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Title: Pikes Peak Fiestas
Post by: Carl on July 17, 2009, 04:07:32 AM

http://www.rallybuzz.com/ford-unveils-pikes-peak-fiesta/

Those are 850 HP Fiestas (700 HP up here)

Got to see these in person at the dealership where the vid is taking place. Also got to see that SVT Raptor in the background. Greatest day of my life.

Friday they will line up all the Pikes Peak cars downtown for "Fanfest" I will be taking pics and talking to the race teams. Can't wait til sunday for the Hill Climb!!!!!

WOOOO! :burnout:

Title: Pikes Peak Fiestas
Post by: Ductape91 on July 17, 2009, 06:43:19 PM

thats pretty neat!

Title: Pikes Peak Fiestas
Post by: Carl on July 18, 2009, 01:34:28 AM

(http://i32.tinypic.com/2w7icfn.jpg)
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(http://i25.tinypic.com/213lsa0.jpg)

just a handful of cars here. I will take more pics at the Hill Climb. 43 Cars are slated to run this year.

Title: Pikes Peak Fiestas
Post by: 20th anny 5.o on July 18, 2009, 04:41:05 AM

I dont care what anyone says i love the new fiestas and cant wait for them to drop here.

Title: Pikes Peak Fiestas
Post by: Carl on July 18, 2009, 09:03:39 PM

I got to see like 10 stock fiestas downtown yesterday and they look really cool

Title: Pikes Peak Fiestas
Post by: Carl on July 20, 2009, 01:17:40 AM

tough luck... one of the fiestas flipped and the driver is ok. The other one had a good shot at the record, but the turbo started failing and the tire burst into flames. He finished with a respectable 11:27 with those problems.

pics and vids to come

Title: Pikes Peak Fiestas
Post by: Tbird232ci on July 20, 2009, 08:02:47 AM

I saw that Genesis on the back of a car hauler last week. Was sitting at the truck stop next door to my shop. Sick little car.

Title: Pikes Peak Fiestas
Post by: oldraven on July 20, 2009, 11:30:10 AM

Holy shiznit! That's Marcus Grönholm! Did you get to talk to him/get his autograph? He is a MADMAN! Watch some old footage of him. The man never blinks. It's like he's in this manic state every time he gets behind the wheel.

The Genesis ended up setting a class record, too. It's Millen's second record at Pikes Peak, I think?

Title: Pikes Peak Fiestas
Post by: Carl on July 20, 2009, 09:37:17 PM

Quote from: oldraven;282923

Holy shiznit! That's Marcus Grönholm! Did you get to talk to him/get his autograph? He is a MADMAN! Watch some old footage of him. The man never blinks. It's like he's in this manic state every time he gets behind the wheel.

The Genesis ended up setting a class record, too. It's Millen's second record at Pikes Peak, I think?

he broke his own record on a blown out tire too. I gave him props for that. On the way back down the mountain we asked him to drift around a bit and he pointed to the tire lol.

Rod (his dad) held the mountain record for 13 years. It was beaten by Tajima in 2007 by only a few seconds.

Rhys will run an unlimited genesis next year. I talked with him for a while and he wants the mountain back in the Millen name.

Yep I got Grönholm's autograph on a nice picture of the fiesta and his team. He is a nice guy, I got to talk with him a bit too.

Kinda tired tonight but I will upload a few of those vids and pics tomorrow.

Title: Pikes Peak Fiestas
Post by: Carl on July 22, 2009, 12:18:40 AM

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhotos&albumID=3270515

here is a link to some of the pics I uploaded. I took way more vids and am uploading them to my youtube now.

Title: Pikes Peak Fiestas
Post by: Carl on July 22, 2009, 01:05:31 AM

http://www.youtube.com/user/rallymaster86#play/uploads

here are some vids I will upload more soon

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