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RASMI: Tiada Lagi Lumba Motosikal Di Pikes Peak

Penganjur Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) telah membuat keputusan untuk menghentikan perlumbaan motosikal, dua tahun selepas kematian Carlin Dunne.

Dunne alami kemalangan maut dengan jentera Ducati Streetfighter V4 Prototype ketika hendak sampai ke garisan penamat pada kejohanan 2019.

Susulan kejadian itu, pihak PPIHC telah pun menggantung sementara perlumbaan motosikal sebelum menjalankan kajian mendalam dalam tempoh dua tahun ini.

Hasilnya, selepas pertimbangan dan mengambil kira nasihat daripada industri permotoran, penganjur membuat keputusan untuk menamatkan perlumbaan motosikal di Pikes Peak.

“Perlumbaan motosikal merupakan sebahagian daripada sejarah Pikes Peak sejak 1916.

“Ini adalah proses yang sangat panjang dan satu keputusan yang sukar, tetapi kami percaya ini adalah keputusan yang tepat dan terbaik demi kepentingan semua pihak buat masa ini,” jelas Pemangu Pengerusi PPIHC, Fred Veitch.

Di awal penyertaan motosikal, rata-rata pelumba mengguna pakai ‘dirt bike’ sehinggalah jalan ke punca Pikes Peak diturap semula.

Hasilnya, pelumba mula memilih jentera lebih berkuasa untuk beraksi sekaligus menyumbang kepada angka kemalangna yang tinggi.

Bagaimanapun, keputusan penganjur dijangka tidak akan memberi kesan besar tatkala PPIHC pada awalnya merupakan acara lumba kereta.

OFFICIAL: Organizers Shut Down Motorcycle Racing At Pikes Peak

The race organizers of Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) has decided to end the motorcycle racing category two years after the tragic death of Carlin Dunne.

The official confirmation came after completing a two-year review on the prospect of bringing motorcycle racing back to Pikes Peak.

While Fred Veitch, Interim Chairman of the PPIHC, admitted the decision was difficult, it was the right one to make.

“Motorcycle competition has been part of the history of the race off-and-on since 1916 and has been both thrilling and tragic for competitors and fans alike.

“This has been a long process and a difficult decision, but we believe it is the right decision and one that is in the best interest of the organization at this time,” he said.

There are a number of factors that lead to such a decision, the first being the increase of riders fatalities and the types of bikes involved in the competition.

During the early years, riders race to the top with dirt bikes, but everything changes when the road was paved all the way to the top.

This resulted in riders opted for powerful road bikes, which drastically increased the speed and a higher chance of accidents.

Dunne was involved in an accident while riding the Ducati Streetfighter V4 Prototype on his way to the finish line.

(Source: PPIHC)

Ducati Panigale V4 25th Anniversario 916 Auction for Carlin Dunne

  • A recently unveiled Ducati Panigale V4 25th Anniversario 916 will be auctioned in support of Carlin Dunne’s family.

  • Dunne perished while contesting in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on a Ducati Streetfighter V4 Prototype.

  • Proceeds from the auction will be handed to Dunne’s family.

A recently unveiled Ducati Panigale V4 25th Anniversario 916 will be auctioned in support of the Carlin Dunne family.

As we reported earlier, Dunne had led Ducati’s assault on the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb of the Streetfighter V4 Prototype when he tragically crashed and perished. The event had been used as publicity by Ducati to shore up support for the upcoming Streetfighter V4. The bike which Dunne rode was essentially a Panigale V4 stripped of its bodywork and attached with a straight handlebar.

A crowdfunding charity had been set up within days of his passing in order to support his family.

As such, proceeds from the auction of the bike will go to Dunne’s family. The bike will wear the racer’s #5 number plate.

Such an auction will also be initiated next month in honour of Nicky Hayden. The bike offered is a Panigale V4 S with special decals like those on the Desmosedici GP raced by the late rider.

The Ducati Panigale V4 25th Anniversary 916 celebrates 25 years of the iconic Ducati 916, the bike which turned the Italian brand into a household name and set the destiny of Ducati. It was also the bike which revolutionized the superbike segment.

Kematian Carlin Dunne: Motosikal Akan Diharamkan Daripada Sertai Pikes Peak?

Kemalangan maut yang menimpa Carlin Dunne ketika perlumbaan Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) memberi kesan yang mendalam terhadap sukan itu dan peminat jentera dua roda di seluruh dunia.

Kini peminat jentera dua roda bakal menerima satu lagi tamparan apabila dikhabarkan perlumbaan melibatkan motosikal di Pikes Peak akan diharamkan pada edisi seterusnya.

Menurut laporan Colorado Gazette, Pengarah Eksekutif perlumbaan PPIHC, Megan Leatham dalam e-melnya berkata, “Saya berasakan ini adalah petanda bahawa berakhirnya kategori motosikal di Pikes Peak.”

Sementara itu, orang ramai masih mempersoalkan pihak berwajib yang telah memutuskan kematian Dunne berpunca daripada insiden ‘high sided’. Rata-rata menyoal bagaimana keputusan tersebut di buat dalam masa singkat?

Persoalan tersebut mungkin timbul kerana Dunne merupakan ikon dan idola di medan Pikes Peak. Bagaimanapun, tidak dinafikan ramai pihak mendakwa pihak PPIHC terlalu cepat membuat rumusan kemalangan maut tersebut kerana bimbang terpalit dengan unsur negatif.

Apa yang lebih memeranjatkan, pasukan Dunne sendiri terpaksa menunggu masa yang lama sebelum dimaklumkan mengenai apa yang telah menimpa pelumba mereka.

Sementara itu, pengurus Pikes Peak America Mountain, Jack Glavan turut menanti laporan oleh US Forest Service kerana dia masih tidak berpuas hati dengan rumusan sedia ada sebelum membuat keputusan sama ada Pikes Peak selamat untuk penunggang motosikal pada masa akan datang.

Carlin Dunne Dies in Ducati Streetfighter V4 Prototype Crash at 2019 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

  • Carlin Dunne died in a crash at the 2019 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), riding the Ducati Streetfighter V4 Prototype.

  • He was in the process of setting a new record.

  • The race was won by Rennie Scaysbrook on a 2018 Aprilia Tuono V4 1100.

Rider Carlin Dunne died while racing the Ducati Streetfighter V4 Prototype at the 2019 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC).

Dunne had qualified in pole position a day earlier and everyone had tipped that he would win his fourth PPIHC race, and set the fastest ever time for a motorcycle in the “Race to the Clouds.”

Carlin Dunne after winning last year on the Multistrada 1260 – Photo credit Cycle World

All eyes the world over was on him and the Ducati as the prototype will serve as the precursor to the most powerful naked sportbike ever built. Ducati had stripped down the Panigale V4 and fitted a taller handlebar to it for the race.

Rennie Scaysbrook had set the fastest time ever previously at 9m44.963s on his 2018 Aprilia Tuono V4 1100. That time was already 5.6 seconds faster than the  9m49.625s set by Chris Fillimore on the KTM 1290 Super Duke R in 2017.

Dunne went out last and logged the fastest times in three out of four sectors. He was ahead by 1.3s in Segment 1, 2.5s in Segment 2 and nearly 4s in Segment 3. Then tragedy struck as he crashed less than 400 metres to the finish line near the highest point of the mountain.

As such, Rennie Scaysbrook won the 2019 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) on the Aprilia, with his time entered as the new record. The win was Aprilia’s first in the heavyweight category.

Dunne had won the PPIHC race three times previously, all on Ducatis. He won in 2011 and 2012 on the Multistrada 1200, and last year on the Multistrada 1260. Ducati went on to produce the Pikes Peak Edition Multistradas to commemorate the rider’s achievements.

Carlin Dunne on the way to winning on the Multistrada 1260 last year – Photo credit Motorcyclist.com

The PPIHC is where non-sportbikes battle it out for supremacy, hence you’d find bikes such as the Streetfighter, BMW S 1000 R, KTM 1290 Super Duke R, et al. Competitors are flagged off at sea level and ride up the 156-corner, 20-kilometre (12.42-mile) road to the finish line 4302 metres (14,115 feet) up the hill.

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