Our big brother Carlin Dunne just set another record at Pikes Peak.
From Ducati Santa Barbara, reppin the 805, Carlin came in with an all time motorcycle record of 9:52. Also breaking the 10 minute barrier, Greg Tracy posted an equally impressive 9:58 and the Ducati team finished 1st and 2nd. These guys are honestly so chill to work with and professional beyond belief.
They're both super banged up so the fact that they ran at all is a testament to how unbelievably tough these guys are. (Perhaps we've been rubbing off on them?) A week ago, Greg filmed this commercial along with Audi and wrecked the bike into a wall at 80mph - he literally shrugged off an epic combination of injuries that would have put others into retirement and came back out here and ran full speed.
Anyway, race is actually still going on at the moment. Petra is at the top of the mountain filming finish line coverage, our new BFF Jamey is roaming around the mountiain taking photos and I'm at the base of the mountain and Ducati camp. We have another 6 shooters filming for us tucked on the side of this mountain with nothing but cameras and backpacks full of snacks. There have been a ridiculous amount of delays - quite a few cars have driven off the mountain and crashed and have had to be airlifted out of here. And as if that wasn't interesting enough, it's recently started hailing/snowing.
We woke up at 1:30AM today (it's 6:30PM now). Our freelance shooters have been stranded on the mountain since 6AM. If they had cell signal, which they don't, I'm sure they'd be texting me death threats by now. There's currently no end in sight to the race. You've got to love Pikes Peak.
