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Despite the asphalt, the race has become more "exciting" because the speeds have gone up
Don't forget the road has been gradually paved since 2002 and finally completed in 2012 when it was 100% asphalt.
The entries rose by almost 400% after the full asphalt was laid.
Speeds have risen mainly because of electric motor vehicles with 100% torque available when the pedal hits the floor. Although petrol engines have mae a comeback in the last 3 years.
But brakes and tyres have not made the same advances. That means the drivers are closer to the edge of crashing and on Pikes Peak, in some places, that means jumping off into air space!
in the old days, the average drivers were expected to spin off but at slow speed.
I think it is more exciting because today, even the good drivers are on edge.
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Congrats to him.
Although the race was much more fun when it was not asphalt but a dirt road.
It was a legal reason
According to Wikipedia: "The City of Colorado Springs began to pave the highway in 2002 after losing a lawsuit against the Sierra Club, which sued on account of erosion damage to streams, reservoirs, vegetation and wetlands downstream from the 1.5 million...
Despite the asphalt, the race has become more "exciting" because the speeds have gone up
Don't forget the road has been gradually paved since 2002 and finally completed in 2012 when it was 100% asphalt. The entries rose by almost 400% after the full asphalt was laid. Speeds have risen mainly because of electric motor vehicles with 100% torque...
Agree with your arguments.
Still, seeing the old videos of drivers racing up the mountain, dirt kicking up in clouds, somehow makes it more entertaining. And drifting is cool...
