This award winning short film documents Ari Vatanen's record-breaking run at the 1988 annual Pike's Peak Hill Climb Event in Colorado. The film was created by Jean Louis Mourey and captures Vatanen climbing Pike's Peak in a four wheel drive, four wheel steering Peugeot 405 T16. Watch the world famous rally legend rip through hairpins and glide past sheer cliffs at 14,000 foot elevation from cameras inside, in front, underneath and above the car. This is by far some of the most spectacular and nerve bending race car footage ever recorded. The film has since become one of the most watched and talked about car films ever, right up there with the French cult classic Rendezvous.


Great driving

I really like Rally driving and am surprised that it's not really caught on over here. To me it's the ultimate balance between man and machine. It's also very exciting to watch live but does not work on TV.

Back home in the 80's I was a member of a rally club and through that got to marshal some races, very exciting. It's cool when a car flips and a bunch of marshals and spectators tip it back over and the guy continues like nothing happened.

WRC drivers have always impressed me more than F1 drivers. The car control skills they possess are unreal. I've spent quite a bit of time on autox courses and racetracks, and I'd probably make about a corner and a half at high speed before crashing.

I've always been amazed how many of the top flight drivers (especially in WRC) like Vatanen are Finns given that the population of Finland is about 1/6th that of California.