Sad news, following a fatal motorcycle crash in 2019, motorcycles are definitively no longer allowed to participate in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb.
Racing is never without risks, but some drivers are more at risk than others. As a Formula 1 driver you sit in a very strong monocoque with a halo around your head and you drive between the tire stacks.
As a motorcycle racer on Pikes Peak, you don't have any of that. The chance that you will not be able to tell is simply greater.
The crash of Carlin Dunne is the proverbial last straw, his fatal crash was the direct reason to 'reconsider' the participation of motorcycles.
Carlin Dunne, who already had multiple Pikes Peak wins to his name, was well on his way to a record in 2019, but things went horribly wrong.
The 36-year-old American crashed and died a few hundred meters before the finish. Dunne was the third fatality in six years.
Two motorcyclists had already died during the 2014 and 2015 editions.
Reason for the organization to consider the question: is it still responsible to allow motorcyclists to participate?
Pending the answer, it was decided not to let the motorcycles participate in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in 2020, the same for this year's edition.
After two years of deliberation, the organization of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb has finally made a decision: motorcycles are definitively not allowed to participate.