Speed with Guy Martin
Pikes Peak
Season 2 Episode 2 of 4
The motorcycle racer heads to Colorado where he hopes to win one of America's oldest races - the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. In this annual contest, known as the Race to the Clouds, riders compete against the clock on a gruelling mountainside track that finishes more than 13,000ft above sea level. To learn the skills required in hill-climb events, Guy visits the birthplace of the sport - Shelsley Walsh in Worcestershire. Racing up the course in an F1-style car, he realises sheer horsepower and driving precision are vital, but he must also take a high-altitude fitness test in a hypoxic chamber to prepare for the challenge ahead
Speed with Guy Martin airs on U&Yesterday +1 at 8:00 PM, Thursday 7 November. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
General
Guy Martin
Presenter
James Woodroffe
Director
Ewan Keil
Executive Producer