Will Travis Pastrana Be a Superstar or a Sideshow in the Nationwide Series?

Travis Pastrana joked that he didn't get the memo. On Roush Fenway Racing's preseason media day, four of the team's five drivers—Sprint Cup drivers Greg Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Carl Edwards, and Nationwide driver Trevor Bayne—were neatly dressed in black suits. Pastrana wore a plaid shirt, sneakers and a Red Bull baseball cap. One of these things is not like the others. And yet Pastrana, a veteran of all things two and four wheels, is determined to be a successful NASCAR driver, taking over the famed No. 60 Ford full time in Nationwide this year. Yes, the same one that Mark Martin established as a powerhouse in the 1990s. Yes, the one Biffle and Edwards won championships with. That alone should suggest that Pastrana is g...

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