Posted Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 9:37pm

2019 Subaru STI S209 at Lightning Lap 2021

Maybe it’s the influence of Subaru’s lengthy rallying history, but getting the S209 to turn a hot lap requires approaching corners with way too much speed and just chucking it in. These are not the tidy lines or slow-in-fast-out lessons racing-school instructors draw on whiteboards.