Pikes Peak can be tremendously rewarding...or unmercifully cruel. Fortunately, for the Porsche teams, participating in the 93rd running of the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, the rewards were satisfying. Time Attack 1 Class Jeff Zwart finally got his 8th win on the mountain in his BBi prepared GT3/GT2 Cup and Zwart set his …
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Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Porsche Drivers Discuss The Challenges Of This Unique Race
Veteran Pikes Peak racers Jeff Zwart, David Donner, Randy Pobst, and Fred Veitch discuss the challenges of racing on America's Mountain for honors at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Donner, Veitch and Zwart are stalwart Porsche drivers. But Randy Pobst has chosen a GTR for this year's race. Who will prevail? …
Continue to the full articlePikes Peak Run Order Set: Porsches Qualify Strongly
The build-up to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is fraught with trial, tribulations, and sometimes danger. Nonetheless, the Porsches entered for the 2015 running of the Race to the Clouds, are finding strong success in the face of some daunting competition from a couple of Nissan GTRs and a Cobra. Jeff Zwart Jeff Zwart's GT3/GT2 …
Continue to the full article2015 Pikes Peak Competition Heating Up for Porsche.
With the glow of Porsche’s Le Man's win slipping into the sunset, it’s time to focus on the next major racing challenge for the fabled marque. The 2015 Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is just over a week away. Among the 145 cars and motorcycles racing the 156 corners and 12.42 miles to an altitude of 14,114’ above sea level are …
Continue to the full articleGet Ready For A Battle Royal At Pikes Peak: Porsche vs. Nissan
Now that Pikes Peak is paved to the top, it's become a competitive hotbed for road-cars of all kinds, but Porsche remains dominant. This year will be especially interesting in the production-based Time Attack 2 class. Pikes Peak veteran and 4-time winner David Donner will be racing a 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S entered by Porsche of Colorado Springs …
Continue to the full articleThis Is Why Jeff Zwart Chose BBI Autosport To Build His Pikes Peak Cup Car
Earlier today Jeff posted a link to a video on his facebook page. The link brought us to a video filmed in Ultra High Definition by director Will Roegge; it's the inside story of BBI Autosport and the incredible Porsche Cup car they built for Jeff to run at Pikes Peak this year. In Jeff's own words it's a "Really nice 'behind the scenes' of what it …
Continue to the full articleThis Video Shows The Fine Line Between Control And What Could Be Certain Death On Pikes Peak
I'm afraid of heights, terrified even. I don't like standing on the first step of a ladder so you can forget about racing up mountains in a Porsche. In fact, I remember being the passenger in a 991 driving to the top of the Mt. Washington auto road (the tallest peak in New England) a few years back and wondering how in the hell Jeff Zwart ever …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Jeff Zwart’s Pikes Peak Run From His Point Of View
Have you ever wanted to know what exactly it would sound like to be inside a demon? Jeff Zwart's BBi Autosport-built 997 GT3 Cup Turbo hillclimb car gives a pretty close approximation, and now you can feel like you are right there with Jeff as he canes the beast up the Pikes Peak hill. The Porsche, a wild and nearly un-tamable leviathan of power, …
Continue to the full articleThe Porsche Battle At Pikes Peak
By this point, it seems almost like privateer racers have harnessed more technology and speed in the race to the top of the mountain than we did in the race to the moon in the late sixties. This year, the battle for overall honors was down to a battle between electric power and fossil fuels. In the Time Attack Class, it was Porsche versus Porsche …
Continue to the full articleJeff Zwart, Romain Dumas, Vincent Beltois and Others Explain What It Takes To Conquer Pikes Peak In A Porsche
According to Ray Shaffer, General Manager of Brumos Porsche, "Pikes Peak is to Porsche of Colorado Springs what Daytona is to Brumos." With that in mind, it's only fitting that Porsche of Colorado would host a discussion featuring the like of Jeff Zwart, Romain Dumas and Vincent Beltoise (this year's Time Attack Winner in a Porsche) to discuss …
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