The younger sibling of the Legendary McRae lineage, Alister, has beaten the All Time Record of Leadfoot Festival´s Hillclimb at the wheel of the ex-Possum Bourne Subaru Impreza WRC 1998. Run by Vantage Windows Motorsport and and producing over 800Hp it is a "bona fide" Hillclimb Monster.
It is an ex-Prodrive Subaru 1998 WRC car, which was driven and crashed at Rally New Zealand by Finnish driver Juha Kangas in 1998. The damaged shell was then purchased by the late Possum Bourne. In 2001, after rebuilding the car, Possum drove it to victory at Race to the Sky in 8min 34sec. In 2003, Vantage Motorsport purchased the car after Possum’s death. From 2004-2007, Swedish WRC star Kenneth Eriksson drove the car at RTTS, finishing runner-up on two occasions. In 2011 and 2012, Vantage-supported driver Emma Gilmour to drive at the Leadfoot Festival. After that it was time for Alister McRae to assume driving duties and simply taking the Leadfoot Festival Hillclimb event by storm winning in 2017, 2018 and now on 2019, being the first driver to go below the 48 second mark, posting a 47.99.
