Travis Pastrana's Nascar Debut

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He is making his Nationwide debut this Friday. I'm pretty eager to see how he does, any thoughts on him? Do you think he'll stick with Nascar full time or give up and quit?

I'm also excited to see Ryan Blaney's first race as well. Just be a pretty fun race Friday night.
 
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As long as people realize he could eventually be good, it will be fine. If everyone thinks he's going to be scoring top 5's off the bat, then disappointment might set in.
 
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DynamiteMcGhee said:
As long as people realize he could eventually be good, it will be fine. If everyone thinks he's going to be scoring top 5's off the bat, then disappointment might set in.
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I think he'll be good relatively quickly. Dude is supremely talented at operating anything with an engine
 
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If he does even modestly well over his first few races, he'll be given the best possible opportunity to succeed. He would be incredibly important to NASCAR as a marketable driver.
 
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There is a lot of good talent coming through the pipeline the next few years; Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Ross Kenseth, the Dillon brothers, John Hunter Nemechek, just to name a few.
 
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No doubt, but Pastrana carries his own demographic. He has massive appeal to a crowd that typically wouldn't watch stock car racing.
 
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milohimself said:
No doubt, but Pastrana carries his own demographic. He has massive appeal to a crowd that typically wouldn't watch stock car racing.
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No I agree. I was merely pointing that with the new young stars coming through and with people like Travis and I hate to admit it, but Dancia too, should really help the sport in terms of media and younger viewers.
 
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True, and young stars are good for any sport, but the cross-appeal is what's needed if NASCAR wants another popularity explosion. New guys coming up the pipeline from regional stock car outfits doesn't really provide that. Danica does to an extent, but it seems like the IRL crowd probably already follows NASCAR.

If they play this right, Pastrana could bring a big dirtbike crowd with him. I know a lot of people in that sort of crowd, most of them don't watch stock cars, but I get the feeling they could be into it with a rooting interest and a good presentation.
 
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Unlike Carmichael, Pastrana has already experienced a fairly high level of driving competition with P-WRC and Rally USA to a lesser extent. Dude can handle a car.
 
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milohimself said:
Unlike Carmichael, Pastrana has already experienced a fairly high level of driving competition with P-WRC and Rally USA to a lesser extent. Dude can handle a car.
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True, but when I think of one I think of the other for some reason. Pastrana already has an advantage because he has driven four wheels in competition. I didn't see when Carmichael came into NASCAR how it would work when all he drove before is motorcycles.
 
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Don't know how well he will do but one thing is for sure about Pastrana he'll go all out and try his best at it.
 
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Travis Pastrana is a cool dude. He'll be just fine in Nascar if he decides to stick with it. I'm not saying he's cup caliber, but he can be a competitive driver.
 
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The guy who really impressed was Ryan Blaney, kid has some serious talent.
 
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I'm glad there's finally a reason to watch the Busch Series again. Those two are the best thing about NASCAR racing.
 
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I met Travis as he was getting in his Elite series car to race after the Nationwide race at Bristol. Those cars were staged outside of turn 3, and anyone leaving the nationwide race could walk up to them. I saw Travis as I was walking through them on my way back to the truck and stopped and talked to him for a few minutes. Dude is seriously cool. He was very gracious and cordial, unlike some of the other drivers I have met in the past. I am pulling for him to do good in NASCAR.
 
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