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19.7.09

Goin' Up!


Today is the 87th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb - the second oldest motor sports race in the nation, second only to the Indy 500. Two years ago, Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima (in the photo above) set a world record time with his 10:01.41 ascent of the 12-1/2 mile, 5,000 vertical foot course. Maybe today someone will break the "10 minute" mark....

UPDATE: "Monster" Tajima did win the day -- but his 10:15.37 time means that the 10-minute threshold will stand for another year.

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At 19/7/09 20:12 , Blogger Jay@Soob said...

You can now refer to me as Captain Envious... One of these years I'll make it out there to see this thing in person.

 
At 19/7/09 20:24 , Blogger deichmans said...

Hope you can make it, General of the Hordes! Know that you'll have a place to stay when you come to Central Colorado.

 

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