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Posted by: Senior KX Rider---------------------

racerx

September 16, 2003

Pastrana to Race Porsche Supercup at USGP

You can't keep a good man down - not for long, anyway. On the heels of his dramatic star turn at the Gravity Games in Cleveland on Sunday afternoon, Travis Pastrana has already set his sites on some auto racing (as reported in Friday's Racerhead). Here's the official press release....

INDIANAPOLIS, Monday, Sept. 15, 2003 – Motocross superstar Travis Pastrana will drive one of the two guest cars in the Porsche Michelin Supercup races Sept. 27-28 during the United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, series and Speedway officials announced Sept. 15.

Pastrana, from Annapolis, Md., will race the No. 1 Porsche 911 GT3 car fielded by the Porsche AG team. The Porsche Michelin Supercup series, the world’s fastest single-marque sports car series, will support the United States Grand Prix Formula One race for the fourth consecutive year on the 2.605-mile road course at Indianapolis.

Pastrana, 19, is one of the most exciting and diversified off-road riders in the world, excelling in both motocross racing and extreme motocross competitions.

He won the AMA Eastern Region Supercross title in 2001 with five victories in seven races and also recorded three podium finishes in the 250cc AMA Supercross series in 2002 with Team SoBe Suzuki before being sidelined by surgery. Pastrana turned pro in 2000 and won the AMA Chevy Trucks 125cc motocross championship with five victories.

Pastrana also won gold medals in the freestyle motocross competition at the Gravity Games in 1999, 2001 and 2002 and in the X Games in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Pastrana finished runner-up in the freestyle motocross competition Sept. 14 at the Gravity Games in Cleveland, hampered by a hard crash at the end of his first run.

As an amateur, Pastrana won the AMA national motocross championship in the 125cc and 250cc classes in 1999. He drew national headlines in 1999 when he jumped his bike into San Francisco Bay during the freestyle motocross competition at the X Games.

Pastrana has competed in a very limited schedule of events in 2003 for Team SoBe Suzuki due to injuries suffered in racing, training and in a traffic accident. Yet he still remains one of the most popular riders in the world, with his own action figure, a DVD of highlights and a bobblehead doll. Pastrana also has appeared on countless mainstream and sports television programs during his career, ranging from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" to "Real TV."

Porsche Michelin Supercup races are scheduled for 4 p.m. (EST) Saturday, Sept. 27 and 10:40 a.m. (EST) Sunday, Sept. 28.

USGP tickets: Tickets for the 2003 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis are on sale, and the IMS ticket office encourages customers to place orders early to ensure the best possible opportunity to acquire good seats.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com or by calling the IMS ticket office at (317) 492-6700 or (800) 822-INDY outside the Indianapolis area. Parking and camping information also can be obtained through the ticket office.

Posted by: KiwiBird---------------------

I'm betting either top 5 finish or he wads it.

Posted by: Senior KX Rider---------------------

IMO smart money bets on the latter

Posted by: Kawidude---------------------

I wonder if Porsche has a "you break it, you buy it" policy?

Posted by: marcusgunby---------------------

I wouldnt let him drive my car.

Posted by: bclapham---------------------

i am surprised he didnt enter a corvette cup challenge or something similar!

Posted by: jboomer---------------------

Hell, he knows he can't drive one of those!

Posted by: TwinSpar---------------------

Quote:

Originally posted by jboomer
Hell, he knows he can't drive one of those!

LMAO!  Good one!

Posted by: BunduBasher---------------------

Quote:

Originally posted by Kiwi Bird
I'm betting either top 5 finish or he wads it.

My moneys on a 'back to back - backflip'

Posted by: JuliusPleaser---------------------

I was at the inaugural Indy F1 race back in 2000. There were three US drivers in the Porsche Supercup race that year, and the best finish was by a Porsche 911 specialist named Randy Pobst. I think he managed to finish 12th, and he's one of the best Porsche drivers in the US.

Travis in a tail-happy Porsche will be loads of fun to watch, but there's no way he'll get a top ten. (Unless he punts everyone else off the track in the whoops.)

Posted by: bclapham---------------------

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Originally posted by Senior KX Rider
The Porsche Michelin Supercup series, the world’s fastest single-marque sports car series, will support the United States Grand Prix Formula One race for the fourth consecutive year on the 2.605-mile road course at Indianapolis.

i was thinking the same thing as JP, if this race is the support race to the F1 then these guys are going to be at the top of their game. It would be the same as saying, well Schumacher rides a ducati 916 so i suppose we could put him on a works CBR600 and expect him to top 5 a world supersport race!

Sounds to me like they want to get the Nacar crowd to attend the F1 race....they like crashes and will come to see TP crash!

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