Travis Pastrana out at RFR, leaving NASCAR

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Travis Pastrana has not had the results he had hoped for in the first 41 races of his NASCAR Nationwide Series career.

Pastrana has notched just four finishes inside the top ten during his brief Nationwide Series career and those results have made it difficult to any necessary sponsorship for Roush Fenway Racing to continue to fund the No. 60 car.

On Monday Pastrana posted the following message on Facebook announcing the end of his career in NASCAR.

This past season of NASCAR has been an awesome experience. I have made a lot of great friends, had a lot of fun and gained a new appreciation for all aspects of this sport. Jack Roush and everyone at Roush Fenway Racing have gone above and beyond to try and help me succeed and I am truly grateful for their support. I would like to thank them and all of the other people who stuck behind me during the last two years as I tried to learn how to make a successful career in NASCAR. Its tough to step back now and prove the critics were right, but unfortunately my results were not good enough to get the sponsors I needed to appropriately fund next season.

My wife Lyn-z has been more then supportive of my foray into NASCAR, often times being my biggest source of encouragement and support. But as my wife had to take a step back from being a professional skater to let me chase my goals in racing, I too need to take a step back and look at my situation as a father and husband. The NASCAR schedule is grueling and takes enormous sacrifices from those you love to make work. With a lack of funding next year, now is my opportunity to sit back and offer support as she chases her goals.

I hate to quit and I hate to fail, but sometimes things work out as they should. I’ve never been able to figure out the finesse required in pavement racing and that is disappointing, but I’m looking forward to driving more rally and racing more off-road trucks and there will be some announcements on those fronts shortly! My wife is excited to get back to skating on the Nitro Circus Live Tour and I’m excited to spend some quality time with my girls.

Thank you to all my fans for the support and I hope to see each of you at an event in the near future.
TP

Pastrana will drive the No. 60 Ford Mustang at Homestead in the series finale this coming Saturday.

John Boarman
John Boarmanhttp://www.tireball.com
Founder and Owner of Tireball Sports.

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