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TIGERT WINS PIKES PEAK
H
onda Motorcycles Media
Coordinator Jeff Tigert has
added his name to the list of
Pikes Peak winners after he
dominated the 2015 event in the
Heavyweight division.
Riding an American Honda-
backed CBR1000RR, Tigert was
unstoppable on the mountain,
taking the fastest time in qualifying
and finishing the event 15 sec-
onds up on second placed rider
Travis Newbold (Ronin) with Bruno
Langlois (Kawasaki) rounding
out the top three. Former Grand
Prix rider and motorcycle video
blogger, Jamie Robinson, finished
fourth on a Ducati Multistrada.
"The week was a stressful
rollercoaster of highs and lows
and lack of sleep," a relieved
Tigert said afterward. "Things
went really smoothly early on, but
my luck changed in my second
qualifying run when I crashed
and went off the course. On race
day I had a lot on my mind and
the course was pretty sketchy,
but I tried to keep calm and
ride within my limits. It's such a
unique race, and the competitors
are so emotionally connected to
one another. It was a big weight
off my shoulders when it was all
over and I was presented with
the checkered flag that goes to
the winners."
Other winners at Pikes Peak
2015 included: Keith Speir (Tri-
umph—Vintage), Nick Robinson
(Honda—250), Jeff Clark (Zero—
Electric), Yoshihiro Kishimoto
(Mirai—Electric Modified), Codie
Vahsholtz (KTM—Lightweight), JD
Mosley (Triumph—Middleweight),
Mashahito Watanabe (Sidecar)
and Brandon Tubbs (Quad).
The race turned out to be an
anti-climax for the Victory Motor-
cycle Company and their engi-
neering partners, Roland Sands
Design with their one-off Project
156 machine. Cycle World Road
Test Editor Don Canet qualified
the booming V-twin first in the
Exhibition Class and was head-
ing for a podium finish when he
touched the white line at a hair-
pin and lowsided at Brown Bush
Corner, losing 23 seconds in the
process. He remounted to set
the fifth-fastest time in the third
section of the course before the
machine suffered a mechanical
failure with less than two miles
remaining on the course.
Jeff Tigert took home top honors
at this year's Pikes Peak.
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