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Race Week Schedule

Monday, June 24 (Technical Inspection) Colorado Springs World Arena

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Competitor Registration, Media Room, Merchandise and Ticket Sales

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Technical Inspection (World Arena Colorado Springs) (competitors see the set division schedule under bulletins)

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. –Merchandise and Ticket Sales (World Arena)

1:30 p.m.– 2:30 p.m. All rookie competitors are required to participate in an on-track rookie evaluation.

3:30 p.m. – Mandatory Rookie School for Drivers/Riders (Crowne Plaza)

5:00 p.m. – Mandatory Drivers Meeting (Crowne Plaza)

6:00 p.m. – Mandatory Riders Meeting (Crowne Plaza)

Wednesday, June 26 (Practice/Qualifying Day 1)

3:30 a.m. – Gateway open to Officials

3:30 a.m. – Gateway open to Competitors in the Upper Section (Devil's Playground to Summit)

3:45 a.m. – Gateway open to Competitors in the Middle Section (Glen Cove to 16 Mile)

4:00 a.m. – Gateway open to Competitors in the Lower Section (Start Line to switchback (S/B) below Glen Cove)

4:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m. Gateway open to credentialed individuals and spectators (tickets needed for spectators)

4:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m. Practice day tickets will be sold at the Gateway for $25 per person.

5:00 a.m. – Start Line closes to uphill traffic.

5:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Sanctioned Practice (Pikes Peak – America's Mountain)

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Merchandise (Crowne Plaza Hotel Lobby)

11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Media Room / Registration / Ticket Sales (Crowne Plaza Hotel)

Thursday, June 27 (Practice/Qualifying Day 2)

3:30 a.m. – Gateway open to Officials

3:30 a.m. – Gateway open to Competitors in the Upper Section (Devil's Playground to Summit)

3:45 a.m. – Gateway open to Competitors in the Middle Section (Glen Cove to 16 Mile)

4:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m. Gateway open to credentialed individuals and spectators (tickets needed for spectators)

4:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m. Practice day tickets will be sold at the Gateway for $25 per person.

4:00 a.m. – Gateway open to Competitors in the Lower Section (Start Line to switchback (S/B) below Glen Cove)

5:00 a.m. – Start Line closes to uphill traffic.

5:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Sanctioned Practice (Pikes Peak – America's Mountain)

11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Media Room / Registration / Ticket Sales (Crowne Plaza Hotel)

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Merchandise (Crowne Plaza Hotel Lobby)

Sunday, June 30th (Race Day)

2:00 a.m. – Gateway opens for Officials and Competitors only. All competitors and credentialed personnel must enter through gate #3 which is located on the far right lane.

3:00 a.m. – Gateway opens to the public. All spectators must use the left lane (uphill lane) and enter through Gate #1

6:30 a.m. – Non-denominational service (in the clearing behind race control) – Layne Schranz

7:00 a.m. – Riders Meeting (Drivers right on pit row by the Red Bull Bus)

7:10 a.m. – Drivers Meeting (Drivers right on pit row by the Red Bull Bus)

7:30 a.m. – Opening Ceremonies

7:50 a.m. – Highway turned over to PPIHC (Randy Ruyle)

7:50 a.m. – Motorcycles begin lining up

7:55 a.m. – Pace Car

7:59 a.m. – The Flag is Dropped

8:00 a.m. – Start of the 91st running

TBD – End of the 91st running

TBD– Awards Ceremony (in the VIP by the start line tent shortly after competitors have returned down from the top) Merchandise will be sold at the start line area on race day

PPIHC Tickets Available Now

Fans of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb can purchase tickets now for the June 30, 2013 race and assure themselves a spot on the Peak for what promises to be the best in the event's long and storied history.

General admission seats are priced at $40.00 each, and the popular Family Four-Pack is priced at $135.00 when purchased in advance.

Tickets may be purchased on the PPIHC official website: www.ppihc.com

Camping permits, sold on a first-come, first-served basis, are available at $100.00 each.

(Note, PPIHC policy for the Family Four-Pack mandates that all four people must be in one vehicle on race day and each occupant in a vehicle with a camping permit must also have a race ticket.)

Race tickets are required for anyone 10 years of age and older.

Pikes Peak Hill Climb to be Broadcast Live Streaming Online at RedBull.TV

For the first time ever, the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb will be broadcast live streaming online thanks to the adrenaline junkies at Red Bull.

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is working with Red Bull Media House to digitally live stream the Race to the Clouds on one of the media company's global content delivery platforms - RedBull.TV. This will provide a front row seat to all the action for millions of viewers in the comfort of their home or office.

Race veteran Dan Cochell of 1580 AM in Colorado Springs will be the voice of the live stream, Chris Shearer of Shearer Brilliance will produce the show, Windstar Studios, will provide pre-produced interviews with key drivers and racers and Access Media will provide cameras and operators on the course. The PPIHC will provide exciting overhead helicopter images along the 12.42 mile course to the summit finish line. Peak Internet will be providing the Internet service on race day to assist with making the live stream possible.

Red Bull TV offers a service featuring exclusive sports coverage and content on demand. Viewers have the luxury of watching the content on www.redbull.tv from virtually any location with Internet access.

Race fans can follow the event live, or go back and watch something that they may have originally missed, utilizing a computer, lap top, or cellular device. The material is always available with the ease and convenience for users that will give them a unique experience.

"We are thrilled to have a digital home for our global audience," said PPIHC Chairman Tom Osborne. "The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has become a significant event for motorsport fans everywhere, and now, for the first time, they can actually see and be part of the race on www.Red Bull.TV. It will open the door for literally thousands of new fans of our event with the enjoyment of watching it in the comfort of their own homes."

91st Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Roars Away A Month From Sunday.

With one month to go before the 91st running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, there are signs that this year's race may go down as the best in the long history of America's second-oldest motor sports race.

The field will include 91 autos and 71 motorcycles for 162 competitors who want to challenge America's Mountain on June 30 and its finish line at its 14,110-foot summit, where the air is rare.

In keeping with the race's growing international reputation, entries have been received from drivers and racers from the United States, Japan, Latvia, France, Sweden, Canada, Brazil, Great Britain, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Italy, Scotland, Poland, Korea and New Zealand.

More than 250 media credentials have been issued to journalists and broadcasters from the United States, Mexico, Great Britain, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Brazil. Italy, Bavaria, Croatia, France, Switzerland, Russia, Czech Republic, Canada and Australia.

The loaded Unlimited automobile division features the two drivers who took turns in breaking the all-time course record during last year's race, French star Romain Dumas and the veteran Rhys Millen, among a field of 13 drivers with a wide variety of autos and engines.

Millen set the course record of 9:46.164 in winning the Time Attack division last year, and Dumas broke the old mark a bit earlier in the race by clocking 9:46.181 in winning the Pikes Peak Open division. Both drivers moved to Unlimited this year, setting up a classic showdown in the same field.

But that's not all for the Unlimited field.

The veteran Doug Siddens (Cedar Park, TX), is unveiling a brand-new Polaris RZR-X soon, which he has been working on for months. Siddens is no stranger to success on the Peak, winning the Exhibition Powersport division last year in his 2009 Polaris RZR-X with a time of 10:40.669. Observers think he may be a contender this year for top honors.

Dumas, last year's Rookie of the Year, will be joining the big cars in the Unlimited field this year with a brand-new Norma M20FCPP prototype entry in hopes of even a faster time on the asphalt 12.42 mile course to the summit of America's Mountain.

Millen has entered in a racy Hyundai PM580T to attack the course after setting the record last year. In an interesting twist to all of this, he has loaned the auto he drove to the record last year, a Hyundai Genesis Coupe to the veteran Paul Dallenbach (Basalt, CO), who becomes one of the favorites this year in the Time Attack division.

The talent-heavy Unlimited field also includes French veteran Jean-Philippe Dayraut, driving a specially-prepared 900 HP "No Limit" Mini Countryman for the first time on the Peak. Dayraut was third in the Unlimited division in 2011, driving a VIP Challenge Dacia Duster and winning Rookie of the Year honors.

But the new big dog in the Unlimited hunt may be another French racing star, nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb, who will be behind the wheel of a specially-built Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak model.

Loeb's Peugeot entry marks its first attempt on Pikes Peak since back-to-back triumphs in its 405 T16 model in 1988 and 1989 by Ari Vatanen and Robby Unser in the Open Rally division, which now is the Unlimited division.

Driving for Citroën's World Rally Team, Loeb won every World Rally Championship from 2004-2012 and is running in second place in this year's series. He's being loaned to Peugeot for Pikes Peak in an attempt to win the famed race, which began in 1916.

Loeb finished second in the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans, and was named the French Sportsman of the Year in 2007 and 2009.

There is also a huge buzz in the Electric Auto division, where one of the race's legends, Japan's Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima, is entered again in his Pikes Peak Special E-Runner, which caught fire last year and forced the former course record holder and the first to crack the ten-minute mark, out of the race. Tajima won the Unlimited division nine times on the Peak.

He will be up against another of the event's legends, Rod Millen, who is the father of Rhys Millen, and winner of the Unlimited title five times in the past, as well as a comeback in 2011, when he returned to Pikes Peak and triumphed in the Time Attack 2WD division.

Millen will be driving a new Toyota TMG EV POO2 model in the Electric field, which now numbers seven entries, including one of the year's biggest surprises.

Mitsubishi has entered six-time Pikes Peak motorcycle champion Greg Tracy in the Electric Autos Division in one of its two MiEV Evolution II four-wheel drive prototype race cars. The decorated Tracy, who has never been behind the wheel of an auto on the Peak before, was second a year ago in the blazing 1205cc motorcycle division behind champion Carlin Dunne, who set the all-time bike record of 9:52.819, while Tracy also shattered the elusive ten-minute mark with his clocking of 9:58.262.

The Electric field also includes two-time Champion Ikuo Hanawa of Japan, behind the wheel of a Summit HER-02.

The Time Attack division has a record 23 entries, including last year's winner in the Unlimited division, David Donner of Colorado Springs. He the latest member of the famed Donner family to race on the Peak, following Robert, Robert, Jr. (David's father), and Robert III. He has chalked up two wins in the past in the Open Wheel division on top of his 2012 crown in Unlimited.

He'll be up against Dallenbach, racing in Rhys Millen's record-setting Hyundai Genesis, as well as battle-tested Pikes Peak veterans like David Hackl (Lakewood, CO), David Kern (Centennial, CO) and Jeff Zwart (Corona Del Mar, CA).

15-time Super Stock Car winner Clint Vahsholtz (Woodland Park, CO) will be back on the Peak again, but this time in the Open Wheel division, now that race organizers eliminated Super Stock from the menu of events. He'll be driving a Ford Open in his first crack at the division in history.

The eight division motorcycle field includes returning champions Steve Tutt (Platte City, MO) in Quad Modified, John-Thomas Wood (Adelanto, CA) in the Sidecar division, Jason Archuleta (Colorado Springs) in the Pikes Peak 250, Travis Newbold (Arvada, CO) in the Pikes Peak 450, and Marc LaNoue (Houston, TX) in the Vintage division.

Race organizers are waiting to hear about last year's Motorcycle King of the Mountain, Carlin Dunne (Santa Barbara, CA), who rode a Ducati Multistrada to the all-time course bike mark of 9:52.819 in the Pikes Peak 1205 division. Odds are in favor of his entry at this date, but perhaps riding another model this time around.

Race Week officially begins on Monday, June 24, with the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Inspection Day, presented by Scion (open to the public) at the Colorado Springs World Arena, from 8:00-5:00 p.m.

It's free to the public and families, and every driver and racer will be on hand with their autos and motorcycles as they go through inspection, giving fans the chance to see the vehicles and bikes and meet the competitors, who will pose for pictures and sign autographs. Race tickets and special PPIHC merchandise and apparel will be on sale at Tech Inspection at the World Arena.

Food and drinks will be available for breakfast (8:00-10:00) and Lunch (11:00-2:00) for the fans on hand for the event as well.

The ever-popular downtown Fan Fest goes on Friday night, June 28¸from 5:00-10:00 p.m. in downtown Colorado Springs.

Fan Fest is the annual pre-race celebration held in downtown Colorado Springs (Tejon St. between Colorado Ave. & Bijou St.) promoting the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

More than 30,000 fans are expected to attend. This event is FREE and typically features a large Budweiser beer garden, live bands, chili cook-off for the fans.

Downtown business owners Sam and Kathy Guadagnoli will present the Red Bull Jumpers and Skydivers.

Top race qualifiers will display their vehicles (cars, quads, motorcycles, etc.), give driver demos and be present for autograph sessions. In addition, the PPIHC mobile museum will be on-site and exclusive PPIHC merchandise will be available for purchase. Tickets to the 91st running will also be on sale.