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CASCADE — Two hundredths of a second meant the fulfillment of an 18-year record quest for one driver and disgust for another.
Funny that such a tiny margin — essentially the blink of an eye — would decide a Pikes Peak International Hill Climb that dragged into the evening because of crashes and delays so that the final 15 competitors raced a shortened course.
Amid the commotion that included a burned-out engine for defending champion and record holder Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima, emerged one of the race’s best finishes in its 90-year history, the first year that Pikes Peak Highway was fully paved.
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