Editing Mount Washington (section)

===Races===
Every June, the mountain is the site of the [[Mount Washington Road Race]], an event that attracts hundreds of [[Road running|runners]]. In August the [[Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb]], a [[Cycle sport|bicycle race]], takes place along the same route as the road race.<ref name=bruceheald5>{{cite book |last=Heald |first=Bruce D. |date=2011 |title=The Mount Washington Cog Railway: Climbing the White Mountains of New Hampshire |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-1-60949-196-3 |page=27}}</ref> The hillclimb's notable contestants include former [[Tour de France]] contender [[Tyler Hamilton]].<ref name="newtons">{{cite web |title=History |url=http://newtonsrevenge.com/about/history/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325093013/http://newtonsrevenge.com/about/history/| url-status=dead| archive-date=March 25, 2015 |website=Newton's Revenge |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref>

On August 7, 1932, Raymond E. Welch became the first one-legged man to climb Mount Washington.<ref name="rootsweb">{{cite web| title=Raymond Edward Welch| url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nhcoos/images/Raymond%20Edward%20Welch.pdf| website=Coös County GenWeb| access-date=March 28, 2016| archive-date=April 10, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410074251/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nhcoos/images/Raymond%20Edward%20Welch.pdf| url-status=live}}</ref> An official race was held and open only to one-legged people. Mr.&nbsp;Welch climbed the "Jacob's Ladder" route and descended via the carriage road. At the time of his climb, he was the station agent for the [[Boston and Maine Corporation|Boston & Maine Railroad]] in [[Northumberland, New Hampshire]].<ref name="rootsweb" />

The mountain is also the host to one of the oldest car races in the country, the [[Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race]], which has been held on and off since 1904. [[Travis Pastrana]] set record ascents in 2010, 2014, 2017, and 2021, driving a [[Subaru Impreza#WRX STI|Subaru WRX STi]] to a record of five minutes and 28.67 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results - Mount Washington Auto Road, Gorham NH |url=https://mt-washington.com/climb-to-the-clouds/results |access-date=2021-08-16 |website=mt-washington.com |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816130115/https://mt-washington.com/climb-to-the-clouds/results |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="roadandtrack">{{cite news |last1=Silvestro |first1=Brian |date=August 24, 2017 |title=Watch Travis Pastrana Shatter the Mt. Washington Hillclimb Record |work=Road & Track |url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a10290487/travis-pastrana-mt-washington-hillclimb-record/ |access-date=January 10, 2019 |archive-date=January 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110234911/https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a10290487/travis-pastrana-mt-washington-hillclimb-record/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="autoblog">{{cite web |last1=Glucker |first1=Jeff |title=Travis Pastrana smashes 12-year-old Mt. Washington Auto Road record |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/travis-pastrana-smashes-22-year-old-mt-washington-auto-road-rec/ |website=AutoBlog |access-date=March 28, 2016 |date=September 10, 2010 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408182657/http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/travis-pastrana-smashes-22-year-old-mt-washington-auto-road-rec/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014 EVSR created by Entropy Racing was the first electric car to compete at Mt. Washington with an official time for driver [[Tim O'Neil]] of seven minutes and 28.92 seconds.<ref name="insideevs">{{cite news| last1=Dillard| first1=Ted| title=EVSR Returns to the Scene of the Climb (Mt. Washington - w/video)| url=https://insideevs.com/news/323639/evsr-returns-to-the-scene-of-the-climb-mt-washington-w-video/| access-date=September 20, 2014| work=InsideEVs| date=June 30, 2014| archive-date=May 13, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513160237/https://insideevs.com/news/323639/evsr-returns-to-the-scene-of-the-climb-mt-washington-w-video/| url-status=live}}</ref>