Travis Pastrana is a talented American stunt performer as well as a motorsports competitor. Travis Pastrana recently joined America’s Got Talent Extreme as a judge alongside Simon Cowell, Nikki Bella, and Terry Crews.
Early Life
Travis Pastrana was born on 8 October 1983 and he is currently 38 years old. He hails from Annapolis, Maryland, and his zodiac sign is Libra. Likewise, his full name is Travis Alan Pastrana. Talking about his family, his father is Robert Pastrana and his mother is Debby Pastrana. Likewise, he is of Colombian descent from his paternal grandparents’ side.
Moreover, his uncle – Alan Pastrana – played as a quarterback for the University of Maryland from 1965 to 1968. Travis himself also attended the University of Maryland. On 11 June 2003, this personality was seriously injured at the young age of 19 years when he crashed his Corvette into a tree in Davidsonville, Maryland.
Career and Professional Life
Professionally, Travis Pastrana is a motorsports competitor as well as a stunt performer. This personality has won championships and X Games gold medals in several disciplines. These disciplines include supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross, and rally racing. Moreover, this competitor runs a show called Nitro Circus and Nitro Rallycross – a rallycross racing series.
Additionally, this personality has also drive in NASCAR. He most recently competed part-time in the “Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series”. For this, he drove the No. 40 and the No. 45 for Niece Motorsports. Likewise, this personality drove for 2 years in what is now the NASCAR Xfinity Series. As such, he ran a part-time season in 2012 and a full season in 2013.
Furthermore, this competitor is a 4-time Rally America champion. People also recognize him as someone who has raced in the Global RallyCross Championship, Monster Jam, and Race of Champions. Talking about the beginning of his career, he started competing and winning at the young age of 14 years.
He won the World Freestyle Motocross Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada. He started off his career with a winning streak that lasted until 2003. After this competitor’s gold medal performance at the 1999 X Games, this competitor clinched the gold at the inaugural Gravity Games in Rhode Island.
Caption: Travis Pastrana during one of his stunt performances. Source: Instagram
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Furthermore, his father was born and raised in Puerto Rico despite being of Colombian descent. As such, this competitor was directly eligible to represent Puerto Rico in international competition. The Puerto Rico Motorcycle Association provided Pastrana with a license to represent the Territory. This was also accepted by the Unión Latinoamericana de Motociclismo – the relevant sanctioning body in Latin America.
Pastrana then made his debut with the Puerto Rican team on 15 March 2008. He defeated Erick Vallejo of Mexico and hence qualified for the finals. Then in the finals, this competitor finished 3rd – behind local Costa Rican racer Roberto Castro and Vallejo.
Fast forward to 2018, this competitor took part in the Motocross of Nations event. This was as a part of Team Puerto Rico. He participated with teammates Kevin Windham and Ryan Sipes. They all participated in an effort to raise money and awareness following Hurricane Maria in the year 2017.
Caption: Travis Pastrana joining America’s Got Talent Extreme judges panel. Source: Instagram
