Toyota Celica Pikes Peak

One of the major contenders each year is the new zeelander rod millen. The pikes peak hill climb is also known as the race to the clouds.

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It was started in 1916 with a winning time of 205560 and until 2011 it was a gravel road which made the race exciting to say the least.

Toyota celica pikes peak. The car that allowed millen to essentially set an unbreakable record at pikes peak was seen in an instagram video attributed to millen being lifted back onto the track at his property during the running of leadfoot festival 2020. One of the most legendary pikes peak machines in the world has crashed in nz this week as kiwi motorsport legend rod millen rolled his toyota celica pikes peak hillclimb racer. In 1994 rod millen raced a purpose built celica gt awd turbo up the hill in 1004060 breaking the old record by 39 seconds.

This video is about 1996s pikes peak race with the battle for victory between rod millen new zeland driving toyota celica pikes peak and nobuhiro monster tajima japan driving suzuki. His entrant for the 1997 event was this heavily modified toyota celica. The shocking things are this record was 40 second faster than the previous one and.

Of the climbs that continued the 737 miles pikes peak hillclimb was the most popular and has now reached a legendary status. Check out our gallery of rod millens epic 1994 toyota celica hillclimb car. The silhouette racer ran in the unlimited class.

Millen drove an 800bhp all wheel drive toyota celica to a record breaking win in the 1994 pikes peak race to the sky up a 14110ft mountain course in colorado an event with which the driver and toyota have since become synonymous. Toyota celica hardnoze trivia for the 1998 first edition the pikes peak celica was released in the colours seen on the real life 1994 race car driven by rob millen complete with the authentic pennzoil logo and number 1 on the doors. Millen originally trained as a surveyor but found his true vocation in dirt road rallying.

In 1994 this celica set the new record 100406 on the pikes peak hillclimb at that time the course was dirt. This car set a pikes peak record that stood for 13 years. In 1994 this car posted the all time record of pikes peak hill climb in its full dirt version with a 10040 and in 1997 from where the footage of this video was taken it almost surpassed it.