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Rally ace sets record time for Isle of Man TT course

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Subaru WRX STi British rally ace Mark Higgins has driven his specially built Subaru WRX STi to a new Isle of Man TT lap record for a car. He scooted around the 59.55km road course in 17min 35.139sec, at times hitting 275km/h to break the time he set last year by almost two minutes.

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About the Author: Alastair Sloane

Alastair Sloane has been a newspaper journalist for almost 50 years. Has had all sorts of roles along the way, including editing two daily newspapers. Joined the NZ Herald from the Sunday Star-Times in 1996 to help launch a sports weekly. Became motoring editor of the Herald soon after, a position he held until leaving in 2012. He owns a 1968 VW Beetle. Best days at the wheel include doing part of the Land Rover Camel Trophy route in Papua New Guinea, driving a Nissan Patrol over earthquake-hit roads in Guatemala, and a Ferrari Italia 458 on Enzo’s old hill-climb road in Italy.

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