COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Robin Shute won the race up the mountain on Sunday, claiming victory in the Pikes Peak Int’l Hill Climb for the fourth time in the past five years.
Shute, 35, drove his 2018 Wolf TSC-FS, racing in the unlimited class, to the to end of the 12.42-mile course in eight minutes and 40.080 seconds defeating runner-up and four-time Hill Climb winner Romain Dumas by more than seven seconds.
“To get the win is always such a treat,” Shute said. “This race is so hard to run, so to consistently win, year after year, is a testament to the program, the team, the car, maybe my driving.”
Racing in the Pikes Peak Open category, Dumas drove a Ford SuperVan 4 to the finish in 8:47.682. Third overall and second in the Open class was Raphael Astier aboard an Alpine A11 GT4 Evo.
Veteran sports car racer David Donohue was fourth overall and first in the Time Attack 1 class, wheeling a Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport.
Codie Vahsholtz, the latest generation of one of the Hill Climb’s most celebrated families, finished fifth overall and won the Open Wheel class.
Tanner Foust topped the Exhibition class in a Radford Type 62 machine.
It was the 101st running of the classic event.