Radford Pikes Peak

[Dragoon]

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[EspritGuy]

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Radford 62 number 8 time so far.

 

[EspritGuy]

Should be noted Robin is ex-Lotus Engineering and son of Tony Shute (was the Project Manager for Project 111, Elise).

 

[Dragoon]

It was a great day of racing with lots of records broken!

 

[Porter]

I watched the whole 2nd half. Great racing all around. Really tough for the competitors that had on-course incidents or mechanical failures, but very glad there were no injuries or other significant incidents. A clean year is a good year.

 

[Tokion]

I was watching on and off from my residence in Tokyo. I watched up to the point when the Radford started. (Then the video feed switched to focus on other cars like the Randy Pobst Tesla. I can see above that at some point the Radford’s time ranked 8th in the total. However I haven been able to find out what it’s actual time was? And also I do not find the final ranking of the Radford after the race was over. Can someone help me retrieve this information?

 

[Porter]

Tanner in the Radford was 8th overall, with a time of 9:37.326


Here's all the detailed results:

PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL HILL CLIMB

 

[TomE]

The TV coverage was more chatting than video of the racing.

Here’s Tanner’s onboard video from his run, winning the Exhibition class and 8th overall - not bad for a modified Exige!

 

[Speedluvver]

The TV coverage was more chatting than video of the racing.

Here’s Tanner’s onboard video from his run, winning the Exhibition class and 8th overall - not bad for a modified Exige!

and all from a boring old Camry V6.......

 

[frazzer]

I drove up Pikes Peak a few years ago, it's just outside Colorado Springs where I was for a work conference. Seem to remeber the speed limit is only 40mph! Spotted a frustrated Vantage V12 on the way up. Unfortunately the top section was closed due to snow, I think it was October.

 

[Dragoon]

The TV coverage was more chatting than video of the racing.

Here’s Tanner’s onboard video from his run, winning the Exhibition class and 8th overall - not bad for a modified Exige!

So awesome! I set the Exhibition record in 2012 with a 10:40 and he smashed that by over a minute! I would love to see and hear that car in person.

 

[TomE]

You’re a man of many talents, that’s very impressive!

I’m hoping Radford might bring the car to Festival of Speed in a few weeks time. Jenson had to drop out of Pikes Peak due to other commitments (Le Mans) but I bet he’d love to blast it up the hill at Goodwood. The Radford won the Public Favourite Supercar vote at FOS last year.

 

[Dragoon]

You’re a man of many talents, that’s very impressive!

I’m hoping Radford might bring the car to Festival of Speed in a few weeks time. Jenson had to drop out of Pikes Peak due to other commitments (Le Mans) but I bet he’d love to blast it up the hill at Goodwood. The Radford won the Public Favourite Supercar vote at FOS last year.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's there! Since it performed so well at Pikes Peak I bet they are itching to lay down a solid time at Goodwood as well.

 

[Porter]

Full run by Robin Shute for the overall win, 8:40 time. 🤯



Watching this bends my brain, it looks like it's on fast forward.

The fact that he was able to turn an 8:40 with several corners completely and utterly blown by a dodgy shifter (stuck in 4th rather than going down to 2nd) just absolutely blows my mind. He probably had another 10+ seconds in the car, if it had cooperated. Maybe more.

 

[Tokion]

However, the most amazing Pikes Peak story of 2023 really was about Raphael Astier in the Alpine GT4 Evo catching 3rd place overall in a 1.8 liter 4 cylinder tuned to about 500 hp (the lowest of its class). But the ultra lightweight build of the car at 2,094-pound (950 kg) made it fast enough to become third overall at the time 9:17.412. I think Colin Chapman would have applauded this particular feat.

 

[Dragoon]

Full run by Robin Shute for the overall win, 8:40 time. 🤯



Watching this bends my brain, it looks like it's on fast forward.

The fact that he was able to turn an 8:40 with several corners completely and utterly blown by a dodgy shifter (stuck in 4th rather than going down to 2nd) just absolutely blows my mind. He probably had another 10+ seconds in the car, if it had cooperated. Maybe more.

Absolutely mental! Makes me wish I had put a rear camera on my runs so I could see the effects of the aero, I think I only had them forward facing on my cars with wings. The first two years on the dirt I had some rear camera shots.

 

[Dragoon]

However, the most amazing Pikes Peaks story of 2023 really was about Raphael Astier in the Alpine GT4 Evo catching 3rd place overall in a 1.8 liter 4 cylinder tuned to about 500 hp (the lowest of its class). But the ultra lightweight build of the car at 2,094-pound (950 kg) made it fast enough to become third overall at the time 9:17.412. I think Colin Chapman would have applauded this particular feat.

I think you might be right! The first time at Pikes Peak for a new car with this result is outstanding!

 

[TomAce]

However, the most amazing Pikes Peak story of 2023 really was about Raphael Astier in the Alpine GT4 Evo catching 3rd place overall in a 1.8 liter 4 cylinder tuned to about 500 hp (the lowest of its class). But the ultra lightweight build of the car at 2,094-pound (950 kg) made it fast enough to become third overall at the time 9:17.412. I think Colin Chapman would have applauded this particular feat.

Just watched the video from his run, just mental. This guy is serious! 😎


Who is this guy Raphael Astier, where does he race? He is ace. 👍🏻

 

[Dragoon]

Just watched the video from his run, just mental. This guy is serious! 😎


Who is this guy Raphael Astier, where does he race? He is ace. 👍🏻

I like his driving style! He used ALL the road and that's how I used to like to attack it.

 

[Porter]

I like his driving style! He used ALL the road and that's how I used to like to attack it.

He actually reminds me a bit of Ari Vatanen with the smoothness of his inputs, combined with using the whole road in lovely long arcs at an absolutely mental pace. What a great driver, I'm going to watch this guy's career with interest.