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There can be only one King of the Hill, and that is Nobuhiro Tajima; the ‘Monster' just beat his own personal best to claim overall victory at the annual Pikes Peak hill climb.
Held on the now-infamous Colorado mountain, Monster took his 850bhp Suzuki SX4 and gunned the 12.42mile race course (of which just three miles of unpaved surfaces remain) to register a scarcely believable time of 9m 51.28s, besting his own PB from 10m 01.41s.
Rhys Millen - son of Pikes legend Rod - returned to the mountain in his Hyundai Genesis PM580 but was beset with brake problems and settled for second place with a time of 10m 09.24s.
Just to reiterate, Monster Tajima is 61 years old. And he is the fastest man up the mountain. Watch and learn...
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Daljinski commented on this article
at 10:38 am on 30 June 2011
And with an average of about 125 km/h. Nobuhiro Tajima, i bow thee.
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DirtyLittleF commented on this article
at 11:39 am on 30 June 2011
Is it just me or does that car look like its got at least another, good 20-30secs left in reserve. Not saying he's a slouch as those are some huge brass b**ll**ks he's got, especially for 61. I just think that the package is capable of 9:35ish. Amazing video though!
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Finch commented on this article
at 11:48 am on 30 June 2011
Loving the typo of 'sod' instead of son lol
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sheriffdvnt commented on this article
at 01:09 pm on 30 June 2011
Yes, DirtyLittleF, I also noticed he lost a bagful of time on the gravel section - he ran wide at a couple of hairpins and couldn't get the power down. But then I stopped looking for mistakes when he got to the last third as I was feeling a little queasy about the enormous drop at the side of the road. I was subconsciously leaning away from the drop just watching this vid. And that is why I cannot be a rally driver.
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InnerGearHead commented on this article
at 02:09 pm on 30 June 2011
I don't think Nobuhiro Tajima has huge brass b**ll**ks... I personally think they are carbon fibre reinforced titanium with a bronze core which he carries around on a motorized cart. Now if you'll excuse me... I need to change my shorts.
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