STILL AT THE PINNACLE PIKES PEAK

Motor racing or motorsports, in general, has always been dangerous.

- Saurabh Gamare

One moment you are at the top and the next moment you could be in the tyre walls or gravel. That’s closed circuit racing for you. Dangerous, yet forgiving to some extent with all the safety that’s surrounding you. Your only opponent is the person in front of you or behind you. Patience and tranquillity is still the key here. As much as I love closed circuit races, and fascinated by it. There is one form of racing that sends chills down my spine. Imagine your car jumping and flying and drifting across a rough patch of road and you have nothing on the sides but forests and photojournalists waiting for that dramatic aerial shot. Yes! That’s rallying for you. You need someone who has a few screws loose up there to be doing it. If you want to see some old school rallying, look out for Group B rallying on YouTube. All wheel drive Lancias and Audis sliding and puttering across the overly enthusiastic crowd waiting for that one glimpse of their favourite drivers. Now, you’d think, what can be more dangerous than rallying? What if I told you there is. It is the Race to the Clouds. And it quite literally is one. This year it will be its 98th edition! Still cannot figure out what I am talking about? It’s the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

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