frenchman romain dumas won the 2018 pikes peak hill climb.
frenchman romain dumas won the 2018 pikes peak hill climb.
who won the 2018 pikes peak hill climb?
frenchman romain dumas
in 2016 gasoline again took top honours but electric completed the podium taking second (rhys millen) and third (tetsuya yamano) as well as fifth (nobuhiro tajima) places overall.









































at the 2018 event, an electric car set a new overall record for the first time in the event's history. frenchman romain dumas completed the course in the all-electric volkswagen i.d. r with a time of 7:57.148, breaking the 8 minute barrier for the first time.









































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the pikes peak international hill climb consists of ten divisions, six for cars and four for motorcycles.









































section::::racing divisions.:car divisions.









































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pikes peak international hill climb
the race is self-sanctioned and has taken place since 1916. it is currently contested by a variety of classes of cars, trucks, motorcycles and quads. there are often numerous new classes tried and discarded year-to-year. on average there are 130 competitors. the ppihc operates as the pikes peak auto hill climb educational museum to organize the annual motorsports event.









































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section::::history.:early history.









































the first pikes peak hill climb was promoted by spencer penrose, who had converted the narrow carriage road into the much wider pikes peak highway.
pikes peak international hill climb