After an hour delay, and a shortening of the course from the typical 12.42-mile run down to nine due to snow and fog at the higher altitudes, the 99th running of the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb was run Sunday morning. At the end of the runs, 2019 Hill Climb winner Robin Shute laid claim to this year’s King of the Mountain title, finishing the course in 05:55.246 while behind the wheel of his 2018 Wolf GB08 TSC-LT. Shute, participating in the Unlimited Class, posted a time that was 36-seconds faster than four-time winner Romain Dumas, who drove a 2019 Porsche 911 GT2RS Clubsport and posted the top time in the Time Attack 1 Division.

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Dumas Came Into Sunday On The Pole

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Shute qualified fourth in his Wolf TSC during the week, but averaged a speed of 94.143 mph while making his run on Sunday and his times through each of the three sections of the road course were fastest. For Dumas, who holds the all-time record for the fastest time up the summit set in 2018, his Porsche crossed the finish line at 6:31.914 after following Shute's run up the mountain. Dumas' qualifying time of 03:56.164 was the fastest in qualifying this week.

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Just 16 Seconds Separated Second Through Ninth

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The second through ninth-place finishers were just 16 seconds apart, and among those were Open Wheel Class drivers Paul Dallenbach and Codie Vahsholtz. Dallenbach is a three-time King of the Mountain, and his time of 06:35.663 was good for third overall, while Vahsholtz’s time of 06:45.301 came in sixth — it was his first time tackling the Hill Climb behind the wheel as his prior three runs were on a motorcycle.

Two-time Hill Climb overall champion Rhys Millen finished in the fourth-slot with a 06:36.281 run in his 2021 Bentley Continental GT3. Bentley currently holds records in the Hill Climb for SUV and production cars that were set in 2018 and 2019, and was looking for a strong showing on the mountain this time around. But Millen’s GT3 encountered engine trouble in Section 3, and his time dropped by more than 20 seconds from what was expected leaving the New Zealand driver without the ability to push his car's limits through the final stage.