PHOTOS: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Inspection Day

A team from Slovakia takes photos while waiting in line with their 2010 Audi TTS for inspection for this week’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The car will be racing in the Pikes Peak Open division. The inspections were held at the Broadmoor World Arena on Monday, June 19, 2023. Practices and qualifying will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. The Fan Fest will be held downtown on Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The race finals will be on Pikes Peak all day Sunday. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

Dakota Wickstrum (right) helps other team members get his dad’s 2016 Axel Riley Ave. LMP3 race car ready for inspection for this week’s Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb. Dakota’s dad, Don Wickstrum, is the driver of the car in the Unlimited division and he is also known as the Fastest Pastor. The inspections were held at the Broadmoor World Arena on Monday, June 19, 2023. Practices and qualifying will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. The Fan Fest will be held downtown on Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The race finals will be on Pikes Peak all day Sunday. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

David Meyer’s 2016 Palatov is rolled onto the scales for inspection for this week’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The car will be racing in the Pikes Peak Open division. The inspections were held at the Broadmoor World Arena on Monday, June 19, 2023. Practices and qualifying will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. The Fan Fest will be held downtown on Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The race finals will be on Pikes Peak all day Sunday. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

Inspection day for the 2023 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Monday, June 19, 2023. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)