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Re: [OM] Pikes Peak Hillclimb

Subject: Re: [OM] Pikes Peak Hillclimb
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:18:52 +1000
> 
> What makes Pikes Peak so challenging to a racer is that the "gravel" is
> decomposed granite which is essentially round nuggets that roll.  That
> gravel is mighty slippery.  On the roads in that area, you can get a
> car
> going sideways at 20 miles per hour.
> 

I hadn't realised it had that sort of surface.

...Wayne



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