The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), one of the most extreme road races in the world, has 156 turns for 12.42 miles, up a treacherous mountain peak of 14,115 feet in elevation. First completed in 1916, it's the second oldest automotive race in the United States. Ducati has secured six victories on the mountain since the company's debut in 2008 and holds the all-time course record (2012 / Ducati Multistrada 1200 S / 9:52.819).

Today, Ducati North America, official motorcycle sponsor of the PPIHC, announced the expansion of the Race Smart Program to include the race's first-ever, specially-modified EMT motorcycles to serve as the first line of support on the mountain during the 95^th running of the historic "Race to the Clouds." Two specially-equipped Multistrada 950 EMT motorcycles will be piloted by Dr. Gary Klein, long-time race physician and Safety Team lead for the PPIHC, and Duxton Milam, a 20-year EMT and veteran flight medic with the National Guard. Both also have decades of experience on a motorcycle.