Travis Pastrana has made most of his fame and fortune by racing motorcycles. Now the word is that the extreme-sports legend (and rally-car champ) is taking his driving talents to NASCAR.
CBSSports.com has it that Pastrana has split up with sponsor Subaru and notes that Pastrana “let slip that he was in talks with  … Details
This is an account of a month-long rambling thought process. I love NASCAR racing and I want it to flourish. But right now it’s not. Here’s why I believe one racer with unparalleled commercial appeal can help.
NASCAR needs Travis Pastrana.
It was a sunny Saturday morning at Auto Club Speedway last month. The obnoxious hum of Sprint Cup Happy Hour practice was wailing in the background, and I was walking from the garage to the media room on the suite level, head buried in my Blackberry when a familiar voice hollered my name …Â Details
TALLADEGA, Alabama — When your nickname is (GOAT) — as in Greatest Of All Time — one would think that casting that fame aside would be hard thing.
But Ricky Carmichael has done just that.
Carmichael will jump inside the No. 4 Turner Racing Chevrolet on Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway with none of the lights, camera, action backdrop that was a constant in his previous life as the world’s best Moto-Cross motorcycle racer.