Gymkhana 2025 Aussie Shred: Travis Pastrana's Subaru BRAT Goes Down Under
Motorsport news, December 2025
The new Gymkhana film is out. Gymkhana 2025: Aussie Shred landed on the Hoonigan YouTube channel this week: 11 minutes of Travis Pastrana driving a rebuilt 1978 Subaru BRAT across Australia, from town streets to the Mount Panorama circuit at Bathurst.
It is Pastrana's third Gymkhana film, and the car, the Brataroo 9500 Turbo, is one of the most extreme the series has used. It also has some very familiar kit inside it.
- Gymkhana 2025: Aussie Shred, released on Hoonigan's YouTube channel in December 2025
- Travis Pastrana's third Gymkhana film
- Car: the Subaru Brataroo 9500 Turbo, based on a 1978 BRAT
- Built by Vermont SportsCar; 670 bhp and 680 lb-ft, revving beyond 9,500 rpm
- RECARO Pro Racer SPA seats and a Schroth 6-point harness
- Includes a run down Mount Panorama alongside a Supercar
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The film
Gymkhana began with Ken Block’s short films of choreographed precision driving: drifts, spins and jumps through real locations, filmed like a movie. Travis Pastrana took over the series with Gymkhana 2020, in a Subaru WRX STI, and followed it with a 1983 Subaru nicknamed the Family Huckster for the 2022 film.
Aussie Shred moves the series to Australia. There are donuts round a kangaroo on a Segway, scenes in Sydney, a drag race with a Supercar on the way down Mount Panorama, and what the makers call the biggest jump in Gymkhana so far. It runs for about 11 minutes.
The Brataroo 9500 Turbo
The car started life as a 1978 Subaru BRAT, the little four-wheel-drive pickup, and was rebuilt by Vermont SportsCar, Subaru's motorsport partner in the US. It is a one-off with a composite widebody designed with Khyzyl Saleem.
The engine is a 2.0-litre turbocharged Subaru boxer, built by VSC, producing around 670 bhp and 680 lb-ft and revving beyond 9,500 rpm. It drives through a SADEV six-speed sequential gearbox, and there is an active aero system: louvres in the front wings and an active rear wing that change the car's balance on the ground and in the air. The old BRAT's heater sliders now adjust the aero.
The safety kit inside
A car that jumps like this needs the driver held firmly. The Brataroo has a custom FIA-spec T45 roll cage built to the latest WRC safety cell standards, RECARO Pro Racer SPA seats with HANS, and a Schroth 6-point competition harness.
That combination of a seat designed for a head and neck restraint, a proper multi-point harness and a HANS device is the same principle we talk through with customers building track and competition cars, just at a far more extreme level.
We sell Schroth HANS devices, on their own and as helmet packages. Garreth’s advice is to buy the HANS, the helmet and the seat as a set that work together, because the tether posts, the collar and the seat’s shoulder area all have to suit each other. Our guide on using a HANS device with your helmet explains how the parts fit.
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What car does Travis Pastrana drive in Gymkhana Aussie Shred?
The Subaru Brataroo 9500 Turbo, a one-off rebuilt from a 1978 Subaru BRAT by Vermont SportsCar.
How powerful is the Gymkhana Subaru BRAT?
Around 670 bhp and 680 lb-ft from a turbocharged 2.0-litre boxer engine that revs beyond 9,500 rpm.
What seats and harness are in the Brataroo?
RECARO Pro Racer SPA seats with HANS and a Schroth 6-point competition harness.
Where can I watch Gymkhana 2025: Aussie Shred?
On the Hoonigan YouTube channel.
A 670 bhp BRAT, Australian locations and a run down Mount Panorama.
Tell us about your car and how you use it, and we will help you choose the seat, harness and head restraint.
