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Each year, the top drivers from across the globe travel to our region to take on the twists and turns of Pikes Peak – America’s Mountain. We were fortunate enough to speak to Chelsy Offutt, the Director of Communications at Visit Colorado Springs, who told us what made it so special: “It’s also known as the Race to the Clouds. Well, in Colorado the ordinary hill climb has been injected with a dose of insanity.įor 100 years, drivers have been heading to Colorado’s highest mountain to take part in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. The sharp bends, spectacular vistas and adrenaline rush you get as you are driving your lease car is hard to quantify and replicate.
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One of the world’s most extreme races? Without a doubt.Įvery keen driver can share in the pleasure of a good road that climbs up the side of a steep hill or mountain. This route was the 950 mile run from Tijuana and La Paz and has been modified and intensified over the years.īooby traps, check. Back in 1962, Hollywood stuntman Bud Ekins was asked to test the new CL72 Scrambler by American Honda along a route of their choosing. You can thank the Ekins brothers for this interpretation of a motorsport event. Though this just adds to the ‘charm’ of the race, apparently.
In the past there have been holes and pits dug, rivers blocked, obstacles placed for cars to run into and even hidden jumps and ramps built purely for the amusement of their creator. Not only is this event held in a rugged dust pit which pushes your vehicle to the limit, but spectators are even allowed to booby trap the course. Anyone can enter their stock car, truck, custom racer, motorbike or dune buggy, but perhaps leave your new lease car at home. The Baja 1000 is the epitome of an extreme race. Take to Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula in one of the most unforgiving and frankly dangerous motoring events on the planet. From dry desert, to powder-like dust tracks that create dense clouds, thick jungle and flat savannah plains, entrants battle against the conditions, 50 degree heat and of course, the local wildlife. We’ve all seen off-roading, but this rally takes things to whole new level. 53 entrants competed in the first rally back in December 2003, which ran for 5,000 kilometres through Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania over ten days. Entrants must only enter the race in a pre-1974 car, as to remove the use of either turbocharged or four-wheel drive vehicles. The result? The East African Safari Rally. Rally enthusiasts, including Mike Kirkland, were dedicated to reintroducing a race course to this corner of the world. This race spawned from the loss of the Safari Rally from the FIA World Rally Championships in 2002. In each location, Extreme E will support research and conservation work.Īnd the races will be televised, so Agag says they provide an opportunity to increase awareness about climate change among fans watching at home and inspire new people to get involved in climate action.When you are looking for the world’s most extreme races, the thought of a race that means you are driving through the African wilderness past elephants and lions warrants being classed as extreme.
Another event planned for August will be held in front of a retreating glacier in Greenland on land that was once covered in ice. The SUVs’ first race was held in the desert of Saudi Arabia to highlight water scarcity. “But we thought we could go one step beyond that and we could promote electric cars on the most remote corners of the planet that are affected by climate change,” Agag says.
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He says the five-race series – which started earlier this month – will showcase the potential of electric vehicles. “They’re quite big and they race very fast around any kind of surface, so they can go at about 140 miles an hour … on sand, over rocks.” “They’re really powerful,” says Alejandro Agag, Extreme E’s founder and CEO. But a new off-road race series called Extreme E uses electric SUVs. Usually, these vehicles have gas-guzzling engines. In the sport of off-road racing, cars and trucks speed over desert sand, muddy fields, and rocky terrain.
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