Red Bull Toasted to Honor Action Sports Icon the Week of X Games in Hollywood
Santa Monica, CA (July 8, 2009) – He’s double backflipped a motorcycle, rolled a rally car, jumped out of an airplane without a parachute, won nine X Games gold medals and has revolutionized pretty much everything he has ever tried – and he’s only 25 years old! On Tuesday, July 28, Travis Pastrana will be honored with a celebration of his career at Red Bull Toasted. Hosted by comedian Arj Barker, star of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, the event will bring fans, athletes and celebrities together to pay tribute to all that Pastrana has contributed to the world of sports at the Avalon in Hollywood…Â Details & Tickets
Dale Earnhardt Jr. would jump at the chance to drive in the Indianapolis 500 if there were not a conflicting NASCAR race on the same day.
Rain washed out his plans for a ride in a two-seat Indy car on Thursday. Instead, he strapped himself behind the wheel and received a 10-minute, stationary lesson in Indy driving from former 500 winner Dan Wheldon.
“Any time you’re around a race car and there’s a driver that has driven that car, you’re going to ask what it drives like, what it feels like, what it does, how it works,†Earnhardt said. “I picked his brains as hard as I could.â€
He said driving at Indianapolis “definitely interests me.â€Â … Details
Fernando Alonso denied that he had any agreement in place to swap Renault for Ferrari, although the two-time world champion left the door open for a switch after this season.
Italian and Spanish media reports earlier on Thursday said Alonso had agreed to a two-year contract with Ferrari starting in 2011, although it could be brought forward to next season.
“They are only rumors. They have been happening in the last four or five years,†Alonso said Thursday as he prepared for this weekend’s German Grand Prix, before making it clear there had been no contact between the two sides.
Alonso suggested, however, that talks could happen in the future…Â Details
The former Indy 500 Winner will give his National Guard teammate a High-Speed tour of Indianapolis Motor Speedway this Thursday when Panther Racing driver Dan Wheldon gives NASCAR Sprint Cup star Dale Earnhardt Jr. a ride in the Indy Racing Experience two-seater at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Both drivers will be available for photos and interviews following the event, which begins at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday. Earnhardt Jr. is in Indianapolis to promote the upcoming July 26th Allstate 400 at the Brickyard and Wheldon is traveling to Canada immediately after Thursday’s event for the Honda Indy Toronto IndyCar Series race, which will be held on Sunday… Details