Ducati Wins 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb to Reclaim Crown as King of the Mountain
Ducati and Carlin Dunne have done it again, and have won the 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb to reclaim their crown as the fastest to make it up America’s Mountain on two wheels. Congrats!
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Carlin Dunne Wins Pikes Peak Race on New Multistrada 1260
MOUNTAINÂ VIEW, CA | PIKES PEAK, CO ? June 24, 2018 ? Legendary Ducati racer Carlin Dunne has led the 2018 Spider Grips Ducati Pikes Peak team to victory and reclaimed the crown as King of the Mountain during this year?s annual running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC). Dunne completed today?s ?Race to the Clouds? in 9:59:102.
This is Dunne?s fourth victory at Pikes Peak.
?We did it. We took the podium,? said Dunne, who notably was the first motorcyclist ever to traverse the 4,720-foot Pikes Peak race course in less than 10 minutes in 2012. ?The Multistrada 1260 Pikes Peak proved as amazing as we all hoped. It performed flawlessly, giving me everything I needed to get up the mountain. Pikes Peak is never an easy race, but the weather cooperated and we clinched the victory for Ducati.? This is Ducati?s seventh victory on the mountain since the company?s debut in 2008. Ducati and Dunne held the all-time course record from 2012 until 2017, a year in which Ducati was not part of the official race competition. Dunne?s previous victory in 2012 was achieved on the game-changing Multistrada 1200 S.
This year, Dunne secured the win on the new Multistrada 1260 Pikes Peak model. The new Multistrada 1...
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