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Filed under: Motorsports, Performance, HyundaiWider, Lower And Decidedly More Sinister Rhys Millen was sitting on a cooler whittling away at a piece of aluminum when I first arrived at the expansive skidpad at the California Proving Grounds, owned by Hyundai, located in a desolate part of the California desert about a dozen miles east of Mojave. By the time I had walked over to the accomplished driver for introductions, he had picked up a piece of sandpaper and begun to arduously file away at the alloy's rough edges, smoothing them masterfully. He was focused on the job, but I politely interrupted him and asked what he was making. Ryhs looked up, smiled, and then grabbed a few zip-ties and asked me to come over to the new Hyundai RMR PM580-T, destined for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in just two short weeks, raised on its air jacks just a few yards away.Continue reading An inside look at Rhys Millen's new Pikes Peak Unlimited racer [w/video]An inside look at Rhys Millen's new Pikes Peak Unlimited racer [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

The old adage 'win on Sunday, sell on Monday' attributed to Ford's return to racing in the US in the early 1950s* has been given a new twist by Hyundai. The company doesn't want to be the world's biggest car brand, but it does want to be the most loved.