Pikes Peak International Hill Climb - 10 minute barrier broken!

For anyone in the community that keeps up to speed with all sorts of racing events, would know that for decades, the Pikes Peak hill climb has been one of the most ballsy rally's out there; actually it probably is the most insane. Anyway, there has always been said to be a "10 minute barrier", where drives have come close to, but have never actually succeeded in getting to the top in under 10 minutes. This was not even accomplished by Ryan Millen in his Hyundai Genesis hillclimb prototype:



But all of that changed in this weekend in the 2011 Pikes Peak hill climb challenge! Where drivers from all across the world gather in a single day to try and beat the world records for their vehicle classes. It was a suprise that the 10 minute marker was broken, but it was no suprise that the driver who did it was the already 6-time world record holder, Nobuhiro Tajima:



If you don't feel like listening to the information, skip to 6:05 where the few driving scenes are shown. He finished the hill climb with an amazing 9:51 time!, 10 seconds faster than his previous 10:01 record!; With a blown engine!!

Congratulations to the 60 year old "Monster" from Japan!