In case you haven’t heard already, super-hoon, Travis Pastrana is planning an attempt at doubling the world record for jumping a car. And he’s doing it with a twist–out into the Long Beach Harbor across water onto a pontoon on New Years Eve. In front of a huge crowd of partiers and live on ESPN. [...]
Birds Nest Olympic Stadium, Beijing, China–Seven time F1 World Champion, Michael Schumacher, and his Team Germany team-mate, Sebastian Vettel, claimed their third consecutive ROC Nations Cup title today. The pair beat the Autosport Team GB pairing of new F1 World Champion, Jenson Button, and three time World Touring Car Champion, Andy Priaulx, in a tie [...]
Some Fiends get to have all the fun. Take rally guru Travis Pastrana, for instance. Not only does this guy get paid to play in the dirt and snow, Subuaru’s going so far as to build a limited edition ‘Rex to commemorate his third consecutive Rally America Championship win. The car is slated for an [...]
Travis Pastrana and his co-driver Christian Edstrom laid waste to the first competition of the 2009 Rally America season. Day one landed the team a full 52 seconds ahead of its closest competition, and the lead only built from there. Our boy Tanner Foust and his co, Chrissie Beavis, managed to land second while trying [...]
I know its no WRC, but America’s national rally championship, the Rally America series, kicks off today in upstate Michigan. The more than appropriately named Sno*Drift rally is under way as we speak. Last year’s (now three time) champion Travis Pastrana and Subaru Rally Team USA team mate Ken “Gymkhana King” Block are back on [...]
Just getting this one through the grapevine. Apparently Travis Pastrana has injured himself sustaining a rumored broken hip and ankle—we don’t have full details on how. As a result he is unable to compete in this weekend’s Race Of Champions for Team USA at Wembley Stadium in London, UK. The Race Of Champions pits the [...]
The third annual Summer X Games Rally Super Special lived up to the hype with an action packed series of rounds that made for great live TV—this Sunday America got a dose of rally action instead of golf on ABC Sports. But it made for spectacular television with the almost figure eight stadium course and [...]
In what is a lead up to next week’s X Games Rally Race here in LA, Travis Pastrana backflipped his motorcycle over Subaru Rally Team USA teammate Ken Block’s Monster Energy WRX STI for the cover of the latest issue of Racer X magazine. And of course it wouldn’t be real if there wasn’t a YouTube video. [...]
As it says above. Some behind the scenes action of Subaru Rally Team USA hot shoes, Travis Pastrana and Ken Block having a LOT of fun with Subaru WRXes and STIs at Willow Springs here in SoCal. We know more, but can’t say more… “Leaked” to NASIOC
The New England Forest Rally wrapped up with a couple of upsets and disappointment. The win by former Production World Rally Champion Niall McShea and his co-driver, Marshall Clarke gave him the last chance qualifier spot for the Summer X Games rally–a disappointment for second place finisher Andrew Pinker who was also vying for it. [...]
