71 Cuda on Pikes Peak

[IMNCARN82]

    Hey thanks for being here!!  Sounds like alot of fun. Sure would like to try it! I drive most of the canyons around here. It's a blast!!  How would I go about getting involved?   Sweet car Jess, Welcome to the site!!

[cudaracer48]

 There are two ways. One is to build a car and join Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing, RMVR, or build a car and join the La Carrera PanAmericana group.
 If you build a car for RMVR it will have to meet the General Competition Rules, GCR's for a particular year of competition. My car is built per the 1970 gcr's, sort of! Engine size was limited to 305 cubes, 5 liters. Building a 305 cube Mopar is a challenge. You can either put a 3.58 stroke crank in a 273 or scour the earth to find a 2.96 stroke crank and put it in a 340 block. The 3.58 stroke crank is easier to find but the small bore size may limit flow into the cylinder. I have never built an engine with this combo but I am curious about it.
 I don't know what rules a person would have to follow to build a car for the Carrera group. They are a great group of guys that race from the tip of mexico to Nuevo Laredo in Texas and also in Baja California.
 The other thing I have been encouraging people to do is go to the hill climb website, www.ppihc.com, and tell them how exciting it was to see the vintage class on the mountain and you would like to see more.

 Jess

[Beck]

hi jess,
here's a link to that photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15129201@N03/2694009745/sizes/o/

you should be able to right click on it and select 'save as' to save it to your computer.

i didn't take it, i found it on flickr.
amazing photo, incredible car!
if you have any photos of your car could you please post them here?
the bigger the better!

cheers mate,
aaron.

[HP2]

! How would I go about getting involved?   

In what capacity?

You can always volunteer to help the hill climb committee on race day. This could be as simply as directing traffic to manning a corner.

As a crew member? Well, you have to know some one who is driving.

As a driver? Well, there are the vintage classes that Jess outlined as well as a plethora of motorcycles classes. There also are the regular competition classes sanctioned by CHCA and of course some select SCCA rallye classes that run up the Peak. However, because of the rule set up it is unlikely you could simply run a street car up the Peak unless it is already caged up pretty decently.

FWIW, the CHCA (Colorado Hill Climb Assoc) runs several other races through out the summer as well as the Peak.

[cudaracer48]

 Just wanted to let everyone know that there will be a vintage class at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb this year and I'll be trying to get to the top with the Cuda again this year.

 Jess

[69bronzeT5]

That is soooo awesome. That car is plain badass and THAT'S how Mopars should be driven!

[72bluNblu]

Just wanted to let everyone know that there will be a vintage class at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb this year and I'll be trying to get to the top with the Cuda again this year.

 Jess

Awesome! Great to see these cars still being raced. Take lotsa pictures!