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July 21, 2008
Monster a Little Less Scary This Year
By John Coyle
Editor
In 2007, Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima, and his Suzuki XL7 Hill Climb Special scaled the Peak in a record-breaking 10.01.408, the fastest overall ever achieved here. The previous record—set by Rhys Millen’s dad, Rod—had stood for an amazing 14 years, so hopes were high that "Monster" would break the ten minute barrier this time around. But alas, it wasn’t to be. While he was jovial when I talked to him after today’s run, his time of 10.18 was nowhere near record-breaking territory. Maybe next year? More pics of the Monster-Mobile after the jump.
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Anonymous
Jul 22, 2008 at 9:50 pm
that thing is fast
Pressed_Ham
Jul 22, 2008 at 7:10 pm
it looks like the escudo; pikes peak edition
cknarf
Jul 21, 2008 at 6:26 pm
it looks like it could do wheelies @ 800 mph…
Oafman
Jul 21, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Suzuki seems to have corned the market in brute force versus aestetics for their Pikes Peak cars. Awesome car, even if a bit ugly.