Watch David Donohue’s Porsche 911 Turbo Attack The Pikes Peak Hillclimb From Inside The Car

For still having his Rookie stripe at Pikes Peak, Donohue did a hell of a job racing up the hill. In this car that came down an assembly line and was available for sale at a Porsche dealership, Donohue placed 6th overall out of 80 competitors. His final time of 9:49.954 was good enough for second in the Time Attack 1 class just 2 seconds behind PPIHC veteran & legend Rhys Millen. He finished just a few fractions of a second behind a nearly-200-horsepower KTM race motorcycle. All of that is pretty astonishing for a guy who has never raced up to the peak before. 

If you're interested in what a 991 Turbo with some serious aerodynamic modifications is like to drive up the winding road in Colorado, here is the onboard video from David's full sub-10-minute run. Looking at the split times, Rhys Millen was much faster than David in the lower sections of the mountain, but as the elevation increased, David clawed back a bunch of time. It's unclear what it was that helped him gain that much speed, but perhaps it was just confidence in the car and the road and himself. Either way, well done Donohue, and we hope to see you back at the mountain next year! Maybe in a GT2 RS?