Travis Pastrana, widely known for rally car racing and motocross, has announced his debut in NASCAR. Travis will join the NASCAR Nation Wide Series for seven races this summer. His first race will be on July 30 in Indianappolis. However, he also said he will be competing in X Games 16 in Los Angeles, from July 29 to August 1.
His plan is to compete in Moto X Best Trick, where he'll try to land his long sought 720, then fly to Indianapolis in time to qualify and race in his much-anticipated NASCAR debut before again heading west to drive in the Rally Cross competition at X Games the following day.
"It's really ridiculous. And depending on how it goes, it has the opportunity to be the best week of my life, or possibly the worst," he said.
This is a crazy idea to try and do X Games at the same time as NASCAR. However, I think this will be very good for NASCAR. Pastrana, is a popular and very eccentric athlete who has many fans that will most likely tune in to watch his NASCAR debut. Pastrana coming to NASCAR will create a lot of buzz and perhaps Pastrana's energy will bring new life to NASCAR, something they desperately need.
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~Katelyn Dawes
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