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P.O.
Box 1575-MC060
Colorado
Springs, CO
80901-1575
Phone:
719-385-Peak
1-800-318-9505
Fax:
719-684-0942
E-Mail:
wbarrett@springsgov.com
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Events
on Pikes Peak
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"Mister
I had to win, I was broke," stated the first Penrose
Trophy winner. Rea Lentz from Spokane, Washington, beat
all the fancy factory sponsored cars driving his home
built Romano Demon racer powered by a 125 HP V-8 402
cid Curtis airplane engine with a time of 20:55.40 minutes.
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In
1994 New Zealander Rod Millen, driving a Toyota Celica,
set a record of 10:04.06 minutes - less than half of Lentz's
1916 time.
The
Pikes Peak Hill Climb is the second oldest sanctioned
race in the United States. (Indianapolis 500 is the oldest.)
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AdAmAn
Club
The
AdAmAn Club began on December 31, 1922, when a group of
cold, courageous men, better known as "the frozen
five," climbed through snowdrifts, ice and wind to
reach the summit of Pikes Peak. Gathered around the pot-belly
stove in the old stone summit house they waited for midnight
to set off a few flares and a bonfire to celebrate the
New Year. Every year the group has added a man or woman
to join in the vigorous climb. Their outstanding fireworks
display set off from the summit at midnight can be seen
for more than 125 miles on a clear night.
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