Guy rode the hillclimb on a turbocharged Martek-framed Suzuki GSX R1100 which he had built himself.
In some archive footage, Sébastien Loeb sets the fastest time of 8:13.878 in 2013 in a special prototype 'Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak'. This car is a lightweight 875 kg (1,929 lb) vehicle that uses the rear wing from the Peugeot 908, and has a 3.2 litre, twin turbo V6 engine, developing 875 bhp (652 kW; 887 PS) and 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) in just 1.8s.
The 'Pikes Peak International Hill Climb' (PPIHC), is also known as 'The Race to the Clouds'. This is an annual automobile hill climb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA. The track measures 12.42 miles (19.99 km) and has over 156 turns, climbing 4,720 ft (1,440 m) from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at 14,115 ft (4,302 m).