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Billy Petro

Billy Petro

Rally/drift/hillclimb racer and owner of Broken Motorsports race shop, set a Rally 2 class record at the 2026 Mount Washington Hillclimb.

Sep 16, 2026

74:16
So, why did you choose hill climbing out of actual running with 10, 20, 30 other cars in a road course? Or have you?
74:27
So that's part of the 944 question earlier.
74:33
I manage and operate an endurance racing team.
74:38
We have a fleet of seven different BMWs and six different 944s of different flavors.
74:45
But, yeah, we run everything from Lemons all the way up to WRL.
74:50
So Lemons, Lucky Dog, Champ, AER, and WRL.
74:56
And we run anywhere from 20 to 30 race weekends a year.
77:24
So I get it, but you've got to know what you're getting yourself into when you do it.
64:57
That day, did you think you were going to set a new record?
65:05
I mean, I don't want to seem conceited, but yes.
65:11
We kind of hold the record for a previous track configuration.
65:17
So we set that record back in 2014 with a different Nissan that I was racing back then.
65:24
That was a Nissan 240SX.
65:27
um this time with the practice runs leading up to the actual race day you know we get a pretty good idea where we're at um against you know other competitors previous records things like that and you know now with that it's all paved it's technically a completely new course right so you know, it's never been fully paved before.
65:54
So being a, you know, completely new course, you know, A, right there, we've got, you know, that on our side.

8 MINS LATER

74:16
So why did you choose hill climbing out of actual running with 10, 20, 30 other cars in a road course or have you?

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