Print, Photographic

Photograph

-

Shanaman Sports Museum

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2004.09.06

Description

Driver George Hammond sits in a race car owned by Leo Dobry, at right, and an unidentified bathing-suit clad Princess at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Hammond won the race in 1952. Leo Dobry owned a racing shop in Tacoma as well as the famous 63 car “Esmerelda” which appeared in a movie with Clark Gable. The car was originally built in 1946. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb auto race is one of the most famous in the world and has been held in the mountains of Colorado Springs, Colorado, for more than 100 years. Spencer Penrose started the race in 1915 with Rea Lentz, a 22-year-old Washington native, won the inaugural 12.42 mile hill climb in 20 minutes, 55.6 seconds up the 14,110-foot summit of Pikes Peak. The race includes different classes of motorsports including motorcycles, cars, trucks and quads as well as do-it-yourself cars to full-factory race vehicles with professional drivers. The race has become known as the “Race to the Clouds.” Photo donated by Bill Seidelman.

Lexicon

Search Terms

Motor Sports, autoracing, Professional/Semi-Pro

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hammond, George

Person or Organization

Dobry, Leo

Person or Organization

auto racing

Person or Organization

Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Person or Organization

Edmerelda

Person or Organization

Gable, Clark

Person or Organization

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Person or Organization

Penrose, Spencer

Person or Organization

Lentz, Rea

Person or Organization

Seidelman, Bill

Related Events

Event

Pike's Peak Auto Race