Video: Rally driver Higgins blasts a Subaru WRX STI around the Isle of Man

More than 200 corners over 37 miles: That's the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course, and Subaru has just released a video of rally driver Mark Higgins lapping it in 19 minutes, 37 seconds. For those keeping score at home, that's an all-time course record, with speeds averaging 115.356 mph.

Even more interesting? Higgins accomplished the feat with a mostly stock U.S.-spec 2011 Subaru WRX STI. The car had upgraded brake pads and some suspension tweaks, along with the requisite safety gear, but it was otherwise unmodified.

The video is beautifully shot, despite trying to channel the movie Le Mans in a couple of places, so take five minutes on a Friday for a spin around the Isle of Man.

By Andrew Stoy