Monster Tajima preparing an electric race car for the 2012 Pike's Peak Hill Climb
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A sketch indicating what Monster Tajima's 2012 electric hill climb car may look like
Monster Tajima's Suzuki SX4 at the 2011 Pike's Peak International
Pike's Peak: now paved
Pike's Peak: now paved
Ikuo Hanawa's electric Summit HER-02, the electric record holder from 2011
Monster Tajima's famous, infectious grin – Colgate sponsorship unlikely
Monster enjoys the trappings of hill climb success
Monster's famous smile
He might look like a friendly old Japanese grandpa with a crazy giggle, but Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima is the undisputed king of the mountain that matters: Pike's Peak in Colorado. For the last six years, Monster has dominated one of the world's most spectacular and death-defying hill climb races in a series of ever-crazier souped-up Suzuki race cars. This year, it seems he's found one more mountain to climb: the 62 year-old has announced he'll be taking a fully electric race car to Pike's Peak in 2012. Could this be the year that a battery car beats the petrol brigade?
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