Thursday, November 20th, 2008
In the last few years it seems more and more familiar faces from other action action sports keep showing up in rally car racing. A few years back, freestyle motocross riders Travis Pastrana and Kenny Bartram made the transition, with success. In fact, Pastrana has conquered the sport with the ...
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
There aren’t many dudes, or babes, out there who can transition from one sport to another with ease. Not only that, but many that do make the transition have a difficult time accomplishing any kind of success for themselves. The most notable I think is Michael Jordon. During a long ...
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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Spanish rider Dany Torres won the battle but lost the war after taking the final X-Fighters contest of the 2008 season in Warsaw Saturday. Swiss rider Mat Rebeaud, who finished third, simply had too much of a lead in the overall standings to be knocked out.
Aussie Robbie Maddison finished second ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Travis Pastrana | cr. Lorne Trezise
Travis Pastrana won the Ojibwe Forest Rally this weekend and now finds himself pretty much assured of taking home the Rally America title for the third consecutive year. Pastrana took the win this weekend after Ken Block crashed, knocking himself out of the race. Block ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Pastrana and Carolyn Bosley | cr. CHRISTIAN PONDELLA/SHAZAMM/ESPN IMAGES
As a rally car driver, you have to depend a lot on your co-driver. So when Travis Pastrana lost his co-driver Jim DeChamp after he crashed during his Moto X Best Trick contest appearance on Friday, he turned to one of the ...
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Earlier this year at the Moto X World Championships in San Diego the Speed & Style event debuted to some interest. Now it's a full-fledged event at the big show, the X Games, and while the legendary Travis Pastrana may have been the crowd favorite, it was Kevin Johnson, an ...
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Ricky Carmichael didn't need a world record to show that he can go higher and better than anyone else. He won the Step Up contest Friday night thanks to clearing 33 feet, while second-place world-record holder Ronnie Renner could only clear 32.
Also on Friday, qualifiers were under way at the ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
It's easy to forget there are other events going on this weekend, especially with the Maloof Money Cup going on. But there is a key X Games qualifying event happening on the East Coast for Rally Car racing. The top finishing driver at the New England Forest Rallyt ...
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