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Finding Family on the Mountain with Andy Kingsley - Pursuit of Speed EP4

By Phillip Thomas

Published July 6, 2022

By the age of 21, Andy Kingsley had lost both of his parents to cancer. His mother passed early in his teenage years, steeling him against loss at the time, but the passing of his family's last keystone, his father, collapsed what stability was left. From rock bottom, in his own words, Andy was able to find a new meaning in the family unit while falling into the sport of rally racing…

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Andy Kingsley and his ride that will take him up to the summit of Pikes Peak in the Race to the Clouds

By Rob Namnoum

Published June 22, 2021 7:56 PM

Andy Kingsley drives, "It's a 2002 Porsche 911 Twin Turbo," says Andy Kingsley. He and his team of eight are all Colorado natives. They spend four and half years putting his car together, working for the moment that his car cleared tech inspection, "It was a lot of sleepless nights, a lot of hard work, a lot of long days, but at the end of the day, it's a beautiful piece of machinery. I just love doing it. It's a passion I've had my whole life," says Kingsley. His team is fired up for this, after all, they built this car specifically for the Race to the Clouds, "It's basically a Pikes Peak special in a Porsche chassis. Everything is for Pikes Peak. You can't replicate this road anywhere else in the world. It's so undulating, the corners are tight, and it's quite the experience to be on Pikes Peak," says Kingsley.

Pikes Peak International Hill Climb - Kingsley Motorsport takes seventh

By Douglas P. Marsh, Times reporter

Published Jul 8, 2021

Buena Vista resident rally racer Andy Kingsley climbed Pikes Peak in his Porsche 911 in 7 minutes, 45.614 seconds to place seventh in his class and 25th overall in the 99th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb…….

Pikes Peak Hill Climb lures BV racing team

By Douglas P. Marsh, Times reporter

published Jun 23, 2021

Rally racer Andy Kingsley is gearing up for his fifth year running in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb June 27.

Kingsley, a Buena Vista resident since 2007, began his racing career in 2009. The Times first took notice of Kingsley when he won an event in the Buffalo Peaks Hill Climb races on CR 375 in the Fourmile Travel Management Area in 2011.

Kingsley placed fourth in the Time Attack class last year [2020] at Pikes Peak, finishing with a time of 10:55.581, the fastest ever recorded for a Porsche 2002 911 996 generation car. This year he’ll test his skill and luck in the Open Class…

Flatirons Syndicate Motorsports Podcast

May 28, 2021

For episode 30 of the Flatirons Syndicate Motorsport Podcast, we have Scott Crouch, Andy Kingsley, Dave Kern, Stephan Verdier, and Victor Kuhns joining Tasso and Jon to talk about the Pikes Peak Hill Climb.…

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