Subaru Motorsports USA driver Scott Speed has set a new overall record on the Mount Washington Auto Road, winning the 2026 Paul Giblin Memorial Climb to the Clouds in the Subaru WRX: Project Midnight with a 5:11.982 run. The time beats Travis Pastrana's previous benchmark of 5:28.67 from 2021, set in the 862-horsepower Airslayer STI.
Pastrana's run came on a mixed-surface version of the 7.6-mile course. The Mount Washington Auto Road is now fully paved, posing a different challenge and suiting Project Midnight's tarmac-focused hillclimb setup. According to Subaru Motorsports USA, Speed cut the existing record by 16.688 seconds in Sunday's decisive run.