COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – For the second time, Robin Shute is the King of the Mountain.
Shute captured the overall victory in Sunday’s 99th running of the Pikes Peak Int’l Hill Climb which saw the course shortened by three miles due to poor weather and road conditions at the summit.
The course is typically 12.42 miles, but Sunday’s run up the mountain ended after nine miles as a result of the poor conditions.
Shute, who was the overall winner of the Hill Climb in 2019, completed his run up the mountain in 5 minutes and 55.246 seconds aboard his 2018 Wolf GB08 TSC-LT. Shute also topped the Unlimited class.
Romain Dumas, a four-time Pikes Peak champion, finished 36 seconds behind Shute in second in a 2019 Porsche 911 GT2RS Clubsport. Despite finishing second overall, Dumas did win the Time Attack 1 division.Â
Two-time overall winner Paul Dallenbach was third and topped the Open Wheel class in his 2006 PVA-003 Dallenbach Special. Another two-time overall winner, Rhys Millen, was fourth in a 2021 Bentley Continental GT3. He finished second in the Time Attack 1 division.
Fifth overall went to Raphael Astier, who piloted a 2015 Porsche BBI Turbo Cup to the top of the Pikes Peak Open class. Sixth overall went to Codie Vahsholtz, who took second in the Open Wheel class aboard a 2013 Ford Open.Â
Vahsholtz, the son of 2020 Pikes Peak overall winner Clint Vahsholtz, was the fastest rookie up the mountain. While he was classified as a rookie, it was not his first time competing at Pikes Peak. He previously competed in the motorcycle division, where he was a three-time champion.Â
Other class winners at Pikes Peak included Randy Pobst (Exhibition) and Tanner Foust (Porsche Trophy By Yokohama).
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