Pikes Peak Hillclimb Outlaws
Motorcycles… For Now
T
he Board of Directors of the Pikes Peak
International Hill Climb recently convened
to review the 2019 event. It was decided that in
order to determine the long-term viability of the
motorcycle program, there will be no motorcycle
program offered in 2020 so that race organiz-
ers can gather data and analytics to review more
thoroughly the impact on the overall event in the
absence of this program.
"Motorcycles have been a part of the PPIHC for
the past 29 years, and their history on America's
Mountain dates back to the inaugural running in
1916," said Tom Osborne, Chairman. "That said,
the motorcycle program hasn't been an annual
event. They have run 41 of the 97 years we've
been racing on Pikes Peak. It's just time to take
a hard look at every aspect of the race, including
the motorcycle program, and determine whether
or not the event may change," he added.
PPIHC staff and board members will continue
to track all metrics related to the annual race and
make a final determination in late 2020 about
whether or not the inclusion of a motorcycle pro-
gram will take place in future years. CN
IN
THE
WIND
P36
The 2020 running of the
Pikes Peak Hill Climb will
not include motorcycles.
