David Donner drove the Palatov car this year. He has quite a lot of experience behind the wheel,especially at Pikes:
"Donner’s background on Pikes Peak includes the three overall wins, numerous qualifying records and top three race finishes. He also has an extensive background in road racing including the 24 Hours of Daytona and Petite Le Mans."
I do agree watching the video,there were times when it seemed he was tentative..but I guess you had to be there to really know...
They were planning on using a turbo engine,but could not get everything ready in time this year,so they went with the normally aspirated Hartley V8,which made 400+ whp at the starting elevation,but only about 250whp at the summit. Next year they will have the turbo setup sorted out.550+whp...start to finish.
Palaotv has a great blog on their website that covers the entire building of the car if anyone is interested.You do have to register for access,but it is free.
http://www.palatov.com/pikespeak/blog/login.php
Dennis offered me the PPS car..at a substantially reduced rate (
) Tempting..but I would need to sell an Atom to afford something like the DP4. Maybe some day...
It's not what you drive, it's how you drive. "Lap times matter"
