R1T Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2023 result

[FrictionlessLube]

11:23:983 -- (2022 Rivian R1T owned by Gardner Nichols)
Not bad for 7100 pounds!

Click here for live, full results

43rd place overall as of the time of this post.

Watching the live stream, it took off like a rocket and the front lifted up some. The commentators said it was a fan favorite.

Updated with photos of the R1T

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[DuoRivians]

Strong showing!

 

[goldburger]

What is this race? Clearly not an off road with the 22’s.

 

[DuoRivians]

Kyle Conner says Gardner Nichole is a Sr. Performance Test Engineer at Rivian

 

[NoGoingBack]

I wonder what power train the Rivian was and if any special tuning was done. The number two Ford Van was specifically built for this. Kind of a surprise and actually kind of cool that Ford is racing EVs. Racing always leads to better products. I would love to see Rivian complete in more races and challenges.

 

[Goose]

What is this race? Clearly not an off road with the 22’s.

It’s Pikes Peak. It’s a hugely popular hill climb race that usually dominated by extreme hot hatches.

 

[jbssfelix]

What is this race? Clearly not an off road with the 22’s.

It's a race up the road to the top of Pikes Peak (one of the highest peaks in Colorado). Mostly a race of switchbacks, but throw in severely reduced oxygen to feed ICE engines and severely reduced down force.

 

[MIAinMIA]

I will await the official results, but for a first time competitor in a stock production vehicle (minus some seats) i think he took the record for pickup truck... previous record was 11:24 in 2020 (1400hp diesel 1949 pickup that clearly not stock)

 

[MIAinMIA]

Congratulations Gardner Nichols!!

 

[agame32]

Awesomeness. I hope there’s video.

 

[goldburger]

It's a race up the road to the top of Pikes Peak (one of the highest peaks in Colorado). Mostly a race of switchbacks, but throw in severely reduced oxygen to feed ICE engines and severely reduced down force.

Wow, sick.

 

[Swilly]

I wonder what power train the Rivian was and if any special tuning was done. The number two Ford Van was specifically built for this. Kind of a surprise and actually kind of cool that Ford is racing EVs. Racing always leads to better products. I would love to see Rivian complete in more races and challenges.

Here is an article from yesterday detailing the truck. Biggest mod outside of stripped and roll cage were Hawk brakes.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/were-at-pikes-peak-following-the-first-ever-rivian-r1t-race-attempt

 

[Michaewh]

I haven’t seen a full video, but I found this:

 

[NoGoingBack]

I haven’t seen a full video, but I found this:

Was he required to run a siren because he was too quiet coming up the hill?

 

[Goose]

Was he required to run a siren because he was too quiet coming up the hill?

All EVs run sirens for the teams to hear them.

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