The Peugeot 405 T16, which won Pikes Peak in 1988 driven by legendary rally driver Ari Vatanen and build by Geoff Page Racing.
Ari Vatanen (born 27 April 1952), is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2009. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times. Since 2013 Vatanen has been the President of the Estonian Autosport Union. He is now also an ambassador for BMW. With Peugeot, Vatanen also won the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, after Peugeot stopped participating in the World Rally Championship in 1986, due to the demise of Group B rallying. Peugeot used the lessons learnt from its 205 T16 to create the 405 T16. With at least 600 bhp (447 kW), large aerofoils, four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering, Vatanen took the car up the hill in record time, his efforts being captured in the award-winning short film Climb Dance. Vatanen's autobiography Every Second Counts, detailing his life and career up until that point, was published in 1988 (SAF Publishing, ISBN 0-946719-04-7) and instantly became a best seller. Geoff Page Racing has built its reputation over many years of working across the spectrum of motorsport, particularly with Group B Rally Cars and Turbo Formula 1 Cars. Geoff, a championship winning racer himself, has been personally responsible for many race winning cars and engines at the highest level of motorsport around the world. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is the second oldest auto race in the ; mile course with 156 turns ending at the 14,110 foot summit of Pikes Peak. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA. The track measures miles ( km) over 156 turns, climbing 4,720 ft (1,440 m) from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at 14,110 ft (4,300 m), on grades averaging
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Location: ExCeL London, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London, E16 1XL
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