Pikes Peak 2011 - Tajima record FULL LAP (HD)

[SamX15RX7]

Three people thought that Tajima was a real monster .

[cesval7461]

Wow,,

[nicgac]

Low low level of driving. Plenty of mistakes, wrong lines, missed apex, messy exits and light breaking. Put some serious rally drivers on this track again and stop with clowns such as Tajima or Rhys Millen...

[DUBARTIFY]

NO really i find it cool that they paved half of it. Its way harder for the mechanics, they have to set the car for both surfaces

[Boyneedsgames]

DUUUUUUUUDE, anyone else get a heart attack from watching this thinkin someone is going to die from this thing. They are so freakin close to the road.....

[roflcopterkklol]

Im saying it is the car not the driver, not smooth on the throttle or break at all.

[MangoSmoothie16]

@roflcopterkklol Its the driver. Did you miss the 3 miles of gravel?

[roflcopterkklol]

@MangoSmoothie16 He was much better on tarmac than he was on gravel, on the gravel he is on and off the throttle through 80% of the the corners and he is breaking too early and not on the throttle fast enough.

Put a more skilled driver in that car and the time would be amazing.

[MangoSmoothie16]

@roflcopterkklol Good luck finding someone *that* much better

[skaterfan1231]

Seems like it could have been faster, but still great nonetheless.

[Tommyve000]

IMPRESSIVE

[tinynoggin]

and the 10 min barrier still stands

[ChristianSold1er]

that had to have been under 2 seconds to 60... freakin tore my face of just watching that car accelerate :D

[ivojiggy]

someone call Walter Röhrl please.

[30calRover]

As a floridian, fuuck that

[xjohnnyxriverra]

they could drop down mud on the pave road. if that what ppl want.

[jajaisjagut]

On gravel he looks way slower than Walter Röhrl...

[888kabe]

ari vatanen was more impressive.

[Rick258442]

F the state of Colorado for paving the mountain. What a shame, the peak is no more.

[merv61]

Meanwhile on the Throat of the World...

[red88ization]

Warp speed mr su...........fuk it let me out

[easycheezy85]

at 8:06 he totally killed a hay bale!

[benpowersification]

Round the hairpins you're thinking "Why is he slowing so much, come on come on", then you see just how sideways it goes and just how little grip there is to play with. Skillz.

[alsoadriver]

...absolutely great run....respect! But Walter Röhrl did it in 1987 in only 47 seconds more...with a 24 years older car on 100% gravel. That is for me the real record..!

[kiwibikes]

8:07 ufff

[tsekliaskon]

Wonderful collection of vids.. seen them all :D ! Keep up the good work!

[mudaphucker]

"X" marks the spot !!!

[eliko116]

it's not real Pikes Peak hill climb anymore. Watch Peugeot 405 T16 on these track, it was all gravel, so it's not record for me :)

[AndreWSSx6]

F1 é para os fracos!!

[olmon11]

Can't believe all the idiots sitting on the outside of the sharp turns - - If a car goes off & kills a few of them--- Well, they're just asking for it. Great Racing though.

[DEENUTT1]

MAN WHAT A F'n RIDE!!! GREAT DRIVING!!

[niteghost88]

8:04 drift

[FF55able]

I want this car!

[Legofan1401]

I would be like freaken off telling myself ''oh I'm gonna fall off the track !'' if I was doing this

[xrayracer1]

great save at the 8 minute mark!!

[ppxification]

GAAAAAASSSSSSSSS!

[max27890]

+30'000 views! thanks :)

[boczarionut1981]

@max27890

And "0" dislikes ;) nice one

[123Onkelzfan123]

Walter Röhrl would be faster!



[OdrikT800]

@123Onkelzfan123 would he?

[danzeger]

@OdrikT800 Possibly, consider this - when Rohrl did his run, Pikes Peak wasn't 90% paved as it is today.

[alsoadriver]

@123Onkelzfan123

agreed..!

[TheLTXCamaro]

almost thought he was aiming for the peds at 2:48

[playmesomekindofblue]

unbe-fucking-lievable

[rakkipallo]

@playmesomekindofblue go watch Ari Vatanen pikes peak and you may change your opinion about amazing

[max27890]

@rakkipallo watch?v=yu1QuVqw-lg ;) I've posted that!

[playmesomekindofblue]

@rakkipallo well done sir! in 2003 i had bought the VHS version of the beautiful "Climb Dance", in a Motorshow in Melbourne, but i couldn't rememebr that Ari Vatanen was the name of the driver. in any case you are absolutely right. that trial on Pikes Peak is daring and beautiful. above all, beautiful.

[rakkipallo]

@playmesomekindofblue your welcome my good man:)

[Shaunistoobusy]

If you watch the reflection of the windscreen while you're really stoned it looks like you're traveling through time. I love pikes peak.

[YamahaPowerRacing]

I shit in my pants at 8:04

[cmp1947]

Excellent smoothness and control with such a powerful machine. Thanks for sharing.

[AlfieNoakesOhHo]

...but the car is so powerful, you can't afford to drive it at the limit because it's too easy to flip-out (i would imagine) and that would mean instant death here. Lower-powered cars can afford to drive more on their limit so any comparison with what Röhrl might do is purely guess work.

[Simon5807]

this video is awesome

[partyboy1403]

Not to compare with Walter Röhrl's race in 1987... Just legendary to climb this hill in under 11 minutes with a 25 year old car, a much difficult tarmac and with the age of 40... Röhrl would make this track with the SX4 in under 9 minutes I guess... I saw Walter on a classic Rallye in Germany three years ago, also on an AUDI S1, still amazing this guy!!!

[Peperonitoni1985]

Walter Röhrl would kick his as in this car and the most of the trak on asphalt.

1987, all the track with gravel, Walter Röhrl was only a half a minute slower.

[schwalbstar]

i thought i was fast... on DiRT3 lol. damn this is crazy

[bademployee]

What the hell kind of throttle control was that?!?!?!?!?

[novalution86]

@bademployee - It's world record throttle control...

[VIDARMATHISEN]

bad traction ! seems like he could not get enough speed

[xTRVLNMANx]

DiRT3 should have tracks this long!

[boyddrose]

This is really awesome. So who is going to be the first team to embrace electrics here? They should have a huge advantage the last 1/3 of the course - no power loss! Start out with 800hp/ finish with 800hp - whats not to like/. ;)

[grumpybloke]

You have to drive up this mountain to fully realise just how terrifying it is. Your respect and admiration for these guys increases exponentially when you witness the 2000 foot drop offs first hand and try to imagine driving it full tilt. On the upper part above the tree line especially,one slip and there wouldn't be the slightest chance of survival. Awesome.

[ldsdonuts]

I applaud Tajima's efforts, but I don't understand why anybody would pave tarmac over the greatest gravel hill climbs in all of history, Pike's Peak. Would Tajima have been able to breake the 10' barrier had he been racing on the same course from the 80s? Regardless, he has outstanding skill to be able to control that monster of a car on the gravel sections! Great video! Thanks for the upload!!

[ldsdonuts]

@ldsdonuts: I just read up on the paving. The Sierra Club sued the City of Colorado Springs because runoff from the gravel used to maintain the road is "ruining" the alpine wetlands. Apparently increased speed and traffic due to the paving will assist in maintaining the alpine wetlands. Oh well, good bye famous gravel hillclimb from 1916 and hello new famous tarmac hillclimb of 2012.

[boogalice]

@ldsdonuts Paving it it absolutely ridiculous.

[jeffman3]

@ldsdonuts Part of it, I suspect, is that it's also a daily driven road for us regular folk and there were a number of fatal accidents both for rally drivers and the rest of us that prompted them to pave the really bad sections- since then, society has gotten even more tame and they have paved more of the road...

But I agree. It was just silly to pave it. Watching the *old* Tajima videos is certainly more exciting.

[ldsdonuts]

@jeffman3 I can understand the need for the "regular folk" to get around, but paving the road will probably just lead to more spectacular accidents at higher speed. We learned from the Group B era of rally driving that the cars may just be too fast for the drivers, whether it was gravel or tarmac. I think huge, ugly, but effective guard rails are the way to go. I would love to drive up Pike's Peak at speed, but I'm not skilled or crazy enough to test my limits on that road yet.

[PerformanceCars1FCH1]

@ldsdonuts lawsuits made them pave the track. Damn lawsuit happy douche bags.

[freespace303]

Just awesome!

[naughtyfrom]

CAN I DRIVE IT ? PLEASEEEE

[c4ndysuxx]

Absolute hero!

[BlakePerdue1]

He lost alot of time in the dirt

[KRYLONcommando]

still broke the record with all kinds of HP

[oakleyxmetalxx]

@hillclimber62 well next year that wont' be a issue :)

[sgtione]

Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima.... Suzuki SX4 ah egymászás bajnoka 2011 :)

[jmlpc1]

i love this car ,one of my favorite cars for hill climbing,i choose it everytime i play hill climb on dirt and dirt 3,

[extravaganza69]

on what tyres was it running? great driving

[V3Lee]

how long is it up to the hill?

[Wargene]

@V3Lee 31km