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Old 07-30-2009, 07:34 PM
 
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Old 07-30-2009, 08:24 PM
 
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Nice to see a bit of real race car driving.
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Old 07-30-2009, 09:40 PM
 
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Unfortunately, the days of Pikes Peak Hill Climb on gravel are numbered. The Sierra Club won a lawsuit forcing the Forest Service to pave the road.
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Old 07-30-2009, 11:23 PM
 
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Unfortunately, the days of Pikes Peak Hill Climb on gravel are numbered. The Sierra Club won a lawsuit forcing the Forest Service to pave the road.
Really? Drat! Damn econazis!
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Old 07-31-2009, 10:00 AM
 
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Unfortunately, the days of Pikes Peak Hill Climb on gravel are numbered. The Sierra Club won a lawsuit forcing the Forest Service to pave the road.
The challenge simply is changed and a new era of records will be set.

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Really? Drat! Damn econazis!
I hate econazis but I fail to see why they would desire a road paved rather than have it in an almost natural form.
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Old 08-01-2009, 01:00 AM
 
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The challenge simply is changed and a new era of records will be set.
Sorry but it just ain't the same. The loose surface adds a completely different, and more challenging, dimension.

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I hate econazis but I fail to see why they would desire a road paved rather than have it in an almost natural form.
The reasoning was that the gravel and runoff from it was choking off and polluting streams further down the mountain.
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