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David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/21/24 4:12 p.m.

For the Rivian fans.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/21/24 4:13 p.m.

Flying those GRM colors.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/21/24 4:14 p.m.

The starting line for today: two rows of cars and a guy with a green flag. It’s chill.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/21/24 4:14 p.m.

You’re welcome.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/21/24 4:15 p.m.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/21/24 4:16 p.m.

The road opens to the public at 9:00 a.m., so a few minutes beforehand, everyone’s loading up (quickly) and bugging out.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/21/24 4:17 p.m.

Hey, it’s Rupert!

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/21/24 4:18 p.m.

The drive down: clear, relaxing. Lots of ear popping.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/21/24 4:18 p.m.

And back where it all started, the Circle K.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/21/24 4:18 p.m.

And more to come as I sort through more photos.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/21/24 4:25 p.m.

Tonight’s plans: Fan Fest in downtown Colorado Springs.

The wind just started howling outside my hotel window. It’s raining.

Berck HalfDork
6/21/24 4:26 p.m.

I'll be helping a friend work his taco truck at Devil's Playground, come say hi if you're up there!

JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
6/21/24 7:40 p.m.

So the pattern I'm seeing here is that Hyundai loves inviting us to extremely foggy races

Keith Tanner MegaDork
6/21/24 7:51 p.m.

David S. Wallens said:
The starting line for today: two rows of cars and a guy with a green flag. It’s chill.

Despite the international level of recognition, it really is still a local race. It stands a bit apart from the other events in the Colorado hillclimb series (it's paved, for one) but not THAT far.

Keith Tanner MegaDork
6/21/24 7:52 p.m.

Berck said:
I'll be helping a friend work his taco truck at Devil's Playground, come say hi if you're up there!

Now that is a good business plan. Last time I was there, there were no tacos. There were nothing.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/22/24 12:03 a.m.

JG Pasterjak said:
So the pattern I'm seeing here is that Hyundai loves inviting us to extremely foggy races

Yeah, pretty much. :)

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/22/24 12:03 a.m.

Berck said:
I'll be helping a friend work his taco truck at Devil's Playground, come say hi if you're up there!

Thanks for the invite, but we’re planning on watching the race from Picnic Grounds. Devil’s Playground was fun today.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/22/24 12:07 a.m.

Tonight was Fan Fest: all the cars, drivers and population of Colorado.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/22/24 12:07 a.m.

Randy Pobst’s Hyundai Ioniq 5 N was in the Yokohama display.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/22/24 12:08 a.m.

And Randy was in the Hyundai display signing autographs–like all evening.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/22/24 12:09 a.m.

Cool guy Robb Holland, too.

Colin Wood Associate Editor
6/22/24 9:11 a.m.

Photos from day 3:

Photography Credit: Vlad Tyeryekhov

Photography Credit: Rupert Berrington

Photography Credit: Phillip Astein

Photography Credit: Jesse Cottrell

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/22/24 10:58 p.m.

And tomorrow’s the big day. I ate dinner, my gear is together, and I’m heading to bed in a few. We’re leaving the hotel at 3:15 in the a.m.

Today was our off day, so I spent the day checking out the local parks with a Tuscon. First was Garden of the Gods. Lovely scenery. Lotta people in areas but the hiking trails were quiet. I saw some deer.

The Tuscon performed flawlessly, even across several miles of dirt road.

I mostly shot film today but here are a few images from my phone.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/22/24 10:58 p.m.

And then over to Eleven Mile State Park where I just followed the river up to the dam. Lots of cool photo ops. In a week and a half or so, we’ll know how they came out.