WEST
SUSSEX, England, July 1, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Following a star turn in Gymkhana 2022
and jaw dropping blasts up the hill in Goodwood's 2022 and 2023
Shootout Hillclimbs, absolute legend Travis
Pastrana and the Subaru Family Huckster return to thrill the
crowds at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 11-14. This time around, they're bringing
some friends.
Scott Speed
joins Travis Pastrana at Goodwood
Festival of Speed in two-car hillclimb effort
Subaru Motorsports USA driver
Scott Speed, the four-time
rallycross champion who was instrumental in the development of the
team's winning rallycross machines, will join Pastrana racing up
the famed hill. Speed's successful and diverse racing resume
doesn't exactly need an introduction, including wheel time in
Formula One, NASCAR, and many, many more. This July, he'll pilot a
never seen before machine known internally as "Project
Midnight."
Making its debut at this year's Festival of Speed, the as-yet
unreleased beast is unlike anything Subaru Motorsports USA has ever brought to Goodwood – or for that
matter, anywhere. Its mission statement is a radical departure from
that of the Family Huckster, but the genetic wild streak is
unmistakable, both in appearance and ferocity. Project Midnight is
sure to shock the crowd in a completely different way as it fires
up the hill – and to make a healthy contrast and a worthy
stablemate to the Family Huckster.
Still, fans eagerly await the return of Travis Pastrana and the Subaru Family Huckster
to the hill in 2024. As the broadcast announcer described it when
it pulled up to the line last year: "Now here's a really…strange
machine." An outrageous 1983 Subaru GL wagon with carbon fiber
panels, active aero, and an 862-horsepower turbocharged
Subaru Boxer engine under the hood,
the Huckster has quickly become a massive crowd-favorite at the
Goodwood Festival, with Pastrana laying down improbable Shootout
times that put it among the fastest racing and experimental cars in
the world. In 2023, the Family Huckster finished second overall
(first in class) only behind the $4-million McLaren Solus GT track car, earning
Pastrana his second podium finish at the hillclimb.
What happens when the Family Huckster and Project Midnight are
set loose on the English countryside? Whatever the outcomes, it
promises to be loud, fast, and a whole lot of fun. For more on the
July 11-14 Goodwood Festival of
Speed, check out the website at
https://www.goodwood.com/motorsport/festival-of-speed/ and
stay tuned to Subaru Motorsports USA on Facebook, on
Instagram @subarumotorsportsusa, and
TikTok @subarumotorsportsusa for more!
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by MOTUL, Yokohama Tires, R53
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Motorsports Marketing Manager
Subaru of America, Inc.
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jtate@subaru.com
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Director, Corporate Communications
Subaru of America, Inc.
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