My auto transmission only lets me shift down to second gear, will I not be allowed to take this car up the road to the summit?

I don't think any other developer has ever attempted to digitally recreate this legendary road. I've been to one of the events (they now occur every 3 years) and I'll be attending it for the foreseeable future.

I pulled the following information https://mtwashingtonautoroad.com/climb-to-the-clouds/race-history

Climb to the Clouds – A legendary event is born!

Now billed as one of the oldest motorsports events in the United States, the Climb to the Clouds was first run in 1904, seven years before the first 500-mile race at the Brickyard in Indianapolis and 12 years prior to the inaugural Pikes Peak Hillclimb in Colorado.  Run sporadically throughout the years, many famous racecar drivers and automobile manufacturers have competed in the event through its’ colorful history.

In 1904, the first year of the Mt. Washington Hillclimb, Freelan E. Stanley from Newton, Massachusetts, co-creator of the famous Stanley Steamer, drove his 6-horsepower, 800-pound steam-powered car to the summit of Mt. Washington only to be beaten by Harry Harkness from New York.  Driving a 40-horsepower Mercedes that weighed 2,200 pounds, Harkness posted a winning time in 1904 of 24 minutes, 37 and 3/5 seconds.

Since that first year of competition, many well-known drivers have competed and won the Climb to the Clouds such as “Cannonball” Baker in 1928 & 1932 and the legendary Carroll Shelby in 1956. Driving a Franklin in 1928, Baker raced to an amazing time of 14:49.6 seconds. Carroll Shelby, driving a specially prepared Ferrari roadster in 1956, posted a record-setting run of 10:21.8 seconds on his way to victory.

In 1961 Bill Rutan from Connecticut drove his Porsche-powered Volkswagen to another new record time of 9:13.0 seconds that would stand for 29 years – until the return of the race in 1990 when a Rally driver named Tim O’Neil from Franconia, NH drove his 300+ horsepower all-wheel-drive Volkswagen Rally Golf to the summit in an amazing time of just 7 minutes and 45 seconds.

Following the return of the Mt. Washington Hillclimb in 1990 after a 29-year hiatus, the event was run annually as part of the Mt. Washington Auto Road’s summer event schedule until 2001.  During that time, several new records were shared between 8-time Sports Car Club of America National Rally Champion Paul Choiniere from Shelburne, Vermont and multi-time Canadian Rally Champion

Looking for a good car camping spot close to Mt. Washington. Would be coming in from Canada and have never been to the area before. 2 adults no children looking May 20th to 23rd.

Any help would be great!

Up on the mountain this morning and supposed to be driving back to Vic. Anyone out there been on the highway or up the mountain this morning for a live road condition report? TIA

Does anybody know if there is gonna be Mount Washington road closures again for the fourth of July in years past? I couldn't find anything online about it

I hiked to the summit via the Mt Washington Auto Road in the winter and know it is allowed, but the FAQ does not specify anything about the summer.

Mount Washington Road Race: “There's Only One Hill”

Mount Washington is a mountain (duh) in the White Mountains range in New Hampshire; it’s the highest peak in the Northeastern U.S., with an elevation of 6,288.2 ft (1,916.6 m). Among its claims to fame is that, in 1934, scientists recorded a windspeed of 231 mph (372 km/h) at its summit, which was the world record until 1966 and is still the record for wind not associated with a tornado or tropical cyclone.

It’s a popular tourist destination, in part due to the view from the summit and in part because you can drive to the top -- a rarity among mountains in the Whites.

But… what if, instead of driving to the top, you wanted to opt for a much slower and more painful transportation method? Well, my friend, do I have the race for you.

Mount Washington Road Race: Fast Facts

• Distance of 7.6 miles
• Follows the auto road from the base of the mountain to the summit
• Gain of 4,650 vertical feet (1,420 m) from start to finish
• Average incline of a 12% grade (with some extended sections at ~17% and a max grade of 22%)
• Conventional wisdom is that, if you’re an average person who’s trained reasonably well, you should expect the race to take about as long as a half marathon
• Course records are 56:41 (Jonathan Wyatt, 2004) and 1:08:21 (Shewarge Amarein, 2010)
• Website

Entering the Race

The race has gotten quite popular over the years and, of course, the size of the field is limited just by the nature of the event (the auto road ain’t all that wide) -- about 1100 runners partake each year.

Unless you’re one of the chosen few to receive an elite bib, you’ll have to enter a lottery to get the chance to try your hand at this race. I don’t think the race releases info about what proportion of lottery applicants get into the race, but anecdotally, last year 31 people in my running club entered the lottery, and 12 of those people got bibs.

Training

Unless you happen to have a mountain in your backyard, the race is difficult to train for, since even doing repeats on your biggest/steepest local hill is worlds different from doing 8 miles of uninterrupted climbing.

My running club recommends three main ways to prepare: bike trainer at high resistance, treadmill workouts at a steep incline, and stadium stair repeats. For instance, one of the recommended treadmill workouts is a 6-mile "stair" in which you start at a 10% incline and increase the in