Subaru at Isle of Man TT - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Exage · 06-10-2011, 01:13 AM

Anyone else following this?

British Rally Champion Mark Higgins breaks the road car record for Isle of Man TT with a slightly modified Subaru WRX STI (Sedan) at 19 minutes 56.67 seconds at an average speed of 113mph (~181kph).

The previous record was set in 1990 with rally driver Tony Pond in a Rover 827 Vitesse at 22 minutes 9.01 seconds

The Overall Lap Record is held by Rider John McGuinness with a 2009 Honda CBR1000RR at 17 minutes 12.30 seconds (131mph average)

He has one more run scheduled tomorrow. I wish him the best of luck. Check out the amazing recovery in the R&T video, imagine being that passenger!

Road and Track
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Independent
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john · 06-10-2011, 01:21 AM

I'd **** my pants if I were the co-driver.
And to those last two videos...Those are what you call a REAL drive by videos!!

bofa · 06-10-2011, 09:48 AM

I... love... that... sound.

Wonder how fast he was going when he got off balance. I've done that once and it scared the shit of out me.

Infernal · 06-10-2011, 10:34 AM

he was doing 150 MPH apparently lol

Dragonitti · 06-10-2011, 10:58 AM

Where's the video?

tranzformer · 06-10-2011, 11:27 AM

So is this event open to any car or is this something that Subaru sponsors? Cause I could see other stock cars beat the STI time.

Exage · 06-10-2011, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dragonitti

Where's the video?

I embedded it, so if it doesn't work for some reason...

And yes he was doing ~150mph. That corner I believe has a recommended speed of 20mph when the TT is over. I could be mistaken however...

Infernal · 06-10-2011, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tranzformer

So is this event open to any car or is this something that Subaru sponsors? Cause I could see other stock cars beat the STI time.

it's mostly a motorbike event - the island is pretty famous in motorcycle racing, so cars don't bother. there has been a top gear episode there though, with an aston, a porsche and bmw 6 series if i remember correctly

isle of man TT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man_TT

Exage · 06-10-2011, 01:59 PM

Jeremy also reviewed the BMW M3 CSL (E46) on the Isle of Man.

tranzformer · 06-10-2011, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Infernal

it's mostly a motorbike event - the island is pretty famous in motorcycle racing, so cars don't bother. there has been a top gear episode there though, with an aston, a porsche and bmw 6 series if i remember correctly

isle of man TT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man_TT

Ok thanks. So this is just something that Subaru has kinda done on their own I guess.

RRnold · 06-10-2011, 03:42 PM

Isle of Mann just celebrated their 100yr anniversary too

Damn I want this helmet!

Not bad for a car!

bofa · 06-10-2011, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RRnold

Not bad for a cager!

Fixed!

RRnold · 06-10-2011, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bofa

Fixed!

damn skippy!

iff2mastamatt · 06-10-2011, 10:40 PM

Gesshhh that STI is fast.

06-10-2011, 01:13 AM	#1
Exage GL 86! Join Date: Mar 2011 Drives: Maybe FR-S... maybe not Location: NA Posts: 356 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Subaru at Isle of Man TT Anyone else following this? British Rally Champion Mark Higgins breaks the road car record for Isle of Man TT with a slightly modified Subaru WRX STI (Sedan) at 19 minutes 56.67 seconds at an average speed of 113mph (~181kph). The previous record was set in 1990 with rally driver Tony Pond in a Rover 827 Vitesse at 22 minutes 9.01 seconds The Overall Lap Record is held by Rider John McGuinness with a 2009 Honda CBR1000RR at 17 minutes 12.30 seconds (131mph average) He has one more run scheduled tomorrow. I wish him the best of luck. Check out the amazing recovery in the R&T video, imagine being that passenger! Road and Track [u2b]9jSYiU-JdRw[/u2b] Independent [u2b]QeJMz8RZXpo[/u2b] [u2b]R86nLCIxHjg[/u2b]

06-10-2011, 01:21 AM	#2
john Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Drives: 2003 Honda S2000 Location: seattle Posts: 137 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'd **** my pants if I were the co-driver. And to those last two videos...Those are what you call a REAL drive by videos!! __________________

06-10-2011, 09:48 AM	#3
bofa Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Drives: Ms. Daisy Location: Dog house Posts: 645 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I... love... that... sound. Wonder how fast he was going when he got off balance. I've done that once and it scared the shit of out me. __________________ BRZ before hoes

06-10-2011, 10:34 AM	#4
Infernal NO FI?! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ Join Date: Feb 2010 Drives: BMW e92 330D Location: Cheshire, England Posts: 362 Thanks: 34 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	he was doing 150 MPH apparently lol __________________

06-10-2011, 03:42 PM	#11
RRnold 2 wheel member Join Date: Feb 2010 Drives: JZA80, 997.1, Taco Location: SoCal->NorCal Posts: 4,330 Thanks: 1,318 Thanked 938 Times in 480 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Isle of Mann just celebrated their 100yr anniversary too Damn I want this helmet! Not bad for a car! __________________

06-10-2011, 10:58 AM	#5
Dragonitti Banned Join Date: Nov 2010 Drives: Boosted Scion tC, 350z Location: TN Posts: 1,779 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Where's the video?

06-10-2011, 11:27 AM	#6
tranzformer Delights in pure handling Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: Zoom Zoom Location: KS Posts: 4,854 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 14 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	So is this event open to any car or is this something that Subaru sponsors? Cause I could see other stock cars beat the STI time.

06-10-2011, 01:59 PM	#9
Exage GL 86! Join Date: Mar 2011 Drives: Maybe FR-S... maybe not Location: NA Posts: 356 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Jeremy also reviewed the BMW M3 CSL (E46) on the Isle of Man.

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