Grönholm to the clouds

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Originally Posted by rx-guru

Easily? Nothing can be done easily at the Pikes Peak!
Course record can only be broken, by whoever, if weather and track is perfect.

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And the weather is hardly ever perfect, as evidenced by the 90+ degrees F at the start line last year...

and after all its only one run, is that right?? so i think the record will stand, but the fact they are there will add to this already fantastic event , and the fact cars could be usedlater in year , in championship is agood thing

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Originally Posted by wotaguy

and after all its only one run, is that right?? so i think the record will stand, but the fact they are there will add to this already fantastic event , and the fact cars could be usedlater in year , in championship is agood thing

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Yep, only one run, that’s right! And practice is split up into 3 parts of the track in 3 days. Rain, hailstorm, snow, all can happen up there, even in July.

i think i'm going to this.... got'a meet marcus...

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Originally Posted by Torsen

i think i'm going to this.... got'a meet marcus...

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very lucky to be not so far

90+ at the start! Wow...bit different to the year I was there. I think it might have been more like 40 at the start and rapidly colder as you went up the mountain.

Great event though. Are they still talking about paving the rest of the course Kevin?

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Originally Posted by Torsen

i think i'm going to this.... got'a meet marcus...

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Lucky you..! ;)

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Originally Posted by rx-guru

No Rallycross cars, but a three-door (for Eriksson) and a five-door (for Grönholm) prototype built especially for the PPIHC. BTW, the new Fiesta Mk7 will not be on sale in the US before 2010.

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Were have you read that ?

I think they will use modified rallycross car...

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Originally Posted by Micke_VOC

Were have you read that ?

I think they will use modified rallycross car...

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It's written an article on erc24.com(paysite) And there it says that these 2 cars are built alongside the rallycross car of Eriksson, with the same bodyshell, similar basic structure, but with different suspension, transmission and most off all the engine.. The Pikes Peak Fiesta will also have some larger aerofoils then the RX car..

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Originally Posted by ST205GT4

90+ at the start! Wow...bit different to the year I was there. I think it might have been more like 40 at the start and rapidly colder as you went up the mountain.

Great event though. Are they still talking about paving the rest of the course Kevin?

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Yeah, the weather last year was crazy.

There were teams leaving the start line with 9 PSI in the tires and crossing the finish at 45+ PSI. The weather temperatures were just unreal, there was no way there was going to be a record run. That and the area from just past Devil's Playground through Boulder Park had been graded and they had put in all of the re-bar for the curbing based on a 2 lane road, cutting 30-40% of the width in some parts.

They are definitely still talking about more paving, there was some question as to how much they would do this year with the cost and availability of the high altitude polymer asphalt but it seems as though some more will be paved...