A 2.1 liter, turbocharged, 1,000 horsepower 4-cylinder monster of a hill climb tube-chassis racecar truck. In the late 90’s in the prime of the dirt track layout of The Pikes Peak International Hillclimb this Tacoma was the king, dominating the 1998-99 “Race to the Clouds” event. I remember playing Gran Turismo 2 and running up the hill in a Suzuki Escudo and I have been fascinated with Pikes Peak ever since.
If you have never seen or heard of this truck, enjoy the sights and sounds of this beast.
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Truck Thursday: Rod Millen's Pikes Peak Toyota Tacoma
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Rod Millen, and MillenWorks, have made some amazing contributions to the automotive world as far as both one-off technological systems, and other prototyping. Pretty amazing group of clever people.
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Awfully loose definition of a ‘truck’ here – looks more like an IMSA car
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I believe it was.
Not hard to imagine how that truck silhouette could canvas the Toyota IMSA racer. -
The wonders of the button click “strike through”
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I may have every HotWheel version of the Tacoma.
That is cool racetruck. -
That car has about as much to do with a Tacoma as it does with my wife’s Audi…
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