travis pastrana
Driver Travis Pastrana sits inside his car before the Rally Car race during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on August 3, 2008 in Carson, California. [1]
Injuries have often taken Travis Pastrana off the circuit for weeks or months. [2]
LONG BEACH, CA - DECEMBER 31: Travis Pastrana speaks to the media before jumping his rally car 300 feet for a new world record on December 31, 2009 in Long Beach, California. [3]
Entertainment Television Daredevil toasts leap ‘Year’: Travis Pastrana, host of MTV’s ‘Nitro Circus,’ on eve of 200-ft. [4]
From flipping his dirt bike into the Grand Canyon and crushing cars in his monster truck to winning the North American Rally Car championship, action sports legend Travis Pastrana is known to live life to the extreme. [5]
He’ll need to fly 230 feet over open water to do it and beat the current record of 171 feet, according to the Long Beach Press Telegram. [1]
He has ruled the extreme sport world since his legendary first X Games gold medal in 1998 to the world’s only double-back flip on a motorcycle in 2006. [5]
He’s a motocross champion and stunt performer, and this NYE he will attempt to jump a Subaru Impreza WRX STI on Pine Avenue Pier to set a world record. [1]
Not only is he known as an X Games legend, but he has also made a name for himself in other extreme sports such as supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross and rally racing. [5]
He’s the most successful freestyle motocross rider in ESPN’s “X-Games” history. [4]
Five years ago at this time, Australian tennis player Mark Philippoussis was in the final at Wimbledon, where he lost to Roger Federer for Federer’s first Grand Slam title. [1]
Last year, motocross rider Robbie Maddison pulled off a 10-story jump in Las Vegas. [...] Indeed, gusts of win can throw the car 30 to 40 feet off-course. [4]
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And for MTV, he hosts a weekly series where he and a bunch of like-minded buddies travel around and try jumps and tricks that would make others wet their pants. [4]
Sources:
[1] Travis Pastrana - Zimbio
[2] Travis Pastrana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] Travis Pastrana - News, photos, topics, and quotes
[4] Daredevil toasts leap ‘Year’: Travis Pastrana, host of MTV’s …
[5] Travis Pastrana