After nearly a year delay to heal from an ankle injury suffered in last year’s X-Games, action sports star Travis Pastrana is ready to make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut Friday night at Richmond International Raceway. To kick off the event, Pastrana and friend Andy Bell made a video with five time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson that debuted on the internet Thursday.
The video makes fun of NASCAR as Johnson shows Pastrana and Bell seven tips to making it big in NASCAR. The video kicks off with Pastrana and Bell taking a plunge in an icy lake and features Johnson giving the duo mullet hair cuts.
The video ends with Johnson calling Pastrana ‘Mullet Man’. Pastrana is guaranteed a starting a starting spot this Friday night after Michael Waltrip Racing signed an alliance with RAB Racing to field cars for Pastrana for his races in addition to other Nationwide races on the schedule. MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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