to winning the Pikes Peak in the 1205 class, Carlin is keeping himself pinned!
Team Ducati Wins Again At Pikes Peak!
Racer Carlin Dunne Sets All-Time Pikes Peak Motorcycle Record In Rookie Appearance
Colorado Springs - Carlin Dunne won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Sunday on the Ducati Multistrada 1200, setting an all time event motorcycle record with a clocking of 11:11.32 in winning the touch 1205 CC division, giving the Italian brand its second consecutive victory in the historic race and earning Dunne the title of Motorcycle King of the Mountain.
It was another shining moment in a day filled with epic moments, including the fall of the elusive ten-minute mark when Japan’s Nobuhiro Tajima roared to a record 9:51.278 in winning his sixth straight Unlimited auto championship.
Dunne, owner of Ducati Santa Barbara, competed and triumphed on his store's showroom demo bike, adding more luster to the impressive debut. The 28-year-old Ducati rider was on target from the day he arrived in Colorado Springs, qualifying on pole for the race and setting a blistering pace over three days of testing on America’s Mountain.
"We were definitely anxious to get out and race,” said Dunne. “When the flag dropped I got the holeshot and went for it. The whole week's worth of setup work with my technician, Sam Swain, came together and the Multistrada 1200 worked flawlessly to give us the win. With the help of Spider Grips, Dumontec, BrakeTech and Burley Motorsports we went home with an all time record!"
While Dunne grabbed the top for Team Ducati, Pikes Peak veteran Alexander Smith roared up the mountain course and crossed the finish line at the summit with a time of 12:12.92, grabbing third place behind Dunne’s historic showing.
In what was a wild and treacherous race on a hot, windy, the other two Ducati entries had some tough luck. Six-time winner Greg Tracy had an unfortunate fall while charging to post a fast time, and lost his chance to defend his 2010 title on the Peak.
Second place qualifier Mark Cernicky also suffered from bad luck when his Multistrada's tire went flat several corners past the starting line. All four riders in the Ducati family enjoyed their Pikes Peak adventures despite mixed results, and were thrilled with the dominating performance of the Multistrada 1200.
The Multistrada 1200's race win came on the eve of the unveiling of the Multistrada 1200 S Pikes Peak Special Edition in the United States, a striking version of the Multistrada 1200 S painted and accessorized to match the Spider Grips team bikes competing in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
Ducati is thrilled with the efforts of its riders, and hopes to return to the mountain with the Multistrada 1200 for a future title defense.
Motorcycle Winners
1205 - Carlin Dunne (Santa Barbara, CA) 11:11.329 (all-time course record) 250 - Chuck Lee (Ridgway, CO) 12:39.366 450 – Davey Durelle (Elizabeth, CO) 11:50.988 Supermoto 450 – Leeland Sinclair (Parker, CO) 12:05.178 750- Gary Trachy (Orange, CA) 11:32.004 Side Car- John Thomas-Wood (Adelanto, CA) 13:09.4 Quad 450 Steve Tutt (Kansas City, MO) 12:41.960 Vintage- Robert Spann (Pine, CO) 13:33.528
This is the kinda thing that gives me goose bumps and stokes me out! I love to see people that helped progress our sport still killing it, whether on bikes, motor bikes or anything for that matter, he loves to push himself and whatever sport he's involved in - nice work Carlin!
There he goes! Wasn't too long ago when me and my friend were talking about where are these "old" NWD stars gone.. It's great to hear about these guys again! @ Swearmouth: Ashfanman is right. If you don't like a story, you don't have to read it!
Wow! That's soooo sick to hear about! I remember him from the Race Face UFC and him getting a break from being a runner-up! He had the best moto style and it's sick to see him still slaying because he was always really fun to watch sending it biiig.
Ahhh, we all love speed, taking corners and flirting with disaster. Nice to see someone successful post-MTB career.
At 3.00 you will see how close these racers go to flirting with disaster in this award winning short film of the race (it takes a minute to get going):
That first pic is from his filming with GravityBolivia.com! He was a ton of fun to have with us and just shred it! All time course record in rookie appearance! So glad to see he´s still pushing himself and cleaning up! Way to go mate!
I always wondered what'd happened to him, the guy used to go big on a bicycle. I had big hopes for Rhys Millen at this year's race, however the batmobile from Hyundai let him down again.
So that is what happened to Carlin Dunne! I remembered him from NWD 6 as a great-style rider, but then he disappeared... I thought about a kind of injury or so (didn't hit on an idea to google him)... It's good to hear that he's allright and achieves new successes
Seriously? Are we still on this? Jeezus, move along. There's as much useless BIKE related news as there is Non bike related news. Read it if ya gotta. No one invited you to this spitting contest, so dont try to jump in two days late all eexcited that you finally found the opportunity to use a word like "vehemently".
The fact that people who claim this isn't important to them yet still went out of their way to type paragraghs stating so makes me smile. And you're still the minority so back of the line with ya... What is that...like a whopping 3 now that don't see the relevance here? Yeah... no one cares what you people think.
And I don't know you, we're not friends, so I dont give a squeaky shit what your likes or dislikes are so dont flatter yourself! Good Grief!
Now go look up more big words and blabber all you need. I'm heading over to the grown up forums where you must be this tall ------------- to ride...
anyone ever thought red bull or some other big company could sponsor an event for downhiller's or well anyone to have a big race down the hill on bikes, mega avalanche style?
When I was 7, I owned a mountain bike, you weren't a pinkbike member yet either, and I don't think I'd seen any mtb movies at all. Distinguished members of the bicycling community doing non bike related things isn't bike related news.
So you wouldn't be interested in a story on, say, what Steve Smith gets up to in the close season? That would be about a downhill star but not about cycling? If so, do you simply stop being interested in riders once they stop competing?
You may not find it interesting or relevant, but others clearly do so it's a good thing - in my opinion - for Pinkbike to have on the site. I thought it was interested to hear about what a former star was getting up to. It's nice to see people successfully translating their skills into a new career - and winning!
If you don't like a story, you don't have to read it.
@ Swearmouth- If you haven't noticed, you're the ONLY one here who doesn't care. That would mean your opinion doesn't mean shit. I happen to find this more bike news worthy than the rest of the crap they're talking about these days.
@ Swearmouth- How are you going to say this is not what Pinkbike is about? Carlin Dunne was on an NWD video and now he is winning Pike's Peak Hill Climbs. Went from being a top level mtn. biker to a top level motorcycle racer. Would you say that it's not what Pinkbike is about they post videos of pro downhillers training in the off season on their mx bikes?
It's funny, no matter what the topic or story is about, there is always someone on Pinkbike with a seatpost up their a$$. I guess no matter what sport or community you are apart of, there are always some people that just don't know when to shut up I mean, how can you not love the fact that this guy took 'pinned' to a whole new level, its rad and definitely makes me wanna get out and ride! Also that gap in the first picture is sweeet!
Not that I'm agreeing with swearmouth dirteveryday, but you really think this is more bike related than say the article on the new commencal? Or the coverage of the St. Anne race? Or all the other mountainbike stuff on the front page? Maybe it's just me, but I don't.
Look at aaaaaaaaaaaall the positive posts above yours... I would say that's an overwhelming YES. He was a fellow rider, even though I think his style was a bit whack and old school, and a LOT of people wondered what happened to him and where he went. A former pro mtn biker setting a world record on 2 wheels actually means more to me than the friggin Fox truck getting stolen.
And who said anything about it being MORE bike related? I said it's more newsworthy than some of the worthless crap they've been pushing on us as "news" lately.
And seriously, you don't think a few years of being a pro 26er didn't give him any big-bike handling skills and vice versa? I bet you clicked off the Sam Hill-on-a-moto vid in disgust? Not likely.
I love how you say my opinion doesn't mean shit like its some sort of fact. And telling me I have a seat post up my ass is an excellent way of disagreeing with me. People on pinkbike are getting to the point where anything they don't completely see eye to eye with gets pounced on. >50% of the comments on this article are about how I'm obviously such an idiot and shouldn't have the right to talk. I'm not belittling his achievement in any way, its a highly impressive feat and more power to him in fact, I just think that pinkbike as " the top mountain biking website in the world" should remain mountain biking focused.
Obviously this is just my opinion, and I'm not forcing it down your throats the way everyone forced theirs down mine. I fully expect people to negatively prop me for this, as it may not 100% reflect their viewpoint, regardless of the fact that that isn't what the props system is intended for.
swearmouth, not to shit on you some more, but this is a place for people to voice their opinions and thats why im here haha i agree with everyone else that this is plenty bike related. if they mention that steve peat wiped his ass at precisely 6am this morning, that is bike related. sure carlin isnt riding a bicycle, but he's part of this industry ten fold and any news about his successes in another 2 wheeled sport deserves to be heard on here, especially this one(A WORLD RECORD AT THE LEGENDARY PIKES PEAK, WHICH JUST SO HAPPENS TO BECOME FULLY PAVED IN 2012 i.e. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR FOR OFFROAD VEHICLES). pinkbike has a plethora of information, directly bicycle related or not and thats why we love it and visit it daily.
Thats absolutely fine. People disagreeing with me is perfectly alright, in fact if everyone thought the same thing the world would be pretty damn boring. What I was frustrated with was people who think that if you don't 100% agree with them then you don't even have the right to an opinion. Pinkbike is so bad about that, and its kind of sad really, that anytime someone thinks something different they get ganged up on.
The problem with what you're saying dirteveryday is that you're implying that the vast majority of the news we get isn't asbiking related as this is. When in fact the majority of it is in fact the opposite of what you're so vehemently saying it is, and is in fact MORE biking related than this is. And please don't resort to assuming things about my personal likes/dislikes thinking it will bolster your point, it won't.
Oooh.... "vehemently"..... can't mess with that! You're right, the other 60 people above who feel the way I feel are also wrong. This isn't biking related and OBVIOUSLY no one else cares. The 2 of you who feel that this isn't bike related are right. Have a nice day!
I never said the way you feel is wrong. That's great you want more bike related content. Why do you keep making up things? Jesus dude, you need to relax.
Ignoring the merits of the article with regards to being on pinkbike, telling us that because theres 60 people or so who feel one way, the 2 or 3 who don't agree with them are wrong is for a lack of a better word ignorant.
and you, assuming that the reason they are saying those 2-3 people are wrong only because they dont agree with their idea, is for lack of a better word ignorant. i hate this bullshit internet arguing we can go all day. GO FUCKING RIDE, thats where im off to.
And, did you catch this line? "Dunne, owner of Ducati Santa Barbara..."
Dude seems successful on and off the bike. That is rad.
"Dunne, owner of Ducati Santa Barbara...the 28-year-old..."
At 3.00 you will see how close these racers go to flirting with disaster in this award winning short film of the race (it takes a minute to get going):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSrDD3tcibU
The fact that people who claim this isn't important to them yet still went out of their way to type paragraghs stating so makes me smile. And you're still the minority so back of the line with ya... What is that...like a whopping 3 now that don't see the relevance here? Yeah... no one cares what you people think.
And I don't know you, we're not friends, so I dont give a squeaky shit what your likes or dislikes are so dont flatter yourself! Good Grief!
Now go look up more big words and blabber all you need. I'm heading over to the grown up forums where you must be this tall ------------- to ride...
You may not find it interesting or relevant, but others clearly do so it's a good thing - in my opinion - for Pinkbike to have on the site. I thought it was interested to hear about what a former star was getting up to. It's nice to see people successfully translating their skills into a new career - and winning!
If you don't like a story, you don't have to read it.
A former pro mtn biker setting a world record on 2 wheels actually means more to me than the friggin Fox truck getting stolen.
And who said anything about it being MORE bike related? I said it's more newsworthy than some of the worthless crap they've been pushing on us as "news" lately.
And seriously, you don't think a few years of being a pro 26er didn't give him any big-bike handling skills and vice versa? I bet you clicked off the Sam Hill-on-a-moto vid in disgust? Not likely.
Obviously this is just my opinion, and I'm not forcing it down your throats the way everyone forced theirs down mine. I fully expect people to negatively prop me for this, as it may not 100% reflect their viewpoint, regardless of the fact that that isn't what the props system is intended for.