Climb To The Clouds 2014 – Action Photos Show How Hairy This Sprint Up Mount Washington Really Is


Climb To The Clouds 2014 – Action Photos Show How Hairy This Sprint Up Mount Washington Really Is

(Words and Photos by Joe Staska) – David Higgins with co-driver Craig Drew broke the Mount Washington Climb To The Clouds record set in 2011 by roughly two seconds with an official time of 6:09.09! The car this year was around 500 pounds heavier and 100 h.p. less powerful, but, about 160 pounds of that weight was Craig Drew the co-driver, which David Higgins did not have when he set the record in 2011.

Travis Pastrana and Chrissie Beavis did their best to chase the time but fell short with an official number of 6:12.29. It was a dogfight, but the Pastrana team could not break the record set in 2011. Team Pastrana suffered a puncture and extreme blowout in the first run and amazingly still finished the run with a respectable time of 7:07.81. The choppers were blowing dust everywhere and made for some cool photo ops. It should be fun to watch on tv in a few weeks.

(Editor’s note: The climb to the clouds has been one of the coolest “on again-off again” automotive events in the country. Thankfully it is currently in “on again” status and we hope it stays that way for a long time. Think of this as the eastern version of Pikes Peak…because it is. The course is partly asphalt and mostly dirt. This year the event took place on the same weekend as Pikes Peak and there were tons of cool cars there. Joe sent us a few photos of the Subaru contingent getting nuts and we figured you would enjoy them. We’ll let you know when the TV broadcast is slated to happen and where.)
 
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3 thoughts on “Climb To The Clouds 2014 – Action Photos Show How Hairy This Sprint Up Mount Washington Really Is

  1. Matt Cramer

    Please tell me the car in the lead photo didn’t go off the cliff… it’s hard to tell if he made it from that photo! Two wheels off the ground, and inches from a drop off… yikes!

    1. Joe Staska

      Nah, he didn’t go off , the rock that he caught ripped the rear wheel and trailing arm off and he ended up with the car resting on top of the wheel like he planned it. They had it all fixed up real quick and didn’t even miss a beat. Pretty impressive for sure.

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