{"id":27915,"date":"2018-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/bentley-bentayga-pikes-peak-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-02T17:44:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T17:44:49","slug":"bentley-bentayga-pikes-peak-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/bentley-bentayga-pikes-peak-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bentley Bentayga Pikes Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In close cooperation with Bentley, racecar driver Rhys Millen from New Zealand used a very close-to-production Bentayga W12 at the famous hillclimb race on Pikes Peak in Colorado last weekend. The changes compared to the production vehicle kept within narrow limits: for safety reasons the front seats were replaced by racing seats with six-point harnesses, removed the back seats in favor of a full rollcage and also mounted a fire extinguishing system. On the outside they used streetlegal semi-slick tires from Pirelli and a registrable exhaust system from Akrapovic. Otherwise the hillclimb racecar stands out in particular by its finish in the matte color ‘Radium satin’, many viewers might call it ‘neon yellow’.

With this special Bentayga Millen went on the 12.42 miles long hillclimb course, which has been completely paved several years ago and thus unfortunately has little to do with the track on which Walter R\u00f6hrl in the Audi Sport quattro or Ari Vatanen in the Peugeot 405 T16 splashed gravel while drifting. Thanks to the 600 hp and 900 Nm strong W12 engine, Rhys Millen only needed 10:49.9 minutes at an average speed of 65.5 mph for the 156 corners, thus improving the former SUV record by nearly two minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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