2012 marks a special year for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. For the first time in the event's 96-year history, the entire course is paved, beginning a new era in the Race to the Clouds.
In the other classes that were also in the middle section, Clint Vahsholtz ran a 2:40 to lead from another pair separated by hundredths, Donner Billingsley at 2:45.54 and Andy Figueroa at 2:45.62 ...
Over 12 miles long, this course climbs through the Rocky Mountains up to the summit of Colorado's legendary ... course that makes the historic Pikes Peak Hill Climb so dangerous.