The Champion Motorsports Sim Racing Community just completed our first ever, and hopefully first of many Pike's Peak Hillclimb 2011, using the popular Richard Burns Rally Simulation (RBR) and the Pike's Peak add on stage developed by the modding community for RBR. Being our first time to do this we, were not sure how things would go, but it ended up being a worthwhile special event which was well attended.



We had 3 competition classes and some very fast times across all of them, including a breaking of the 10 minute mark as well, by Nigel Atkins and Magnar Haarstadsveen in the Open class. This was really cool because the 2011 real world Pikes Peak Hillclimb also saw the 10 minute mark broken for the first time this year as well by Monster Tajima in his Monster Sport SX4 Hillclimb Special.


Results 2WD Category

It became apparent that the A6 S1600 cars were the ticket in the 2wd category. Aaron Demarre took top placing in this category in the Peugeot 207 with David Anderson just a few clicks behind in an Opel Corsa. Rounding out the podium was James Knowles in the Porsche 911 Turbo.

Notable mention to Never Know for a fine drive in the Ford Escort Mk2, to 4th in class.


Aaron DeMarre Pug 206 S1600 11:41.87
David Anderson Opel Corsa S1600 11:49.44
James Knowles Porsche 911 Turbo 11:58.77
NeverKnow Ford Escort Mk2 12:02.99
Rick Smith Peugeot 205 Rallye A5 12:06.63
Phil Hopkins Peugeot 205 Maxi F2000/13 12:30.54

Results 4WD Production

In the battle of the N4 Subarus versus the S2000 the S2000s came out on top. Best time went to Magnar Haarstadveen in the Fiat Grande Punto with a time which would have fared well in Open category. Trailing 20 clicks behind was Nigel Harris in the best Subaru followed by Matthew King in another S2000 entry to round out the top 3.


Magnar Haarstadsveen Fiat Grande Punto S2000 10:26.05
Nigel Harris Subaru N14 URT 10:47.32
Matthew King Peugeot 207 S2000 11:03.89
Rick Smith Subaru N14 Prodrive 11:10.37
Dariusz Swiderski Subaru N14 URT 11:10.73
Senad Subasic Subaru N11 11:36.72
Phil Hopkins Subaru N14 URT 12:10.24

Results Open Category

It was WRCs versus Group B's for the top prize of the weekend, and a delight to see two drivers break the 10 minute barrier.

Fastest time of the day goes to Nigel Harris in the Peugeot 205 Turbo T16 Evo, with Magnar Haarstadsveen taking a fine second in the Citroen C4 WRC 2008. Rounding out he podium was another Group B Peugeot piloted by Warren Dawes.


Nigel Atkins Peugeot 205 Turbo T16 Evo 9:44.23
Magnar Haarstadsveen Citroen C4 WRC 2008 9:59.58
Warren Davis Peugeot 205 Turbo T16 Evo 10:16.02
Aaron DeMarre Audi S1 10:34.53
James Knowles Peugeot 205 Turbo T16 Evo 10:37.24
NeverKnow Peugeot 307 WRC 2005 10:37.82
Roy Magnes Subaru Impreza 1995 11:08.20
Eddie Mann Audi S1 11:29.47



The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, a distance of 19.99 km (12.42 miles) over 156 turns, climbing 1,439 meters (4,721 ft) from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway at 2,862 meters (9,390 ft) on grades averaging 7% over both gravel and paved sections.

The race is on the FIA International Events Calendar and has featured competition from United States rally sanctioning body SCCA ProRally in 2004 and Rally America in 2005. It has taken place since 1916 and is currently contested by a variety of classes of Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles and Quads. There are often numerous new classes tried and discarded year-to-year. On average there are 150 competitors.

At Champion Motorsports we hope to make this an annual tradition and are already looking forward to doing it again next year!!!