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FEATURE I PIKES PEAK HILLCLIMB REVISITED
nal combustion engine motorcycle,
falling just shy of the 10-minute mark
with his time of 10:00.694. Dunne
then promptly hung up his helmet
from racing at Pikes Peak, but, as we
now know, that wouldn't last.
The full paving of the road brought
with it new bikes and new riders as
the race began to draw interest from
manufacturers other than Ducati.
Leading U.S. rider Jeremy Toye, a
Macau Grand Prix podium finisher
and Isle of Man TT racer, lifted the
laurels in 2014 on a Kawasaki ZX-
10R, and AMA Supersport star Jef
-
frey Tigert used a Honda CBR1000RR
to
win in 2015. This, as it turned out,
(Above) Scaysbrook lights up the Aprilia on the run out of Devil's Playground as he heads to Bottomless
Pit during his 2019 record-breaking ride. (Below) Like Fillmore, Dunne was a master of the mountain,
the Californian winning on every attempt to finish with an unmatched tally of four wins.
would be the last win for a "tradi-
tional" four-cylinder superbike, as yet
more tragedy
would befall the race.
Following the death of Bobby
Goodin in 2014, who lost control of
his Triumph Daytona 675 after he
crossed the finish line and slammed
into the boulders that adorn the
mountain's peak, Carl Sorensen
passed away when he crashed his
Kawasaki ZX-10R on the descent
from Devil's Playground into the
daunting section of track dubbed
Bottomless Pit in practice.
Faced with banning the bikes once
and for all or changing the rules,
race organizers then implemented a
