Rumours are out there that the very popular film franchise is going to film some scenes at Pikes Peak from September 3rd to 6th. They will be using the site of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb to represent the mountains of Japan.
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my friend's BIL & nephew worked on a few of the cars, at their shop, that will be used for the scenes filmed at Pikes Peak. most notably, they did the fuel cell & hand brake installation on the Charger(1 of 17) that will be driven by Vin Diesel's character. Pikes Peak record holder, Rhys Millen, will be driving the car for the Pikes Peak filming.
Argyle wrote: my friend's BIL & nephew worked on a few of the cars, at their shop, that will be used for the scenes filmed at Pikes Peak. most notably, they did the fuel cell & hand brake installation on the Charger(1 of 17) that will be driven by Vin Diesel's character. Pikes Peak record holder, Rhys Millen, will be driving the car for the Pikes Peak filming.
July 2009
Millen set the record time of 12 minutes, 9 seconds (12:09.397) more than 1
minute and 23 seconds faster than his nearest competitor in the
rear-wheel-drive Time Attack Class. At the finish line on the summit of Pikes
Peak, Millen reported that the car that never skipped a beat, no matter how
hard he challenged the diverse terrain and high altitude, and finished with both rear tires down to steel belts. Millen utilized the Genesis Coupe's
rear-drive layout to its full potential, power-sliding his Genesis Coupe mere
inches away from guard rails, trees and 2,000-foot cliffs, while besting his
own record of 12 minutes, 31.61 seconds by 22 seconds.
12.42 mile course with 156 turns. He will always hold the record in the two classes he competed. The classes have been retired.
