Subaru shatters Mt. Washington hillclimb record

Subaru Motorsports U.S.A Driver Travis Pastrana has set a new record of five minutes, 28.7 seconds at the 2021 Mt. Washington Hillclimb on the way to an overall victory at the wheel of the Airslayer STI, his 850bhp Gymkhana 2020 Subaru WRX STI.

The new mark cut more than sixteen seconds from his winning time from the 2017 race up the narrow, steep and treacherous 12.2km Mt. Washington Auto Road. Pastrana blitzed the mountain to set a time that was over 45 seconds ahead of the nearest competitor.

"New record in the books!" said Pastrana after his winning run. "This car is the perfect machine to do it. Coming off a second-place finish at Goodwood I really wanted to set a new record here to show what the car could do in the right environment. Luckily we really had good weather this year and I knew if I could get a clean run in, I'd have a great shot at the 5:44 time. So much fun and I can't wait to do it again next time!"

The highly developed aero package on the Airslayer STI provided a significant downforce advantage against the WRX STI rally car used by Pastrana to set the 2017 mark. Along with a significant power bump, major suspension advancements and an ultra-light curb weight, the Airslayer was tailor-made for the hillclimb.

The rally, rallycross and motocross star celebrated his history-making weekend with a Gymkhana-style smoky donut show on his return to the bottom of the mountain, giving U.S.A fans their first chance to see the Airslayer STI's tyre-shredding capabilities in person.