Watch A Porsche 911 Turbo Battle Pikes Peak Fog

This past weekend saw two big events take place. Over in the UK, the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed was held, with a number of automakerstaking the opportunity to showcase their latest waresat the show. But on this side of the pond, a much gnarlier event took place with the 100th running of thePikes Peak International Hill Climb. Two Porsches from different ends of the spectrum were supposed to make waves there. The first was the Hoonipigasus that Ken Block was meant to campaign to a record-breaking run, buthis heavily modified Porker suffered engine failure. On the other end of the scale was a totally stockPorsche 911 Turbo driven by David Donner, a Pikes Peak veteran. Sadly, his weekend didn't end in glory either.

Donner's911 Turbo年代was equipped with the Lightweight package from the factory and was sporting some wild decals, a roll cage for safety, a stripped interior to balance the increased weight, and a racing seat with harnesses. An electrical cutoff switch and a fire suppression system were also fitted but all other aspects of the car were stock: suspension, gearbox, engine, brakes, and so on. This allowed Donner to chase the production car record that was set by a Bentley Continental GT in 2019, and things were looking peachy in the week building up to the main event on Sunday, as Donner broke the qualifying record for production cars.