On Sunday, June 26, 2011, Subaru Rally Team USA driver David Higgins needed only six minutes and 11.54 seconds to finish the famed Mt. Washington Hillclimb — nearly 30 seconds faster than Frank Sprongl’s previous record from 1998. Higgins also beat the unofficial record of 6:20.47 set by Travis Pastrana last year. Higgins did it sans co-driver in his Vermont SportsCar-prepped Subaru WRX STi rally car equipped with BFGoodrich RC01 Rally tires.
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Subaru Rally Team USA takes you behind the scenes of their rise to the 2011 Rally America Championship. Team driver David Higgins captured gold this year after a successful three overall wins and two second place finishes of the six events of the series.
Higgins and teammate Dave Mirra both piloted 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI that were race prepared to produce over 300 hp for the Rally America series and over 550 hp for the Global Rallycross Series and X Games
We update you on all the action from the exciting fourth and final day at X Games 17 in beautiful Southern California.With the streets of downtown Los Angeles packed with screaming fans, we check in on RallyCross and then head up and over rocks, mud, and logs to a progressive new event, Enduro X