Pikes Peak Hill Climb 1996 - Rod Millen / Toyota Celica vs Nobuhiro Tajima / Suzuki Escudo

Overall :
1 - Rod Millen ( Toyota Celica Super Sport Turbo ) : 10:13.640
Unlimited :
1 - Rod Millen ( Toyota Celica Super Sport Turbo ) : 10:13.640
2 - Nobuhiro Tajima ( Suzuki V6 Escudo Pikes Peak ) : 10:21.880
1994 Rod Millen Overall Record ( Toyota Celica ) : 10:04.060
1994 Rod Millen Unlimited Record ( Toyota Celica ) : 10:04.060
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Suzuki Escudo VS Toyota Celica Pikes Peak - 1996
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[@eriklund294]

It made it on DIRT! And HELD it EVEN when the ROAD WAS TARMAC such a legendary car this!

[@IgorFonseca244]

Suzuki Escudo is the Gran Turismo legend but in real life the Toyota Celica SS Turbo was the better hill climb car.

[@ceke]

Igor Fonseca The millens have always been incredible builders and drivers

[@superwilcox9026]

Millen would have won in either car

[@fullmetalracingesports3169]

@@superwilcox9026 facts. Tajima and Millen are both excellent drivers. The Tacoma was vastly superior than the Celica though in terms of suspension and aero. Its a shame that it was only run a couple of times (one of which had a turbo failure mid-run) before the track was paved.

[@brucewilson1958]

All racing has risk... but not all racing has two thousand foot cliffs.

[@GaryLaaks1]

I have to say that Suzuki looked beautiful. The Celica did a bloody good job getting up there on dirt road. These guys had the right stuff.

[@humachine5226]

Rod Millen really pushed his car near limit, fearless, his opponent played it too safe.

[@superwilcox9026]

An all time classic with the Toyota and Suzuki

[@ryanbergman3390]

I grew up in woodland park and watched this race every year, such a badass race!!

[@robk5745]

Back when Japan absolutely dominated motorsports! Beautiful time in history

[@luthfiadhityanto]

Cockpit view was insane!

[@RCnerd74]

Good old dirt track times... Awesome rides :o)

[@matthewwagner47]

Awsome race, beautiful toyota Celica SS

[@justintowers8230]

I used to tune the suzuki on Gran Turismo to 1000hp haha

[@m.b.82]

everyone did

[@sukajaa6426]

I see japan car and japanese driver i like

[@fullmetalracingesports3169]

Both cars just throwing rooster tails the whole time!! Amazing!

[@turbotimmo]

The ESPN guy says Toyota put alot of research, time and money into this venture, but did they? I always thought Rod and his crew were just Mad engineers with Kiwi ingenuity. That's just what I thought, not what I know. I say this because Rod owns most, if not all of his race cars to this day, if it was a Toyota thing did he get to keep it, or buy it

[@turbotimmo]

@L W Clears that up then. Thank you

[@mechanicallycreative9788]

The two gods of pikes peak dirt.

[@sukajaa6426]

And then the red op escudo comes..

[@bigvee401]

They need to run this car again, it will be much faster on tarmac

[@whydidmycommentgetdeleted5199]

They did

[@bonviatgemusic247]

Legend bro

[@robk5745]

Balls of steel

[@catlitter6895]

that was legendary stuff back in the years. both drivers, both cars: insane.
somehow the show lost its spirit nowadays as it is happening on a full tarmac road (back in the past it was a full gravel road).
these guys were real heroes 👍👍

[@oceanborn5513]

Thanks for the video!!!

[@denisaljic]

5:40 its 420 to beat!

[@denisaljic]

Millen was on DRUGS over a MILE HIGH!

[@matiasfpm]

Nice.