Motorsports star and pop icon Travis Pastrana will compete in both the Smith’s 350 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race and the Sylvania SilverStar zXe Global RallyCross Championship Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Sept. 29 Smith’s 350 will mark Pastrana’s first race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Pastrana, headlined in the recently-released Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D, is a star of the ESPN X Games and a champion motocross rider. He will pilot the #98 AM/PM Toyota in the Smith’s 350 and the Red Bull/Discount Tire Dodge Dart in the GRC event. Pastrana won the July 14 GRC race at Loudon, NH. Although a newcomer to the Camping World Truck Series, Pastrana has competed on a limited schedule in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. He made his stock car racing debut last year in the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale, Calif.(Las Vegas Motor Speedway PR)(9-24-2012)
UPDATE: Travis Pastrana will be piloting the #98 ThorSport Racing Toyota Tundra, sponsored by ampm convenience stores at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 29th. This will be the first start for Pastrana in both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and with ThorSport Racing. The ampm brand was founded in 1978 in Southern California by ARCO. ampm convenience stores have been recognized in the October 2011 Franchise Times “Top 200” and the 2012 Entrepreneur’s “Franchise 500.” ARCO-branded ampm stores are currently found in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Arizona.(ThorSport.com) [Image of the #98-ampm Toyota is posted on the #98 NCWTS 2012 Paint Schemes page.](9-28-2012)
