


I am still writing the story about it all, but you can enjoy the pictures now.

Abby Normal

Absolutely Incredible! Major Kudos to you!!!!!

The_Remora

Awesome, thats some very impressive driving, congratulations!!!

DonS

May we all pause for a moment of admiration -



for the MOST BAD *** 928 racing that day!