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Tajima’s Record run up Pikes Peak at the 85th Running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Pikes Peak Hill Climb Race Taken from Tin Barn, 3 quarters of a mile down Glen Cove at Pikes Peak Mountain. Monster Tajima at the end of video. PPIHC 2008 Pikes Peak Race. International Hill Climb Race to the Clouds. Suzuki XL-7 Grand Vitara, Escudo. Nobihuro Tajima, Randy Schranz, Lisa Klassen Music by Chemical Brothers: Block Rocking Beats.

SUZUKI ESCUDO PIKES SPECIAL impression

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I have another vid with more footage: www.youtube.com Some video clips and photos of Nobuhiro Tajima at the 2007 PPHIC in the 1000 hp Suzuki Grand Vitara XL-7 aka the Escudo. There are some Practice and race footage included.

VIDEO COURTESY OF FALKEN TIRE www.youtube.com Ride on the bumper of a screaming 910hp, Twin-Turbo, All-wheel Drive, 150 mph Suzuki SX4 as it races up one of the world’s most dangerous hills. An attempt by the “Monster” to break his own record of 10:01:41… COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (June 29, 2010) — For the fifth consecutive time, Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima combined experience, skill and Falken Tires to claim overall victory in the 88th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Although he did not set a new Pikes Peak record, one day before his 60th birthday, Tajima continues to hold the current overall record for reaching the peak, beating hill climb veterans Paul Dallenbach and Rhys Millen in the Unlimited Class. He drove his new 910-hp Monster Sport Suzuki SX4 Hill Climb Special on Falken WildPeak A/T tires, the powerful new line of all-terrain, all-season tires Falken launched this past April. Following exhaustive tests in a Japanese wind tunnel facility, Monster’s 2010 Pikes Peak race car underwent extensive aerodynamic changes to better adapt to the modified road surface on the race to the clouds, which assumed a smoother tarmac and less gravel than last year. Thinning air ascending the mountain robs most motors of their power by 30 or more percent, but the increase in horsepower over last year’s race car helped push the driver forward.

Ride on the bumper of a screaming 910hp, Twin-Turbo, All-wheel Drive, 150 mph Suzuki SX4 as it races up one of the world’s most dangerous hills. An attempt by the “Monster” to break his own record of 10:01:41… COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (June 29, 2010) — For the fifth consecutive time, Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima combined experience, skill and Falken Tires to claim overall victory in the 88th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Although he did not set a new Pikes Peak record, one day before his 60th birthday, Tajima continues to hold the current overall record for reaching the peak, beating hill climb veterans Paul Dallenbach and Rhys Millen in the Unlimited Class. He drove his new 910-hp Monster Sport Suzuki SX4 Hill Climb Special on Falken WildPeak A/T tires, the powerful new line of all-terrain, all-season tires Falken launched this past April. Following exhaustive tests in a Japanese wind tunnel facility, Monster’s 2010 Pikes Peak race car underwent extensive aerodynamic changes to better adapt to the modified road surface on the race to the clouds, which assumed a smoother tarmac and less gravel than last year. Thinning air ascending the mountain robs most motors of their power by 30 or more percent, but the increase in horsepower over last year’s race car helped push the driver forward.

Monster Suzuki Pike’s Peak Hill Climb 2010 Friday Practice

“Monster” fights for the Unlimited win against Rhys Millen and Paul Dallenbach, and hopes to break the 10 minute barrier in the process.

1990 Pikes Peak run