1998 Mt. Washington Hill Climb, Sprongl World record run- In-car

[Wedge4Life]

kinda wish we could get more of that helicopter angle to go along with the onboard

[paultatters]

This is a 1991 car with a 1992 shell, running 35mm restrictor and about 340 PS rather than the UK shell Scholorship car which ran 33 mm restrictor and 280PS, these cars were NEVER competitive being far too heavy with terrible brakes and handling, it was also homologated into Group N in the UK and never Group B (which i understand continued in NA until 1994) I had the pleasure of riding with Jonny Milner who drove this car for 1 season with no success (for the above reasons)

[patdud]

and now there is a new king with david higgins setting in at 6:19

[dmljm2]

Excellent driver and thanks for posting.

[Twitchy380Magnum]

Pastrana Owns the Record now.

[fjs12754]

@Twitchy380Magnum

Not really the same deal.

1.Pastrana didn't do it on race day,

2. He did it on the hill which has more pavement now

3. He did it with a co-driver reading him pace notes

4. He did it in a car that's 10 years newer technology wise

I'm not sayin' Pastrana's record isn't an admirable achievement.... just sayin' it's not the same deal.

[Twitchy380Magnum]

@fjs12754 Agreed the variables are completely different. Thanks for an intelligent response. I wasn't trying to take anything away from Sprongl.

[journauto]

Wicked!

[cag66]

looks easy so he must be a pro

[tockyta]

Meh. Scarier when you're driving it at normal speed and trying to pass someone headed the other way.

[magnesium111]

@tockyta i never got to experience the autoroad decided to take lions head down instead maybe next year ill do it just for the hell of it

[willbrownrally]

Pastranas going for the record in his x games subaru

[efabio]

Nice to see at speed. Drove it last year, but not like that...was open to public.

*The summit was closed due to snow&ice, so nice to see what it looks like up there.

[17wolfman]

freakin crazy! I remember it taking me much longer to climb that thing, i think i did 20:33.76 i cant remember the exact statistics but yo know...

[LaserDarkDX]

That is some pretty country.

Almost as pretty as going through Glacier National Park, in Montana.

[moviecodswallop]

Frank laying it down!! Dan too.

[19ranger86]

Awsome! run

[paultatters]

He was held in high regard even amongst the european drivers! He was very loyal to Audi North America and drove the S2 with reasonable success although the 20V motor with Turbo restrictor was only good for 320BHP and the car weighed in at 1250KG.

[zucoy21z89]

Pizza delivery drivers seem a bit faster these days!!

[spokismONE]

@zucoy21z89

you do understand that pastrana in his brand new much faster sti pulled a 6 min 20 sec run and this is a 6 min 40 sec run... This car is 30 years older with technology that is AT LEAST 12 years behind pastranas car. This car was built in 1981... So yeah..

[mini1988]

@spokismONE the car was not built in 1981, its a newer shape Audi S2 Quattro, but yes the technology and drivetrain hasnt changed since the Quattro's introduction. And also the engine hangs way out up front which affects its handling, being only 20seconds slower than pastrana in an old car without a navigator is pretty good going, makes yoyu wonder why pastrana was takiing it so easy.

[inkatrit]

if you srew up doing this you better have a car that fly! lol long way down.

[mupp33n]

@inkatrit Audi's can fly, its a hidden feature.

[majestyk72]

Anyone who has ever driven up that road knows what a feat that was, fucking incredible!

[anooseholay]

Let's see the Pikes Peak boys run on this narrow road!

[ginsterboy]

i remember watching sprongl & sprongl on sky sports years a go what a driver bring on some more regards Alain from york england