It's that time again y'all. I'll be back on the road to Sturgis, piloting the camera bike for Sara Liberte and acting as a veteran mentor and knower-of-sidecar-things for the Veterans Charity Ride to Sturgis. For those of you who are unaware, the VCR takes wounded and amputee veterans on an epic ride to the … Continue reading Veterans Charity Ride: Follow the Ride
If the weather is no good for riding, or you find yourself with a free half-hour, I recommend spending it by meeting David Sanchez, the mastermind of BOTTPOWER and their Pikes Peak Project. This episode of Power Art goes to the BOTTPOWER shop in Valencia, Spain, to figure out how a Spanish engineer ended up … Continue reading Video: BOTTPOWER at Pikes Peak
This Sunday, June 25th, is the running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. For the first time in several years, there will be a free live webcast with a full battery of former racers and on air talent to give you the play-by-play. The 10-year contract with Matchsports sounds more promising than some of … Continue reading Pikes Peak Live Webcast This Weekend
Due to financial constraints, the final event we were scheduled to attend will have to be missed. The Bonneville Vintage GP at the Utah Motor Sports Campus is probably my favorite race of the season. It is well attended, the track is fun and challenging, the paddock is full of cool people and intriguing machines, … Continue reading Announcement: Canceling Next Event
[Continued From Part 1] Eventually I found an old article with the 2013 results and compared them to our time. Subculture Racing's 2013 record: 11:26.987. Team Johnny Killmore's 2016 time: 11:26.644: a difference of only 0.343 seconds. If I had missed one more upshift, if I had slacked off in one turn, or if Matt had missed one … Continue reading Pikes Peak 2016: Sidecars To The Summit PART 2
Race day was unique for the 100th anniversary of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The field was drastically reduced and that promised to get everyone up the hill before the afternoon weather came in. The only problem was that water from the previous night's rain had not yet abated. This was obviously going to … Continue reading Pikes Peak 2016: Sidecars To The Summit PART 1
Steve English is the number one source worldwide for roadracing sidecar news. The forum and social media accounts are a place to interact with other racers, the news page is full of the happenings within the scene, and Slow Phil's Sidecar Show keeps a page there for their podcast. So obviously I had to make … Continue reading Repost of Our Pikes Peak Press Release
After four days of tremendous effort, Rising Sun Racing finally managed to fire their engine for the first time at the 2016 Pike Peak Hill Climb. The engine would run at the hotel, but every time they took it to altitude on America's Mountain the lump would stubbornly refuse so so much as stutter. Finally, … Continue reading The Best Sound Ever
The Hill Climb has put up raw footage from our rear facing camera from this year's race. About 7:40 you can hear the missed downshift when we almost went straight off to a guard rail but gathered it up. About 10:20 you will see the bumps begin and continue to the summit. About 19:15 begins … Continue reading Video: Pikes Peak Hill Climb
June 26, 2016: Pilot John Wood and co-pilot Matt Blank took the win and eked out enough speed to take the record for the sidecar class last week at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Wet conditions during the beginning of the race saw most motorcycle classes produce winning times well off their respective class records, but with sidecars running near … Continue reading Team Johnny Killmore Retakes Sidecar Record At Pikes Peak Hill Climb
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