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Pike's Peak
Series: Speed With Guy Martin
A 60-minute magazine episode from Speed With Guy Martin, Season 2, Episode 2.
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Synopsis
Speed junkie, motorcycle racer and lorry mechanic Guy Martin loves pushing the boundaries of speed in search of a buzz. He takes on four new speed-based challenges in the second series of Speed with Guy Martin. Guy wants to find out what makes things go fast by getting his hands dirty in a range of unique engineering projects. To do this, he has to harness cutting-edge science, learn new skills and call on the support of the best of Britain's design and engineering talent. Guy visits the USA, where he hopes to win at one of America's oldest races: the Pike's Peak International Hill Climb. In this annual contest, known as The Race to the Clouds, riders compete against the clock on a gruelling mountainside track that finishes over 4000 metres above sea level. To learn the unique skills required in hill climb racing, Guy heads to the birthplace of the sport: Shelsley Walsh hill climb in Worcestershire. Racing up the course in an F1-style car, he realises that sheer horsepower and driving precision are vital. However, in the thin air of Pike's Peak, Guy's body and bike will be desperately short of oxygen, which could seriously affect his performance. As well as trying to add more power to his homemade bike, Guy takes a high-altitude fitness test in a hypoxic chamber. He soon realises how much harder his body will have to work and how the high altitude will affect his brain and cognitive performance; crucial when he has to remember the 150-plus bends in the road and avoid driving over a cliff! After six months' preparation and a two-day road trip across America, Guy's success depends not just on how well he's tuned his bike and body, but on his own abilities as a racer.
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Total Content Density: 4 hours 0 minutes (4 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Relaxed Watch - Easy viewing. Perfect for casual watches.
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1 episode/day: 4 days
3 episodes/day: 2 days
5 episodes/day: 1 days
Episodes (4)
- - 24 Hour Tandem World Record
- S02E02 - Pike's Peak Viewing
- S02E04 - Gravity Racer
- S03E01 -
