Hyundai brought the whole dog and pony show to Pikes Peak this June: four cars, a World Rally star, last-minute fill-in Randy Pobst, a full crew and a giant, diesel-powered, portable charger setup.
All for less than 10 minutes of racing.
“First of all, it’s very renowned,” Till Wartenberg, head of the N Brand and Motorsport, says about the Pikes …
I can only hope that, someday, I'll get called up days before an event and asked if I can race.
The EVs certainly showed their speed at Pikes Peak this year. Looking forward to what shows up next year.
Pikes Peak is one of the best places to race an EV. Normal cars lose 40% of their power because of altitude while EV's lose nothing. It is always interesting to see times at the bottom as the EV's are slower but the further up the mountain they go they pick up a ton of speed or more accurately the race cars with combustion engines lose their speed.
In reply to oppositelock :
Yeah, it was cool seeing all of this unfold in real time.
Since we have more space here than in the magazine, I’ll share some BTS photos in a few.
Hyundai’s mobile charging setup.
Two chargers...
Fed by a generator.
Tire blankets. This was the last morning of practice.
And early that same morning. Waiting for the weather to break.
Oh yeah, my rad Colorado cap from the Circle K. (I look happy, right?)
Any info on what happened to the one that had the off?
In reply to dyintorace :
I don’t believe the cause was publicly announced.
In reply to dyintorace :
David S. Wallens said:In reply to dyintorace :
I don’t believe the cause was publicly announced.
The driver said "I knew I wasn't going to make the turn", so it becomes a pretty short list of possibilities.
David S. Wallens said:Oh yeah, my rad Colorado cap from the Circle K. (I look happy, right?)
Did the cap work? Is a heated jacket advisable?
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