Race to heaven.....

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as the The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, a distance of 19.99 km (12.42 miles) over 156 turns, climbing 1,439 meters (4,721 ft) from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway at 2,862 meters (9,390 ft) on grades averaging 7% over both gravel and paved section

The race is on the FIA International Events Calendar and has featured competition from United States rally sanctioning body SCCA ProRally in 2004 and Rally America in 2005. It has taken place since 1916 and is currently contested by a variety of classes of Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles and Quads. There are often numerous new classes tried and discarded year-to-year.

This races was and exceptional on all entire USA, because the americans never had the WRC drivers on his own ground, but a new area on the rally universe began with the newest FIA (Federation Internationale de'l Automobile) rules on the 80's for the mitic B rally group.

So, in that years Audi introced the Audi Quattro S1 in the hands of beauty Michele Mouton, that was the firstime woman to wins the race on 1985, a year before the FIA banned the B rally group for his dangerous and fatalities on Europe.

After the FIA B rally group were cancelled, Pikes Peak was the place for brands like Peugoet, Porshe, Audi, Toyota, and the races to heaven still in this days, but now its Suzuki the rival to beat , on one of the most exciting course around the earth.

But the title for the most faster driver is for Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima from Japan who clocked a time of 10:01.408 on July 21st 2007 driving the 1000 hp mid-engined Suzuki XL7 Hill Climb Special, breaking the previous record (set in 1994 by Rod Millen) by less than three seconds. The winning time in 1916 was 20:55.40, set by Rea Lentz.

91 years later, and 10 minutes with 54 seconds less, amazing.