The count down to the beginning of the 2025 race season went from months, to weeks, to finally days. Having finished the past two races with a 3rd and then a 2nd had me eager. The first practice run had the car feeling a bit like a ride on Elvira's vibrator from hell at anything over 4th gear. An inspection found the rear center spool axle was wearing out. It had lasted most of the 2024 season after the first one wore out quicker than a pair of flea market chuck taylers. (After only one race.) It sure would have been cool if it had failed at the end of the 24 season with time to re-engineer a better rear end but me and my honky ass pto tractor shaft rear end... Im sure there is a pun there somewhere... Anyhoo, I skipped a practice run on the motorcycle and found a nice fella with a welder to tack weld the rear end back together with a hope and a prayer. It managed to do the job and I ended up getting my first Super Sprint class win. Even better yet I got the Motorcycle class win on the ol trusty XR650R tracker, setting a new class record and the only record set that weekend. One month later and I had a new rear end put back in the Hayabusa Homebrew with parts from Protolite Racing, my first car sponsor. Woo-hoo! Rnd 2 was at Pikes Peak International Raceway where I ended the season last year. It is not so much a proper hill climb on an actual road but a 3.5 mile dirt road race style course. It is very tight and seems to cater to the small cross karts and dirtbikes. In saturdays practice/ qualifying runs I managed to break the Motorcycle class record twice and first in class in Homebrew by only a couple seconds in fornt of an Aussy engineered Baracuda cross kart and a very poper put togethter cross kart driven by Ryan Cheek who was in the neighbor hood getting ready for Pikes Peak. In Sunday's first run I broke the Super Sprint class course record and on my second Motorcycle run I managed to break the course record again. Two class wins and 2nd overall vehicle a few seconds behind the legend Spencer Steel and his V8 powered Wells Coyote. Leaving me on father's day with my daughter feeling more proud than fat bastard leaving the pie eating contest.
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| The Rangely hill climb course is my favorite with it's high speed flowing sections. |
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| Imagine something I engineered and built failing... |
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| Racing is loud. I love sharing it with my little one. She loves her race friends. The Colorado Hill Climb Association is like our 2nd family. |
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| For Rnd 2 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. I opted to race my good ol trail bike Molly. |
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| I love flogging Molly |
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| Building this car from scratch and finishing 2nd overall is a huge accomplishment for me. Time to find some sponsors and go tackle Pikes Peak Hill Climb on four wheels....? |
