Ducati Panagale Street Fighter within sight of the
finish line after setting a record-breaking pace in
the earlier sections of the climb.The winning Aprilia
The Aprilia Tuono was supplied by the US
distributors and expertly prepared by former Pikes
Peak winner and Isle of Man racer Jeremy Toye from
San Diego. The vastly experienced Toye also
provided a vital mentoring role for Rennie in the
long and stressful lead up to the event.
“This was the first time I have ever had a real team
behind me,” said Rennie in a television interview
after the event. “I mean no disrespect to KTM by
saying that, but in the past three years it was just a
bike, me and one or two helpers. This year I had an
experienced crew chief in Jeremy Toye, who has won
here (Pikes Peak) and raced at the Isle of Man and
Macau. There was also a tyre guy, a suspension guy,
and early in race week, Aprilia flew out Nicola
Marcato from Italy to re-map the electronic side,
which made a big improvement, especially with the
fuel we were required to use – VP Racing Fuel U 4.4
mixed down to 2.5 per cent oxygen with pump gas
as per the rules; standard U4.4 is about
eight per cent oxygen. It meant that all
I really had to do was concentrate on
my own riding.”
“The Aprilia’s engine was standard
aside from the Magneti Marelli Race
ECU, as was the frame and swing arm.
We had an Ohlins TTx36 race shock and
.90 spring, Aprilia RSV4 RF forged
aluminum wheels and RSV4 1100
Factory forks, Brembo T-Drive rotors, a
Brembo thumb rear brake, Brembo RCS
18mm front master cylinder, Attack
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The 97th running of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb
in Colorado produced the first-ever Australian
winner – none other than Rennie Scaysbrook, our
California- based son and motorcycle journalist.
Rennie was making his fourth attempt at the
daunting 20km climb which rises from 2,862 metres
at the start line to 4,302 metres at the summit and
contains 156 corners.
After three years on KTM machinery, two pole
positions and a trio of top-three placings, Rennie
switched to an Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 for the 2019
event, running in the Heavyweight Motorcycle Divi-
sion. After qualifying second to four-time winner
Carlin Dunne, Rennie rode what he described as a
‘controlled’ race that saw him blitz the official motor-
cycle record set by his former KTM team mate Chris
Fillmore in 2017. Rennie’s time of 9 minutes 44.986
seconds eclipsed Fillmore’s 9.49.712 by nearly five
seconds and gave him the outright victory as well as
the Heavyweight class win. Rennie headed German
rapid lady racer Lucy Glockner (BMW S1000R) and
American Codie Vahsholtz (Ducati MTS-1260) in the
overall motorcycle results. Tragically, Carlin Dunne
received fatal injuries when he crashed his prototype
Rennie and Aprilia top Pikes Peak
titanium exhaust and carbon race muffler. We also
had Vortex sprockets with D.I.D 520-pitch chain,
Dynojet Power Commander 5 and map with an
Aprilia Racing air filter, and we ran Pirelli Superbike
SC0 super soft compound tires front and rear.”
“Typically, it took all the time we had to get
everything just right, but by race day it was perfect,
thanks to everyone involved, and especially Aprilia
for getting behind the effort 100 per cent.”
LEFT Rennie (left) with
crew chief Jeremy Toye.
The winning
Aprilia Tuono 1100.