The shadow of Pikes Peak stretches into the distance as Pikes Peak Open division driver Matus Huska pushes his 2010 Audi TTS up the last straight to the summit during the first day of practice on the upper section the highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Scenes from the first day of practice on the upper section of the Pikes Peak Highway, for Pikes Peak Open and Unlimited division drivers competing in the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette)
The shadow of Pikes Peak stretches into the distance as Pikes Peak Open division driver Matus Huska pushes his 2010 Audi TTS up the last straight to the summit during the first day of practice on the upper section the highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Unlimited and Pikes Peak Open division cars sit idling in the plowed section of the Summit Visitor Center parking lot after drivers’ second practice run on the first day of practice at the upper section of the highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Pikes Peak Open division driver Raphael Astier checks out the Unlimited division 2016 Axel Riley Ave LMP3 driven by Don Wickstrum after Wickstrum’s run on the first day of practice at the upper section of the highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Unlimited division driver Robin Shute waits as Yokohama tire specialist Dylan Homborg checks the tire temperatures of his Shute’s 2018 Wolf TSC-FS during the first day of practice on the upper section of Pikes Peak Highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Unlimited division driver Paul Gerrard pushes his 2016 Novembre KMHRAL Special up the final straight during the first day of practice on the upper section of Pikes Peak Highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Yokohama tire specialist Dylan Homborg checks the tire temperatures of Unlimited division driver Lucy Block’s 2024 Sierra Echo after her first practice run on the first day of practice on the upper section of Pikes Peak Highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Pikes Peak open division driver Cam Ingram pushes his 2017 E-Motion Porsche GT3R TT into the final hairpin during the first day of practice Tuesday for the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)A photographer waits for the next car while photographing the first day of practice on the upper section of Pikes Peak Highway at sunrise for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Pikes Peak Open division driver David Hackl drives his 1983 Audi Quattro through a snow-covered landscape during the first day of practice on the upper section of Pikes Peak Highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Pikes Peak Open division driver Matus Huska turns the final hairpin in his 2010 Audi TTS during the first day of practice on the upper section of Pikes Peak Highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Race official Kristen Chavez waves the checkered flag as Unlimited division driver Steven Goeglein pilots his 2002 Chevrolet Camaro to the summit during the first day of practice on the upper section of Pikes Peak Highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Pikes Peak Open division driver David Hackl checks the tire clearance of his 1983 Audi Quattro while waiting in line at the summit during the first day of practice on the upper section of Pikes Peak Highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Pikes Peak Open division driver Raphael Astier drives his 2018 Alpine A110 GT4 Evo up the final straight as the sun illuminated distant mountains during the first day of practice on the upper section of Pikes Peak Highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Yokohama tire specialist Dylan Homborg checks the tire temperatures of Unlimited division driver Lucy Block’s 2024 Sierra Echo after her first practice run on the first day of practice on the upper section of Pikes Peak Highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Unlimited division driver Kendall Samuel’s 2000 Subaru Impreza makes its way to the final hairpin during the first day of practice on the upper section of Pikes Peak Highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Unlimited division driver Paul Gerrard pushes his 2016 Novembre KMHRAL Special through the final hairpin during the first day of practice on the upper section of Pikes Peak Highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)Technicians check the temperature of the tires on Pikes Peak Open division driver Romain Dumas’ 2023 Ford Performance SuperVan 4 during the first day of practice on the upper section of Pikes Peak Highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
