INTERVIEW
PIKES PEAK CHAMPION GREG TRACY
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And with that, barely two
minutes into my chat with Pikes
Peak multi-disciplined, multi-
winner Greg Tracy, I knew I'd
better pay close attention to the
sounds coming from his lips if I
am to pilot my KTM 1290 Super
Duke R to any form of racing
success up America's Mountain.
Greg Tracy is my race mentor
in the Squarda Alpina program,
a safety team set up by Ducati
North America as a way of giving
back to the Pikes Peak Interna-
tional Hill Climb. The squad is
part of a unique approach by the
multi-race winning manufacturer
to help ensure
the longevity of
a race they still
hold the out-
right lap record
for with Tracy's
fellow Squadra
tutor, Carlin
Dunne. Each
rider competing at Pikes Peak
this year is assigned a mentor,
mine being the guy who's video
of a 9 minute, 58 second run
back in 2012 I can legitimately
say I've watched 150 times—and
that's a conservative guess. I've
got massive respect for this man.
Anyone who can win at Pikes on
any form of machinery is all right
in my book. Greg's done it with
both a bike and car, so he gets
double.
"In track racing," Greg con-
tinues, "you go lap after lap,
making adjustments and mental
notes. If you turn in too early
on one lap, you remember and
The early corners
are a good place
to make up time
as that's when
the tires are new
and hot. Where
those clouds are,
they aren't.
