Pastrana ready to barge into New Year
December 18, 2009
Action sports wild man Travis Pastrana is ready to barge into the New Year.
Pastrana has wrapped up practice for his New Year’s Eve extravaganza, whenhe will attempt to set a world record for the longest jump in a rally car, fromthe Pine Street Pier in Long Beach, Calif., onto a barge anchored in the harbor.
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The current record is 171 feet set by Pastrana’s Subaru teammate, Ken Block,in a rally car in November 2006. Pastrana wants to break that mark by more than100 feet, and said he’s aiming to clear approximately 230 feet of water betweenthe pier and barge.
While he had some hard landings and one end-over-end wipeout during hispractice jumps, Pastrana is confident he can complete the jump without ending upin the water.
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