Travis Pastrana to Attempt Longest Rally Car Jump Ever

faizpunna · **Posted:** 21 Oct 2009 00:30

Made plans for New Year's?

An event known as the “Red Bull: New Year. No Limits” party will be insane--as usual. Rally-car and X Games star Travis Pastrana will try to set a record for the longest jump in a rally car by jumping off a pier and landing on a barge floating in the harbor of Long Beach, Calif.

The current record is 171 feet set by Pastrana's Subaru teammate, Ken Block, in a rally car in November 2006. Pastrana, 26, wants to break that mark by more than 100 feet, and said he's aiming to clear approximately 250 feet of water between the pier and barge.

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Pastrana's jump will be shown live on ESPN.

bozo · **Posted:** 21 Oct 2009 08:52

hes a F&*(^% idiot!

Joey · **Joined:** 26 Aug 2008 21:25 **Posts:** 324

U said it bozo. He and Ken block should be stunt drivers than rally drivers.

Tom · **Posted:** 23 Oct 2009 16:19

I'm a big fun of Travis. He's a really cool stunt man more than just a rally driver. Really knows how to market himself. Does any watch his nitro circus on VH1?

joshuasam400 · **Joined:** 20 Aug 2007 07:02 **Posts:** 136

Tom wrote:

I'm a big fun of Travis. He's a really cool stunt man more than just a rally driver. Really knows how to market himself. Does any watch his nitro circus on VH1?

yea Tom, Nitro Circus...
Crazy Crazy Guy... they jump of trucks and busses.. the go skining with a dirt bike hooked to a surf boat...

khaadu75 · **Posted:** 30 Oct 2009 15:00

MAD HATTER man .... and I have a feling he will pull it off too though beating the record by a 100 feet sounds unrealistic --- but the Pastrana is not a normal kid .

Tom · **Posted:** 31 Oct 2009 11:10

Have you seen the episode where Travis pushes his dad out of a speeding boat for "kicks". Poor guy ends up in the hospital with broken ribs and they all have a BIG laugh over it - LOLOL!!!

faizpunna · **Posted:** 31 Oct 2009 15:24

Travis pastrana helicopter jump for nitro circus promo in australia

nicksarao · **Posted:** 02 Nov 2009 21:43

Travis is not your normal kid, rally drivers only drive in rallies and not much else. Travis can say “been there done that” to just about everything in this world. He does not fit into any category in this world and I don’t think he wants to either.
Trust me if he just wanted to do WRC he would have been at the top. He is just an exceptional talent and his first love has always been 2 wheels.

chetanrs · **Posted:** 03 Nov 2009 00:09

Nick who told you that rally drivers drive only rallies ?

Travis is someone who is very different, what he does is very risky. Taking risks does pay off, but in travis

case it pays off all the time with lots of nuts and bolts in his body. Total respect for the guy.

Above all else i think every sports man wants to leave behind a legacy.

nicksarao · **Posted:** 03 Nov 2009 02:21

Exactly my point Chetanrs, I hate to see people saying stuff like he is an Idiot and rally drivers are better than him. He is in a completely different league and for those who think he cannot Rally, he has been rallying in the US for past many years and winning. It is just not fulfilling enough for him and he is not the kinda guy who is going to commit himself to doing 7-8 rallies every year in different parts of the world. He is just and extremely Random person that likes to do different stuff and rightly said ,His legacy will remain unchalanged for a long time to come.

khaadu75 · **Posted:** 04 Nov 2009 16:02

nicksarao wrote:

Exactly my point Chetanrs, I hate to see people saying stuff like he is an Idiot and rally drivers are better than him. He is in a completely different league and for those who think he cannot Rally, he has been rallying in the US for past many years and winning. It is just not fulfilling enough for him and he is not the kinda guy who is going to commit himself to doing 7-8 rallies every year in different parts of the world. He is just and extremely Random person that likes to do different stuff and rightly said ,His legacy will remain unchalanged for a long time to come.

If not mistaken he did do the WRC in one of the categories last year ... .. !!

chetanrs · **Posted:** 04 Nov 2009 23:35

pwrc with derek ringer

nicksarao · **Posted:** 05 Nov 2009 00:16

Lets just let the man race if he wants to :-)

faizpunna · **Posted:** 30 Dec 2009 17:40

Joan Lynch, ESPN vice president, content development, added, "We are thrilled to team again with Red Bull to televise this live and exciting event on ESPN for a third year. ESPN is dedicated to bringing live and compelling programming to the viewer and no New Year's show delivers more unique suspense and action than Red Bull: New Year. No Limits."

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