Pastrana Sets NEW Auto Road Record

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Pastrana Sets New Mt. Washington Auto Road Record

The 149-year-old Mt. Washington Auto Road has seen the likes of horses and carriages, camels, people, bicycles and most famously, competition race cars. Yesterday, traveling at an average speed of nearly 72 miles per hour in a Vermont SportsCar prepared, BFGoodrich Tires-shod 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car, four-time Rally America National Champion Travis Pastrana made sure the project name, Red Bull Speed Chasers, lived up to its name. He reached the summit faster than anyone else in history by clocking an officially timed run of 6 minutes 20.47 seconds, besting the previous record by more than twenty seconds. Amazingly, Pastrana achieved the impressive time on his first ever high-speed run to the summit. Pastrana has effectively thrown down the gauntlet in advance of the legendary Mt. Washington “Climb to the Clouds” Automobile Hillclimb, which will take place in 2011 after a 10-year hiatus.

http://www.fuel.tv/keithburgie/2010/9/pastrana-sets-new-mt-washington-record/

pretty cool and scary as shit. 72mph up the road????
 
frank sprongl was like 20 something seconds slower almost 30 years ago. pastrana had a co driver, the road has paved sections now, sprongl did it with no co driver, he had to memorize the entire road. im not so impressed
 
It said in the article that Frank Sprongl set the old record in 1998, nowhere near 30 years ago, also where did it say that he had no co-driver? Anyway, I thought Pastranas drive was pretty cool.
 
oops sorry he did it in an almost 30 year old car. with no co driver, and alot more dirt. dont get me wrong, pastrana's awesome and has alot of talent, but he's got money to make up for what he lacks in skill.
 
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