2015 Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) has finally released official results from the 2015 race, restoring the times to those who reached the peak, and moving a few wins around in the process. Drivers of the Glen Clove finish were put behind those who ran the full course, according to the official results page released on July 2, 2015.
The week of good weather that fell upon the mountain during practice was quickly tossed away when a storm front came in on June 28, 2015. In the noon hour, the peak saw heavy thunderstorms and snow. Drivers were forced to seek shelter in the peak’s gift shop until the storm blew over. Unfortunately, nearly a third of the course was covered in 3 inches of snow. In response, PPIHC closed the race course down to Glen Cove. Nearly half of the competitors were forced onto the shortened course and were scored behind those who reached the peak.

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In Electric Modified, Rhys Millen continued his dominance from the week, bringing his electric Drive eO PP03 to First Place and taking king of the mountain. This is the first time an electric car has taken the overall win at PPIHC, and while just short of breaking into the 8-minute zone, Millen’s 9:07.222-second run skinned about a second off of the previous electric-vehicle (EV) record. Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima took Second in his Tajima Motor E-RUNNER Concept1, on his 65th birthday. Rally legend and rally school owner Tim O’Neil placed Third on the short course in his Entropy Racing EVSR.
In Electric Production, Rhys’ brother, Ryan Millen, placed First in his rookie race on the short course in his Toyota RAV4 EV, ahead of another PPIHC rookie, Mike Tsay, in his Honda Fit EV.
Open Wheel saw Paul Dallenbach in his battle-hardened Dallenbach Special taking home the win with a 9:36.496, nearly 20 seconds ahead of the Second Place driver, Spencer Steele, and his PVA open-wheel car. Clint Vasholtz took a close Third, just 2 seconds behind Steele.

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Pikes Peak Open was finally reclaimed by rookie Jonathan Frost in his Palatov D2RS, running a 10:21.978 with no boost (disconnected boost controller). Rookie James Robinson took Second in his radical twin-charged Acura NSX, which, interestingly, uses electronic superchargers to feed the engine until the turbochargers come onto boost, eliminating the turbo lag that Pikes Peak cars suffer as they climb in altitude. Third Place on the short course was PPIHC veteran “Hot” Rod Moberly in his old-school, stock-car Camaro.



In Vintage class, only Christopher Lennon had a clean run up the mountain, gaining First Place in his 1973 Porsche 911 RSR with an 11:37.969. Ralf Christensson, a regular champion of Vintage, took home Second Place in a 1966 Cobra with the short course. Ralf’s former teammate, Magnus Widen, took Third.

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Time Attack 1 was dominated by Jeff Zwart, with his twin-turbo, all-wheel-drive Porsche 911 with a 9:46.243. David Rowe returned after a short hiatus from the mountain, finishing Second on the full course. Justin Law rounded out Third on the full course, in a matte-silver Jaguar F-Type, with its supercharged V8 screaming up the mountain.

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Time Attack 2 was taken by David Donner with a 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S, taking the peak at 10:26.896. Raymund Guerrero was the last driver to safely make it to the peak in TA2 with his 2011 911 Turbo S. Jared Voight brought his 2010 Camaro SS back, but took Third with the short course.

In the Unlimited class, Dominic Dobson took First with a 10:15.289 in the GoPro Motorsports Radical SR8. Jeff MacPherson took Second in his green Porsche “914-8,” which you can guess means a pretty wild V8-powered 914. Third was rounded by Steve Goeglein, who has raced Pikes Peak for 27 years—this year bringing back his wild NASCAR SB2-powered 2002 Camaro stock car.

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