Travis Pastrana Optimistic About Chances at Hoon Kaboom Texas

The first round of the 2012 Global Rallycross Championship was a disappointing one for Travis Pastrana. Despite coming into the event as a popular pick for the win, he suffered accidents in both his first heat race and the final that limited him to an eighth place finish. Coming into Hoon Kaboom Texas, the second round of the season, Pastrana has aspirations for major improvement in the No. 199 Discount Tire/Red Bull Dodge Dart—even in the wake of another incident in qualifying. "As far as racing in my first rallycross in a while, I felt that we did well," Pastrana said of his Charlotte experience. "We put ourselves in position to win the final, and I hadn't raced against the guy that was driving fourth there (Toomas Heikkinen). I def...

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