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Travis Pastrana, X Games Star, NASCAR-Bound

X Games superstar Travis Pastrana will compete in seven NASCAR Nationwide Series races in 2011 thanks to a joint venture with two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip, the two announced Thursday afternoon. Pastrana, a 16-time X Games gold medalist and legendary supercross and motocross rider, has partnered -- along...

For Off-Road Racing, Uncertain Future After Weekend Tragedy

LOS ANGELES -- Long before skateboarders began appearing in American Express ads, off-road racing was one of California's original extreme sports. In the vast inland suburbia surrounding L.A., thrill-seeking automotive buffs created a renegade sport that combined two of the area's defining elements: open space and fast...

Travis Pastrana Won't Try For X Games Record Five Events

If you were counting on seeing Travis Pastrana go for a record five events at this week's X Games 16, you'll be disappointed as the motocross and rally car veteran has pulled out of one of the competitions. The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that Pastrana and his trainer, Todd Jacobs, had elected to withdraw from...

Travis Pastrana's World-Record, 269-Foot In-Car, Over-Water New Year's Eve Jump

As mentioned on FanHouse last year, Travis Pastrana and Red Bull have been preparing for a jump of epic proportions -- a 269-foot jump over water on New Year's Eve. Pastrana, as you can see, wasn't having great success on his practice runs, which did not include water. But on New Year's Eve, he finally attempted the real...

Travis Pastrana Practices His New Year's Eve Stunt, Wrecks Car Badly

Travis Pastrana and Red Bull are teaming up to make an already overrated New Year's Eve even more exciting (!). Pastrana will attempt to break the world record for jumping an automobile that, for promotional purposes, happens to be covered in Red Bull decals. Red Bull filmed Pastrana practicing the stunt and here's how it...

Travis Pastrana News From the Web

05/29/12 Marcus GrÃ¶nholm rolls to Global RallyCross win at... Source: AutoWeek Top-seeded Marcus Grï¿½nholm took the lead on the first turn of the first lap and drove off to an easy win in Saturday night's Global RallyCross event at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
05/28/12 Gronholm Holds Off Strong Field to Win Inaugural... Source: The Frontstretch Marcus Gronholm bested a world-class field of Global Rallycross drivers, including Travis Pastrana, Tanner Foust and Ken Block, to win the 2012 GRC season opener at Charlotte Motor Speedway Saturday.
05/26/12 Wheelz back with `impossible' flip Source: AdelaideNow - Australia Told as a kid his spina bifida would make walking without crutches impossible, he instead learnt to double back-flip his wheelchair off a 15m-high ramp.
05/26/12 NNS: Pastrana Ready To Put On Show Source: FOX Sports Seated in zMax Dragway's media center and wearing shorts, a Red Bull t-shirt and cap, plus bright blue sneakers, he looked like a regular guy about to go work out or maybe take a long bicycle ride on a hot spring day.
05/23/12 NASCAR At Richmond 2012: Kyle Busch Wins, But... Source: NBC - NBC 21 WFMJ - Youngstown OH Kyle Busch outran Dale Earnhardt Jr. to take the win at Richmond on Saturday night, but the victory was overshadowed in part by a controversial call.

Background on Travis Pastrana

Travis Pastrana (born October 8, 1983) is an American motorsports competitor and stunt performer who has won championships and X Games gold medals in several events, including supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross, and rally racing.

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