Re: Pike's Peak Driver?

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

glen powell writes:
> Was it Al Unser after he got his but kicked by the ur-q when
> racing an American 'purpose built' open-wheel hillclimb special
> the previous year?
> 
> I heard they are paving Pikes Peak. Oh well, there goes a real American classic.
> Good thing we still have the Mt. Washington Hillclimb, the oldest still-run
> motorsport event in the USA and perhaps the entire world!
> 
> -glen
> 
> Who drove the Sport quattro up Pike's Peak in '87?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian

No, it's Walter Rohrl in 1987.  By the way, it's Bobby Unser Sr. the previous
year, not Al Unser.

1985:	Michele Mouton		Audi Sport quattro	11:25:39
1986:	Bobby Unser Sr.		Audi Sport quattro S1	11:09:22
1987:	Walter Rohrl		Audi Sport quattro S1	10:47:85

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
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