Pastrana Signs With Roush Fenway |
“I am extremely excited about making the move into full-time
NASCAR competition in 2013 and equally thrilled to have the opportunity to make
that move with Jack Roush and the team at Roush Fenway Racing,” said Pastrana,
a four-time rally champion, motocross champion and multiple X Games gold medal
winner.
“I am very serious about making this move, running competitively
and ultimately winning races in NASCAR,” added Pastrana. “No team can claim the
success in the Nationwide Series that Roush Fenway has, and I know driving an
RFR Ford will provide me with the maximum opportunity to develop my skills
behind the wheel of a stock car.”
Pastrana has made nine career Nationwide Series starts,
including one for Roush Fenway last September at Richmond, where he qualified a
career-high fifth and ran top-10 for much of the race en route to a 17th-place
finish.
Pastrana will team up with veteran NASCAR crew chief Chad Norris
and will be partnered with a variety of sponsors during the season.
“Travis is a champion,” said Roush Fenway co-owner Jack Roush.
“It takes a great deal of drive and determination to reach that level of
greatness in any field. He is serious about this move to NASCAR and we are
committed to doing everything we can to see his career develop in NASCAR. We
would certainly expect to see a great level of excitement brought to the table
as he progresses within our sport.”
The No. 60 will be one of two full-time RFR Nationwide Series
entries in 2013, with Pastrana being paired with Roush Fenway teammate and 2010
Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne in the No. 6 Ford Mustang.
Coming off of back-to-back Nationwide Series Championships in
2011 and 2012, RFR’s 131 wins are the most in NNS history. In addition, the No.
60 captured the NNS owners’ championship in 2011.
Roush Fenway’s No. 60 entry boasts the most wins in NNS history,
having been driven to Victory ane a grand total of 90 times by celebrated
drivers Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and Mark Martin.
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