| Travis seemed to shine in the limlight of professional motocross. During his rookie year of Supercross, Travis learned a tremendous amount, due to his lack of experience. Most importantly he learned to be smoother, which allowed him to win three times during his battle for the championship with Stephane Roncada; who went onand won the championship. Their rivalry did not end in Supercross; it only heated up during the national outdoors season.Pastrana appeared to be faster, but Roncada was more consistent. In what can only be described as miraculous, Pastrana came back from being 65-points behind to win the title at the final round, by a mere two points. Travis was the obvious choice for the AMA Rookie of the Year, and was selected to be a member of the USA Motocross Des Nations Team, thus becomig the youngest member ever selected. At the Des Nations Travis played an intrumental role in bringing back the title to the USA. During 2000, he kept his undefeated streak of freestyle motocross in tact by winning the gold medal at the Summer X-Games. It was an incredible year for any rider, and for a sixteen year old it was unbelievable. |
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| The Sport of Professional motocross has not been the same since Travis Pastrana arrived on the scence. Travis has brought a new energy since turning pro in 1999. In addition to being among he world's elite in motocross and supercross racing, Pastrana is also considered by many to be the best freestyle rider in the world today. It it this versatility that makes Traivs Pastrana so facinating. Travis Pastrana was born Ocober 8, 1983, in Annapolis,Maryland. It was not long before his parents Robert and Debbie bought him his first motorcycle for Christmas at the age of four. He adapted quickly to the Z50 and graduated to a PW50 to start his racing career. After winning trophy after trophy, all taller than him, it was on to the national amatuer motorcross circuit. |
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| Riding as American Suzuki's top amateur, Travis won five amateur championships between 1992-1999. Following his final amateur championship at Loretta Lynn's in 1999, Travis turned professional, just in time for the Wolrd Supercross finale at the Rose Bowl. Travis proved he was "The Real Deal" his first pro race. Even though he was managing his future-racing career, his first priority was finishing high school. He graduated two and a half years early with a 3.9 GPA. Since he was in sixth grade, he was home-schooled and worked seven days a week, twelve months a year. He got one week out of the whole year to go compete at Loretta Lynn's Amateur Championship. Also during 1999, Travis entered the Summer X-Games. At just sixteen, Pastrana took home the gold medals in both the freestyle competition an the doubles competition with his training partner and close friend Kenny Bartram. With such a successful season behind him, all eyes would be focused on the popular Travis Pastrana in 2000. |
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| NOTE: I wrote this biography of Travis Pastrana as an assigment in my english class.. if you want to use to parts of it for something, please e-mail me. i'll be glad to help. |
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