Travis Pastrana Coming To NASCAR: Will He Be Better Than Danica Patrick?

Extreme Motorsports maven and MTV darling Travis Pastrana announced on Thursday his plans to join a growing list of drivers from other disciplines attempting to dip his toe in the NASCAR waters. Pastrana has made a name for himself in the X-Games and with his incredible ability to jump cars and motorcycles. He follows motorcycle legend Ricky Carmichael and IndyCar star Danica Patrick into the Nationwide Series, with plans to run seven races in 2011 and 20 in 2012 under the Pastrana-Waltrip racing banner. He’ll enter a series that certainly will be less dominated by Cup drivers as it has in the past several years, since there have been more and more hints that next year there will be some restrictions on Cup drivers competing full-time...

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