Dickie primed for Pikes Peak assault 

Brett Dickie is back in Colorado, USA, prepping his Project Import Honda S2000 Pikes Peak car for another run at the ‘Race to the Clouds’.

The Melbourne racer will be amongst 68 international entrants and is the only Aussie starting in 2023 after he first took on the historic Pikes Peak hill climb in 2021. He returns again with an extremely prepared and hard working team, with the team already having done some runs in the lower area of the course.

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb first ran in 1916, making it America’s second oldest race behind the Indy 500, with the 19.9 km course containing 156 corners as it climbs up a 14,155 foot summit.

The preparation for Dickie and his team has been meticulous, with the car being stripped and rebuilt every day of running in a bid to perfect the performance.

Dickie has been successfully testing on the lower sectionof the Pikes Peak course for the upcoming “Race to the Clouds”

Dickie’s Honda S2000 features a 2.0 litre turbocharged 800hp engine with a six-speed paddle shift operated gearbox, and this year, he also goes to Pikes Peak with a revised aero kit designed by RS Future. 

Once again Dickie will be performing in the 15 car Unlimited class.

“We’ve just finished practicing on the lower section here at Pikes Peak, and relatively speaking, we’re pretty happy with how the car went,” Dickie said on his socials.

“There’s a few little things that the Project Import team have had to sort out…but all in all, it’s been very positive.

“Heading into race week we’re pretty confident with what we’ve got, and we’re looking forward to repaying the sponsors and all the crew for their really hard work.”

Dickie’s Project Import team has been working around the clock to prepare the 800 hp S2000 Honda for the famous hill climb

Dickie finished in P31 in 2021 after recording a 7:58.078s lap. The time was enough to finish sixth in the Unlimited class on a shortened 14.5kms course due to adverse road conditions.

He’s already been over to the states in 2023 with the S2000, taking on the Time Attack Super Lap Battle at the Circuit of the Americas, and will also return to California in October and November to contest the Global Attack Finals in Buttonwillow.

Practice and qualifying for the famous hill climb takes place over Tuesday to Thursday on June 20-22, followed by an optional practice on the Friday.

The green flag on the 101st running of the Race to the Clouds gets under way at 7 30 am on Sunday June 24, with the projected event end coming at 5pm that evening.

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