Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race
History

Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race

Section Title: History
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Year	Driver	Vehicle	Time	Notes

1904	Harry Harkness	Mercedes 60 h.p.	24:37.6 sec	July 11/12.

1905	William M. Hilliard	Napier 60 h.p.	20:58.4 sec	Passenger Frank Townsend

Stanley T. Kellogg	Indian motorcycle 3hp Twin	20:59.2 sec	July 17/18. Event held during Glidden Tour

1923	Ralph Mulford	Chandler	17:00.0 sec

1928	"Cannonball" Baker	Franklin	14:49.6 sec

1930	Ab Jenkins	Studebaker President 8	14:23.0 sec

1932	"Cannonball" Baker	Graham eight	13:26.0 sec

1934	Al Miller	Hudson eight	13:20.6 sec

1935	J. Rueter	Ford V8 Special	12:46.4 sec R	July 7

1936	L. Quimby	Willys 77	13:45.0 sec	July 26

1937	B. Collier Jr	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	14:50.5 sec	July 11

1938	L. Ladd	Ford V8 Special	12:17.6 sec R	July 28

1939	John Ewell	BMW	12:53.1 sec	August 26

1940	Lemuel Ladd	Ford V8 Special	12:34.4 sec	August 25

1953	Sherwood Johnson	10:46.6 sec R	August 15/16

1954	Sherwood Johnson	Jaguar Special	10:44.8 sec R	August 15

1955	August 14

1956	Carroll Shelby	Ferrari 375 GP 4.5-litre	10:21.8 sec R	August 14/15

1961	Bill Rutan	Porsche Special	9:13.0 sec R

1990	Tim O'Neil	VW Rally Golf	7:45.0 sec R

1991	Paul Choiniere	Audi Quattro	7:09.61 sec R

1992	Frank Sprongl	Audi Quattro	7:08.61 sec R

1993	Paul Choiniere	Audi Quattro	6:46.62 sec R

1995	Paul Choiniere	Hyundai Elantra	6:45.22 sec R

1998	Frank Sprongl	Audi Quattro	6:41.99 sec R

2011	David Higgins	Subaru WRX STI	6:11.54 sec R

2014	David Higgins and co-driver Craig Drew	Subaru WRX STI	6:09.09 sec R

2017	Travis Pastrana	Subaru WRX STI	5:44.72 sec R

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The current record is 5 minutes, 44.72 seconds, set in 2017 by Travis Pastrana driving a Subaru WRX STI; breaking the previous record of 6 minutes, 9.09 seconds, set by David Higgins, driving a WRX STI, in 2014.

final_sentence: The current record is 5 minutes, 44.72 seconds, set in 2017 by Travis Pastrana driving a Subaru WRX STI; breaking the previous record of 6 minutes, 9.09 seconds, set by David Higgins, driving a WRX STI, in 2014.