Travis Alan Pastrana (born October 8, 1983) is an American professional athlete known for his success across multiple disciplines, including freestyle motocross, rally racing, NASCAR, and stunt performance. He rose to prominence in the early 2000s, becoming a multi-time X Games gold medalist and achieving numerous milestones in freestyle motocross, including being the first to land a double backflip in competition in 2006.[1] Prior to his freestyle career, Pastrana was also a successful motorcycle racer, winning titles in the AMA Motocross and Supercross 125cc divisions in 2000 and 2001, respectively.
In 2003, Pastrana co-founded Nitro Circus, an entertainment brand that produces live shows, television series, and films featuring extreme stunts and action sports performances. Separate from Nitro Circus, Pastrana has participated in several high-profile stunts, including successful recreations of stunts made famous by Evel Knievel.
Career
Motorcycle racing
Pastrana debuted in the AMA Motocross Championship in late 1999.[3] He won the 125cc national title in 2000, making him the youngest to do so at 16 years old.[4] While Pastrana competed in the AMA Supercross Championship 125cc East Coast class in 2000, he fell short in his pursuit of the title. After this, Pastrana moved in with Kevin Windham to train for the upcoming racing season. In their downtime, the two would often teach each other freestyle tricks.[5] The training strategy proved successful for Pastrana, who would secure the 125cc East Coast title in 2001.[6] Pastrana competed in the AMA Supercross Championship's 250cc class from 2001 to 2005, with his best season in 2002 where he ranked 16th. He also won the 125cc Rose Creek Invitational, and raced at the 2000 Motocross des Nations.
In 2023, Pastrana was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.[7][8]
Team Puerto Rico
Robert Pastrana, Travis' father, is of Colombian descent, but born and raised in Puerto Rico [9] which made Travis directly eligible to represent Puerto Rico in international competition.[10] The Puerto Rico Motorcycle Association provided him with a license to represent the Territory, which was accepted by the Unión Latinoamericana de Motociclismo, the relevant sanctioning body in Latin America.[11] His debut with the team took place on March 15, 2008. He qualified to the finals by winning the first heat, defeating Erick Vallejo of Mexico. In the finals he finished third, behind local Costa Rican racer Roberto Castro and Vallejo.[11]
In 2018, Pastrana returned to the Motocross of Nations as part of Team Puerto Rico with teammates Kevin Windham and Ryan Sipes in an effort to raise money and awareness following Hurricane Maria in 2017. All three team members eventually made it to the main event, qualifying via the B-final.[12]
Freestyle motocross
At 13 years old, Pastrana was already performing stunts during motocross racing. At age 14, Pastrana competed in and won the World Freestyle Motocross Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada, beginning a winning streak that lasted to 2003.[13] After his gold medal performance at the 1999 X Games, Pastrana clinched the gold at the inaugural Gravity Games in Rhode Island. Pastrana would ultimately go on to win five gold medals at the Gravity Games during its run from 1999 to 2006.[14]
X Games
1999– Pastrana won the first-ever MotoX Freestyle event at the X Games, scoring the highest-ever Freestyle run score of 99.00 points.
2000– Pastrana won the MotoX Freestyle gold medal for the second time, and attempted his first-ever backflip on a motorcycle but broke his foot.
2001– Pastrana won his MotoX Freestyle third gold.
2002– Pastrana was out with an injury. Mike Metzger became the first rider other than Pastrana to win Freestyle.
2003– Pastrana claimed his fourth gold and became the second rider ever to complete a 360 in competition.
2004– Pastrana crashed while trying a 50ft (15m) 360, sustaining a concussion, but was able to compete the next day and won a silver medal. Nate Adams took the gold becoming the first rider to beat Pastrana. Before this event, he had won a bronze medal in Best Trick, performing a One-Handed 360, a Superman Seat Grab, and an Indian Air Back flip.
2005– Pastrana won his fifth gold medal in Freestyle and also attempted the first-ever Backflip Barspin on a motorcycle, however the bike failed and he resorted to a regular bike and performed a Backflip Saran Wrap to take a silver medal in Best Trick.
2006– Pastrana became the third athlete to win three gold medals at a single X Games event. He won golds in MotoX Best Trick, MotoX Freestyle, and Rally Car Racing. Pastrana also performed the first double backflip in competition, scoring a 98.60, the highest score in the Best Trick competition at X Games.
2007– Pastrana took bronze in Rally after sliding into the other driver's area while inside the Home Depot Center. He was disqualified but retained his medal. He also competed in the first MotoX Racing event at X Games, but did not achieve a medal after two false starts in the heat race and last-chance qualifier.
2008– Pastrana took gold in Rally and competed in the Speed & Style event, but did not place.
2009– Pastrana attempted a rodeo 720 at X Games 15 in the Moto X Best Trick Event. He crashed on his first attempt and withdrew from his second after experiencing blurred vision. He placed 4th for his efforts. He took silver in Rally after being defeated by rookie and former IndyCar/Indy 500 champion Kenny Bräck. On November 8, Pastrana landed the Rodeo 720 originally attempted during the games , named it the TP7, due to the fact that he was 20 degrees short of 720.[citation needed]
2010– Pastrana won Moto X Freestyle, landing another double backflip, the first one done during the Freestyle contest. Pastrana also won Moto X Speed & Style, beating silver medalist Nate Adams. Pastrana had problems with his Rally Car during competition, costing him gold at Rally Car Racing and a chance to compete in the new event, Super Rally.
2011– Pastrana launched "Pastranathon"; which included Best Trick, a race at Lucas Oil Raceway in the NASCARNationwide Series, and RallyCross at Staples Center in Los Angeles. However, Pastranathon seemed to be done when, in Best Trick, he attempted the TP7 and failed, landing on his right leg. He broke his foot and ankle, and was taken to a local hospital. The injury forced Pastrana to opt out of the NASCAR race, while his team worked to get Pastrana in the RallyCross event by installing a special hand-controlled device for the steering wheel, for which Pastrana had to relearn to drive the car. Pastrana won a qualifying event, then finished 4th in the final after a crash on the last lap.
2012– Pastrana participated in another RallyCross event. For this, he sent a challenge video to Sébastien Loeb, who was at that time the eight-time-consecutive World Rally Championship champion, asking him to race against him in the event. Loeb not only participated, but his team made a new vehicle specifically for the event. Pastrana's effort ended up only to be in vain when he was forced to retire by an accident caused by Andy Scott in the very first heat of the race. Pastrana could only watch Loeb, who would go on to clinch his first gold medal.
2015– Pastrana made his Stadium Super Trucks debut at X Games Austin 2015.[15] Pastrana finished last in his heat race, and was forced to run the last-chance qualifier, finishing second and advancing to the final race; he finished ninth in the final.[16]
Starting in 2006, Pastrana was signed by Subaru to lead their new Subaru Rally Team USA, paired with veteran co-driver Christian Edstrom. On August 5, 2006, Pastrana won the gold medal in the first rally car competition at the X Games, beating Colin McRae by 0.53 seconds after McRae rolled his car through the last jump. Later that month, Pastrana and Edstrom won their first victory in the Rally America National series at the Ojibwe Forests Rally in Northern Minnesota. The pair would go on to clinch the series overall and open class championship on October 22, 2006, during day one of the Lake Superior Performance Rally, making him the youngest ever American rally champion.[18] That December, Pastrana competed at the 2006 Race of Champions at the Stade de France in Paris. He represented the United States in the Nations' Cup by himself, after injuries forced teammate Jimmie Johnson and his replacement Scott Speed to withdraw.[19]
February 19, 2007, brought news that Pastrana's longtime co-driver Edstrom had announced a sabbatical to concentrate on his career and family. Although former McRae co-driver Derek Ringer competed with Pastrana for the 100 Acre Wood Rally in Salem, Missouri and Rally America, he did not announce a permanent co-driver.
Pastrana driving a classic Ford Escort Mk1 at the 2008 Colin McRae Forest Stages.
In September 2008, Pastrana took part in the Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally, a round of the Scottish Rally Championship centred in Perth in Scotland. Derek Ringer was his co-driver and they entered in the historic Ford Escort RS1600. He was one of a number of celebrity drivers to take part in the event in memory of McRae, who died in 2007.
On August 29, 2009, Pastrana claimed the overall victory at Ojibwe Forests Rally, his fifth of the 2009 Rally America season. The victory sealed his fourth consecutive Rally America driver's title, the most in series history.[20]
In 2011, Pastrana began competing in the Global RallyCross Championship. The next year, he entered a Dodge Dart at five races, but finished only one, with a win at New Hampshire.[21] He also ran part-time with a Dodge Dart in 2013, claiming third-place finish at Las Vegas. Pastrana entered round 2 of the 2018 Americas Rallycross Championship at Austin, finishing fourth.
In 2020, Pastrana announced plans to construct Circuit 199, a multi-purpose racing facility, in Sudlersville, Maryland. However, the project was shelved due to lawsuits filed by local conservation organizations.[22] Later in the year, he created the Nitro Rallycross series as an expansion of the discipline's participation in the Nitro World Games.[23] Ahead of the inaugural season in late 2021, he built a test track on a 150-acre lot he purchased near his home.[24] He won two races, which helped him become the 2021 champion as he claimed the tiebreaker over Scott Speed.[25]
In 2024, Pastrana bowed out of the Olympus rally to undergo treatment for prior injuries.[26] Later that year, he confirmed his 10th appearance at the upcoming 2025 Race of Champions in Sydney, Australia.[27]
On December 13, 2006, Subaru Rally Team USA announced plans to enter Pastrana in certain World Rally Championship events in 2007, 2008, and 2009.
In the 2007 season, he raced three P-WRC events in the Group N class, driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STI–based rally car. During March 9–11, 2007, Pastrana competed in his first world rally at the 21º Corona Rally México. He finished fifth in the P-WRC (Group N) class (the best in-class finish by an American in a WRC event since John Buffum finished third in the Acropolis Rally in 1988), followed by a tenth place in Rally Argentina and an eleventh in Rally GB. Pastrana described his season as having gone "horribly".[28]
Pastrana's 2008 season in the P-WRC was even less successful, with one retirement following a crash on stage one of Rally Argentina[29] and one thirteenth place on the Acropolis Rally.
NASCAR
Pastrana's No. 99 at Richmond in April 2012Pastrana during driver intros at Road America in 2013Pastrana's No. 60 at Road America in 2013
In 2012, he planned to run a full season in the Pro Series East and select Nationwide Series races.[35] On April 27, 2012, Pastrana made his Nationwide Series debut, finishing 22nd at the Richmond 250.[36] In his first seven races, driving the No. 99 Toyota Camry for RAB Racing in an association with MWR, Pastrana posted a best finish of 13th in the inaugural Indiana 250; at Richmond in September, he drove for NASCAR powerhouse Roush Fenway Racing in the No. 60 Ford Mustang.[37] He also made one start in the Camping World Truck Series that year for ThorSport Racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, driving their No. 98 Toyota to a 15th-place finish despite a spin early in the race.
In November 2012, Pastrana was revealed to have arranged a full-season ride for 2013 in the Nationwide Series with Roush Fenway Racing.[38] He drove in the team's No. 60 Ford during the 2013 season, posting four top-ten finishes with a best finish of ninth at Richmond International Raceway. The next race, Pastrana won his first career pole position at Talladega Superspeedway, with a lap speed of 176.500 miles per hour (284.049km/h),[39] but was involved in a late crash.[40] Pastrana ended 2013 with four top tens,[40] a pole and a 14th-place points finish, 429 points behind champion Austin Dillon.[41]
On November 11, 2013, Pastrana announced via Facebook that he would be leaving NASCAR at the end of the 2013 season, citing a lack of sponsorship, frustration regarding his performance and a desire to spend time with his family as the reasons for his decision;[42] Pastrana wrote:[40]
"I hate to quit and I hate to fail, but sometimes things work out as they should. I've never been able to figure out the finesse required in pavement racing and that is disappointing, but I'm looking forward to driving more rally and racing more off-road trucks and there will be some announcements on those fronts shortly."
However, he left open the possibility of running occasional Truck Series events, and expressed a desire to compete in the Daytona 500.[43] On September 23, 2015, Pastrana announced he would make his comeback to NASCAR, signing a one-race deal with NTS Motorsports to race the No. 31 Chevrolet in the Truck Series race at Las Vegas on October 3.[44] After qualifying 17th, Pastrana finished 16th, two laps behind race winner John Wes Townley.[45] He returned to the Truck Series in 2017, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet for Niece Motorsports at Las Vegas.[46]
In 2020, Pastrana returned to NASCAR for the first time in three years, competing for Niece Motorsports again. He drove their No. 40 truck in the second of two races of the doubleheader at Kansas. This was also his first Truck Series start that was not at Las Vegas.[47] On September 17, 2020, it was announced that Pastrana would run the Las Vegas race again with Niece. This was also the first time Pastrana made more than one Truck start in a season.[48]
Pastrana at the Daytona 500
On January 13, 2023, NASCAR Cup Series team 23XI Racing tweeted a video teaser announcing that they would field a part-time third car in the 2023 Daytona 500. In it, the driver of it is facing away from the camera and wearing a hat.[49] After a Twitter user found an image of Pastrana wearing the exact same hat,[50] Jordan Bianchi from The Athletic reported that Pastrana would be the driver of the car.[51] On January 17, it was officially announced that Pastrana would attempt to make the Daytona 500 for 23XI Racing, driving the No. 67 Toyota with sponsorship from Black Rifle Coffee Company.[52] On February 14, Pastrana made the entry field by scoring the second fastest lap among the non-chartered teams.[53] During the Daytona 500, Pastrana lead a lap under the first green flag pit cycle by accident. On the final lap, Pastrana was in a position to shoot for a Top 5 before being turned by Aric Almirola setting off a multi car crash that ended the race. Pastrana regrouped and came across the line 11th, completing all 212 laps. After the race, Pastrana was asked about his experience and he said he accomplished all his goals for the race. Pastrana also said that he would not attempt another NASCAR Cup Series race.[54][55]
Powerboat racing
Pastrana expanded his motorsport career into offshore powerboat racing in 2020, joining the Miss GEICO Racing Team to pilot a 47-foot catamaran alongside British racer Steve Curtis. The driving duties were shared with Brit Lilly, son to multi-time Offshore World and National Champion Art Lilly.[56] In 2022, he and Curtis secured the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) Class 1 World Championship title with the Huski Chocolate Racing Team.
In early 2023, Pastrana announced plans to reduce his offshore racing commitments to focus on family and other racing endeavors, following the deaths of both his team manager and fellow motorsports athlete Ken Block.[57] Despite this, he continued to participate selectively, including driving for the Pothole Heroes/Alegra Racing team at the Powerboat P1 Sarasota Grand Prix in July 2023, copiloted by John Tomlinson.[58]
In September 2010, Pastrana set the world record for fastest ascent of Mount Washington in a car, using his Subaru WRX STi: 6 minutes, 20.47 seconds. In June 2011, David Higgins set a new record for ascent of Mount Washington in a car, at 6 minutes, 11.54 seconds, using the same model vehicle.[60][61] Pastrana retook the record in July 2017, driving his Subaru WRX STi up the mountain with a time of 5 minutes, 44.72 seconds.[62] In August 2021 Pastrana surpassed his July 2017 record by more than 16 seconds with a time of 5 min. 28.67 sec. in his 862hp “Airslayer” 2020 Subaru WRX STI.[63][64]
On October 3, 2014, Pastrana competed in the inaugural Red Bull Straight Rhythm competition, riding in the Open Class on a Suzuki RM-Z 450 with a Honda CR500 engine swap. He dubbed the bike the RM-Zilla. However, Pastrana was eliminated early on in the bracket and James Stewart Jr. took the overall win.[67]
In 2009 Nitro Circus, his television show of which he is an executive producer, premiered on MTV. A spinoff of MTV's Jackass, the two shows shared producers, Jeff Tremaine and was partially created by Jackass frontman Johnny Knoxville. It features Jolene Van Vugt, Erik Roner, Streetbike Tommy, Andy Bell, Jim DeChamp, among others doing dangerous stunts. Jackass' Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius and Steve-O; BMX freestylers, T. J. Lavin and Mat Hoffman; and actor, Gary Coleman have guest starred on various episodes. Nitro Circus was also featured in an episode of MTV's Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and vice versa.
Other activities
Pastrana debuted in Monster Jam on October 16, 2006, driving the "Pastrana 199" monster truck. Mainly on the United States Hot Rod Association (USHRA) circuit, the truck was owned by Live Nation/FELD Motorsports and sponsored by Pastrana. The truck was originally driven by Paul Cohen, then later driven by Chad Tingler, Courtney Jolly and Cam McQueen. During the 2009 World Finals, the "Pastrana 199" truck changed its name to "Nitro Circus". Pastrana himself competed in the freestyle segment of the event, finishing in a three-way tie for 5th place in a field of 24 trucks. In an episode of Nitro Circus, Pastrana unsuccessfully attempted to backflip the Nitro Circus-themed monster truck. On February 27, 2010, in Jacksonville, Florida, McQueen successfully executed a backflip in the Nitro Circus monster truck during the freestyle competition, making it the first to do so in competition. The truck made its final appearance and was retired after the 2011 Monster Jam season.
On September 26, 2007, Pastrana jumped out of an airplane over Arecibo, Puerto Rico, without a parachute in a carefully choreographed stunt. He met up in midair with another jumper, then latched himself into a harness to make a safe tandem landing. He "got in a lot of trouble" due to its illegality.[71]
On January 1, 2010, Pastrana officially set a new world record in a ramp-to-ramp car jump. He jumped his Subaru rally car off the Pine Street Pier onto a floating barge anchored in Long Beach's Rainbow Harbor, breaking the existing mark of 171 feet (52m) and establishing a new world distance record of 269 feet (82m). To celebrate, after getting out of his car, he performed a gainer from the landing ramp into the harbor below.[72]
Evel Knievel tribute jumps
Pastrana paid tribute to his role model growing up, legendary daredevil/stuntman Evel Knievel, by breaking a few of his records. On July 8, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Pastrana safely cleared three record-breaking jumps, which consisted of 52 cars, 16 buses, and a fountain respectively, for a total of 484 feet (148m) of jumps in a single night.[73]
The first jump over the cars was at 143 feet (44m), the second jump over the buses was at 192 feet (59m), and the third jump over the Caesar's Palace Fountain — a jump that Knievel himself was unable to land in 1967, when he crushed his pelvis and his femur — was at 149 feet (45m), performed with more elevation. These feats were televised live on History.[74]
Injuries
"I don't remember most of the injuries, there have been too many." – Travis Pastrana[75]
Injuries have often taken Pastrana off the circuit for weeks or months at a time. As of 2006[update], his medical history included: a dislocated spine; torn ACL, PCL, LCL, MCL and meniscus in his left knee; broken tibia and fibula; two surgeries on his left wrist; one on his left thumb; two on his back; one on his right elbow; nine on his left knee; six on his right knee; and one shoulder surgery.[76] According to a 2019 interview, Pastrana has broken more than 90 bones and has suffered more than 25 concussions.[77]
When Pastrana was 14 years old, he was severely injured while competing in a freestyle motocross competition. He came up short on a jump, landing on the top of the front side of the landing ramp and decelerating from 50mph (80km/h) to 0mph (0km/h) in less than one second.[citation needed] resulting in his spine separating from his pelvis. It also left him in a wheelchair for three months.[78] "I was in and out of consciousness for about three days and had six blood transfusions," said Pastrana. He also added that according to doctors, only three people in the U.S. have ever lived after such an injury.[citation needed] It was a long and difficult recovery, though Pastrana would routinely ride wheelies in his wheelchair around the hospital and therapy areas. While in the wheelchair recovering, he vowed to continue motorcycle jumping.[citation needed]
At the 2005 Race of Champions, he broke his leg while performing at a motocross exhibition but competed in ROC anyway.[79]
In July 2011, he was injured competing at the X Games when his motorcycle did not rotate to the landing position, crushing his ankle and causing a fracture. However, Pastrana was back in his Subaru Impreza and competing in the Rally Cross final where he overshot the corner, forcing himself into the wall; on-board footage shows his leg in plaster being slammed against the wheel well, much to his discomfort.[80]
In 2022, Pastrana was seriously injured when he broke his pelvis base jumping in Fort Lauderdale during filming for an internet series.[81][82] At the time of the accident, it was reported that he had broken his pelvis "multiple times" in the past.[83] The accident prevented Pastrana from racing for the United States in the 2022 Race of Champions.[84]
Pastrana, along with fellow motocross racer Jeremy McGrath, lent his name to the Acclaim-published game Freestyle Motocross: McGrath vs. Pastrana, released in 2000.[99]
Pastrana appears as a playable character in the 2004 video game MTX Mototrax, as well as appearing on the game's box art. The game was originally titled Travis Pastrana's Pro MotoX and MTX: Mototrax featuring Travis Pastrana.[102]
Pastrana co-authored a book about his life, The Big Jump: The Tao of Travis Pastrana, with ESPN The Magazine senior writer Alyssa Roenigk, which was published by ESPN Books in 2007.
Pastrana is of Colombian descent by his grandparents from his father's family.[9] His uncle, Alan Pastrana, played as a quarterback from 1965 to 1968 at the University of Maryland,[104] which Travis Pastrana also attended.[105]
On June 11, 2003, 19-year-old Pastrana was seriously injured when he crashed his Corvette into a tree in Davidsonville, Maryland.[106]
On June 4, 2011, during a live performance of Nitro Circus, he proposed to Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins, a professional skateboarder.[107] On October 29, 2011, Hawkins and Pastrana were married in front of several family and friends in Southern California, near the home of Hawkins.[108] On February 26, 2013, Hawkins and Pastrana announced on their personal Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages that they were expecting their first child due in September 2013.[citation needed] Hawkins gave birth to a girl on Labor Day, September 2, 2013.[109] On August 5, 2014, Hawkins announced in her personal page that she and Pastrana were expecting their second child due in February 2015.[110][111] She gave birth to a girl on February 9, 2015.[112]
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