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Monster tames Pikes Peak. Again!


Monster tames Pikes Peak. Again!

Author: NRMA MotoringDate: 29 June 2011
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FIRST THOUGHTS: Despite power steering troubles and a blown radiator, Suzuki’s ‘Monster’ Tajima became the first man and machine to break the 10min barrier at Pikes Peak.

Suzuki motorsport legend Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima overcame serious mechanical issues (a blown radiator and a sudden loss of power steering) to become the first person to break the fabled 10-minute barrier at Pikes Peak.

The 60-year-old steered his SX4 racecar to a record time of 9 minutes, 51.278 seconds to record his sixth consecutive outright win at the famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

The race is run on a 19.9 kilometre-long course with 156 turns that begins at an altitude of 2860 metres and finishes at the 4300 metre summit of Pikes Peak.

The dramatic rise in altitude robs engines of 30 per cent of their power at the summit and competitors employ special oxygen breathing apparatus to combat the changes in air pressure.

Monster has been a fixture at the world famous event since 1988 and has now won the unlimited division a record 11 times – all behind the wheel of Suzuki vehicles.

 

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