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Travis Pastrana
(1983-)
Who Is Travis Pastrana?
Born in 1983, Travis Pastrana is a popular stunt performer and motorsports athlete. He is a three-time champion of motocross racing and has won gold medals at the X Games in a variety of disciplines. He has competed in NASCAR events and currently participates in its Camping World Truck Series. With his Puerto Rican heritage on his father's side, Pastrana has been able to represent Puerto Rico when competing internationally. He also ran his own TV sports show, Nitro Circus, in 2009, which branched out into a tour and feature film. In 2018, he landed three motorcycle jumps previously attempted by famed daredevil Evel Knievel as part of History's Evel Live event in Las Vegas.
Early Life
Born on October 8, 1983, in Annapolis, Maryland, Travis Pastrana was an only child to parents Robert and Debby Pastrana. His father built his career in the military and was of Puerto Rican descent. Travis' uncle was a quarterback for the Denve
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TRAVIS PASTRANA
Travis Pastrana is a skilled stuntman and professional motorsports racer from the United States who has won many X Games gold medals and raced in NASCAR. Travis Pastrana was born on October 8, 1983, in Annapolis, Maryland, to parents Robert and Debby Pastrana. His father, who was of Puerto Rican origin, made a career in the military.
When a young Pastrana expressed an interest in racing dirt bikes, his parents encouraged him and promised to do all possible to help him succeed as long as he was responsible and maintained excellent grades. So now, he is a well-known stuntman and motorsports racer. He has won gold medals at the X Games in a variety of sports and is a three-time motocross racing champion.
Evergreen Achievements of Travis Pastrana
During 2009, he launched his own TV sports show, Nitro Circus. As part of History’s Evel Live event in Las Vegas in 2018, he landed three motorcycle jumps previously attempted bygd famous daredevil Evel Knievel.
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Three jumps. One night. Two legends.
Travis Pastrana has more than earned his reputation as a bonafide action-sport icon. One of the most decorated freestyle athletes in X Games history, he’s the motocross champion who simultaneously dropped millions of jaws in 2006 with the first-ever dirt-bike double back flip. He’s the guy who backflipped a motorcycle between two rooftops. Who went skydiving, shirtless, without a parachute—and lived to tell the tale.
Not surprisingly, he’s eyeing a few records set by Evel Knievel.
Evel—well, he hardly needs an introduction. He’s the legendary two-wheeling daredevil who jumped, and crashed, his way into American pop-culture history in the 1960s and ’70s. He started his stunt career by not quite making it over a box of rattlesnakes and mountain lions (the snakes escaped)—and it only got crazier from there. He graduated to vaulting vehicles: cars, trucks, and buses, his signature white cape sometimes flying in his wake. At one point he tried to r