Scott Speed sets a new overall record at the 2026 Paul Giblin Memorial Climb to the Clouds during the Mount Washington hillclimb, completing the ascent in 5:11.982 in Subaru’s WRX: Project Midnight. The result is reported as beating the previous mark set by Travis Pastrana by more than 16 seconds.
Both outlets tie the performance to the same Subaru entry, Project Midnight, driven by Subaru Motorsports USA driver Scott Speed. While one source emphasizes the scale of the improvement over Pastrana’s earlier record, the other foregrounds the official event context—naming the hillclimb series and providing the recorded time and setting at Mount Washington, New Hampshire.
No additional technical details about the car or specific run conditions are included in the provided excerpts, and the accounts focus primarily on the new record, the driver, the car, and the event in which it is set.
