As her beaming husband said as he watched her drive into Victory Lane, Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins Pastrana is ‘pretty good with the wheeled stuff.’ An eight-time X Games medalist in skateboarding, Pastrana bested 11 other ‘better halves’ of the NASCAR community in Thursday’s 25-lap event benefitting Speedway Children’s Charities and Motor Racing Outreach. Pastrana and her husband, motocross ace and NASCAR rookie Travis Pastrana, are both into just about anything with wheels, so perhaps her prowess shouldn ‘t have come so unexpectedly. ‘We do like to go karting,’ Lyn-Z said. ‘If we see a track when we ‘re driving we go there, for sure, and I ‘m just starting to figure out how to take the corners.’ Pastrana looked like a seasoned veteran, in the corners and everywhere else. After starting second, she began looking to pass leader and polesitter Wendy Venturini on lap four but couldn ‘t clear her. Pastrana patiently waited several laps before cleanly passing Venturini for the lead. She held on to the lead for the remainder of the race, even as many of the other drivers tangled. Jacquelyn Butler, fianc�e of David Ragan finished second.(CMS)(10-12-2012)
