The Race To The Clouds
The annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb is a legendary race. The race is a 12.42-mile long uphill climb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado. It climbs 4,700 feet on roads graded at an average of 7%. The image shown above is Parnelli Jones in his red, white, and blue Mercury. Jones won his class that year, 1963, in that Mercury. The first race was in 1916 and it continues to this day.