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Rod Millen's Pikes Peak Toyota Celica. Like. Comment. ... Car building and racing legend Rod Millen took this beast to Pikes Peak in 1994 and did a time of 10min 4sec, a time nobody has ever managed to beat on gravel, and while it started to be tarmacced in sections from 2002, it took until 2011 for a car to break the 10min barrier, and by then ...
"In 1994 Rod showed up at Pikes Peak with a tube chassis, carbon bodied Celica silhouette. The event had previously been dominated by hotted up Group B rally cars, but nothing like this Toyota had ever been seen previously on the mountain. Developing a heady 850 bhp, the AWD ground effects car...
WhamReBopBoomBam. Jan 21, 2014. #1. "In 1994 Rod showed up at Pikes Peak with a tube chassis, carbon bodied Celica silhouette. The event had previously been dominated by hotted up Group B rally cars, but nothing like …
Pikes Peak 1999 King of the Mountain MILLEN IS KING OF THE MOUNTAIN IN '99 Millen Wins With Fastest Time But 10-MinuteBarrier Remains Elusive COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 4, 1999) - Driving a truck specifically built for the challenge, Rod Millen won the 1999 Pikes ...
Jump Onboard Rod Millen's 850 HP Pikes Peak Celica For Its Uphill Run At first glimpse at the paddocks, it looks like a crazy prototype that's way past its glory days.… Read more
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Vintage Videos. 24 years after it set a Pikes Peak record which stood for 13 years, Rod Millen hops aboard his Toyota Celica for a demonstration run at Goodwood Festival of Speed.
In 1994, Millen set a new record up the 12.4-mile course at the wheel of his iconic yellow Celica, back when the Pikes Peak course was entirely dirt from flag to flag. He also claimed the fastest ...
In 1994 Rod Millen piloted his custom Toyota Celica GT up an all-dirt Pikes Peak and set a record of 10:04.060. The 885 kg (1950 lb) race car features a tube chassis and carbon fiber body with the only stock part being …
Legendary Escudo Pikes Peak vs FOS-winning Toyota Celica... Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, aka 'The Race to the Clouds', is celebrating its 100th running this year so an appropriate excuse – as if one were needed – to take a look at some footage from a quarter of a century ago. Yes, sorry to break it to you, the mid-'90s really was that long ago.
Car building and racing legend Rod Millen took this beast to Pikes Peak in 1994 and did a time of 10min 4sec, a time nobody has ever managed to beat on gravel, and while it started to be tarmacced in …
In a very different time at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Rod Millen was the king of the mountain. Millen won five of six events between 1994 and 1999, all in beastly all-wheel drive ...
On its debut in 1994 Millen smashed the existing record by almost 40 seconds to set a time of 10min04.06sec. Millen and the Celica would win twice more in 1996 and 1997 but was unable to beat that original time, though …
In a motorsport career spanning 45 years, Rod Millen has written himself into the record books time and time again. His prowess on loose-surface rallies and hillclimbs is renowned, as five victories on the challenging Pikes …
Rod Millen is taking his monstrous 1000-horsepower 1998 Toyota Tacoma back up the Rocky Mountains in this year's Pikes Peak Hillclimb. This Tacoma truck that is really only a Tacoma by name wowed motorsport enthusiasts when it won outright honours in the famous Hillclimb in 1998 and '99.
O ne of the most legendary Pikes Peak machines in the world has crashed in NZ this week, as Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen rolled his Toyota Celica Pikes Peak hillclimb racer.. The car that allowed Millen to essentially …
Millen originally drove this Tacoma up Pikes Peak in 1998, 1999, and 2000 and this year it competed in the Exhibition category. It has been stored for most of the past 20 years and to get it back ...
In 1998, the Rod Millen Motorsport team designed and built a new Toyota Tacoma racing truck to compete in the 76th Pikes Peak international hill climb, a machine which went on to claim the unlimited class honours in the 1998 and 1999 events. It is this truck that Millen drove at the 2007 Festival of Speed. Page 1 of 1
In the same vein as Goodwood's Festival of Speed hillclimb, Rod Millen has crafted his own hillclimb in New Zealand on his own property, which he lovingly refers to as 'Leadfoot Ranch'. The ...
Driven by Rod Millen, the Celica first raced in 1994. When it set a time of 10:04.060. A record that was not broken until 2007. It does however remain the fastest time for a car around Pikes Peak before it was paved. As above, Millen would race the Celica until 1997. Winning the hill climb event two more times.
– Rod Millen. Pikes Peak Championships. Overall Record Time: 10:04.06 in 1994 – Current Record Holder; Overall Championships: (5) 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1994; ... Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with a time of 10:04.54. 2nd Place – North American Touring Car Portland Toyota/Camry. 1st Place – South Africa Stadium Off-Road. ...
The so-called 3SG engine from the old rally car has been used extensively in IMSA GTP race cars of the '90s as well as in Rod Millen's Pikes Peak Hill Climb runners.
A recreation of the incredible Toyota Celica driven by Rod Millen at Pikes Peak in 1994 which set the World Record of 10:04.060, a time that stood for 13 years, and being on the all dirt course it is a record that will never technically be beaten due to the fact the Pikes Peak Hillclimb course is now paved After many attempts (lol) here it is, the final product of my …
Rod Millen and his 1994 Toyota Celica (or at least a tube chassis with a carbon fiber body resembling a Toyota Celica). More than thirty years ago Rod claimed the crown of King of the Mountain ...
Rod Millen's wild Pikes Peak Celica is one of Toyota's most iconic race cars, however until very recently actually seeing it in action in its intended environment has been almost impossible. Thankfully, YouTube has …
Do you remember the mighty Suzuki Escudo in Gran Turismo 2? Fastest car in the game indeed but in the real world it had to deal with Rod Millen and his Celica (and Tacoma too). In 1994 this Celica set the new record (10:04.06) on the Pikes Peak hillclimb, at that time the course was dirt.
A 2.1 liter, turbocharged, 1,000 horsepower 4-cylinder monster of a hill climb tube-chassis racecar truck. In the late 90's in the prime of the dirt track layout of The Pikes Peak International Hillclimb this Tacoma was the king, dominating the …
Of the climbs that continued the 7.37 miles Pikes Peak hillclimb was the most popular and has now reached a legendary status. One of the major contenders each year is the New Zeelander Rod Millen. His entrant for the …