Gallery: Porsche Hoonipigasus <\/h3>\n
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There’s plenty of that, and not just at Pikes Peak. The video opens with her introduction to the car \u2013 a whopping two days before making her first practice run up the hill. At an undisclosed track in Colorado, she leaves the pit, rolls onto a drag strip, and promptly rips through the gears under full throttle, hitting 130 mph in the process. Everyone on-site seemed thrilled with her can-do approach, and in the video, she sums it up very succinctly: “Give me a fast car, I\u2019m going to go fast in it.”<\/p>\n
The next day saw a few more practice laps at another track, and from there, it was on to Pikes Peak for two more practice runs on the hill. So in four days, Block went from complete newbie status in the Hoonipigasus and<\/em> at Pikes Peak to making a televised tribute run up the 12.4-mile stage. Keep that in mind when you watch her pass from the bottom to the top, featured at the end of the video.<\/p>\n We’re treated to a plethora of on-board footage, including first-person shots from behind the wheel. One particular sprint between corners shows the digital speedometer reaching 109 mph, and at risk of sounding like a meme, one doesn’t simply go 100 mph on Pikes Peak without some skill. It was an untimed pass and she wasn’t pushing hard, but still, that’s a hell of a run for someone’s first experience in both the car and the location. No wonder she’s the 2023 American Rally Association O2WD national champion.<\/p>\n “Being in that car, everything else goes away,” said Block in the video. “You don\u2019t think about, ‘oh I could drive off this cliff at any moment.’ It\u2019s dangerous, but every form of motorsport is dangerous. That\u2019s half the fun.”<\/p>\n We can’t wait to see what’s next in Lia’s wheelhouse.<\/p>\n