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Monster Tajima wins Pikes Peak yet again!

For the fifth consecutive time, Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima combined experience, skill and Falken to claim overall victory in the 88th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Although he did not set a new record with his latest win, achieved one day before his 60th birthday, Tajima continues to hold the current overall record for reaching the peak, beating hill climb veterans Paul Dallenbach and Rhys Millen in the Unlimited Class

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Tajima’s win may be impressive but it fails to topple his 2007 record of 10:01.408. Like what he had in 2009, Tajima drove a customized machine, which bears a slight similarity to the stock Suzuki SX4. The 2010 model got several aerodynamic enhancements and had the power of the twin-turbocharged 3.1-liter V-6 boosted by 25hp to 910hp. On the other hand, Millen drove the 715hp PM 580, which only got him a time of 11:06.208, giving him a third place finish behind Paul Dallenbach, who had a time of 10:39.534. It can be recalled that in 1994, Rod Millen set a record time on Pikes Peak of 10:04.06, which Tajima beat in 2007.

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