Thread: What a monster!!!

Monster Tajima is Pikes Peak's new "King of the Mountain"

Posted Jul 21st 2007 10:05PM by Alex Nunez
Filed under: Motorsports, SUVs, Suzuki
Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima has accomplished what he set out to do at Pikes Peak. Today, the 57-year-old Japanese driver piloted his immensely powerful, spectacularly bewinged Suzuki XL7 Hill Climb Special up the mountain and completed the 156-turn course in 10 minutes, 1.408 seconds, eclipsing Rod Millen's 1994 mark of 10 minutes, 4.06 seconds. According to the Associated Press, Tajima was quoted as saying, "It's fantastic. I'm very happy. I want to try again and beat the 10-minute barrier." We've no doubt that he'll be back again next year, looking to do exactly that. In the meantime, Tajima can sleep soundly, knowing that today, a Monster was crowned King of the Mountain.

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[Source: AP via Sports Illustrated]

reminds me very much of an Austin Metro 6R4... now they were mental! that was the engine used in the Jag xj220!

i beleive there was a 750bhp one with a 900bhp overboost made for doing this very run (pikes peak) but cant find much on google at mo


Thanks

Steve