It’s the 2006 X Games in Los Angeles, California. The Staples Center is abuzz, ready to watch competitors face off in a festival favorite event: the Moto X Best Trick. X-Games favorite 23 year-old Travis Pastrana gets himself ready to run his first trick… the “superflip” – a backflip with a Superman (for good measure). How did Travis Pastrana become the modern day Evel Knievel? What did he do to revolutionize freestyle motocross? How did this motorcycle prodigy become an action sports legend? Today, on Past Gas’s 199th episode, the story of #199 – Travis Pastrana.
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Past Gas #234: Datsun, Pt 1: Why Nissan Created Datsun
Past Gas #233: Bathurst 1000: Australia’s Most Brutal Endurance Race
Past Gas #232: What Happened with SAAB? Pt 2
Past Gas #231: What Happened with SAAB? Pt 1
The Big Three #4: This Car Show is Banning Dodge Chargers
Past Gas #230: The Bugatti Queen: Sex, Drugs, & Racing in the Roaring 20s
The Big Three #3: Is Nissan Killing The GTR?
Past Gas #229: Mazda Pt 4: Mazda Pt 4: The First Japanese Car to Win Le Mans + 787B sounds
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Past Gas #228: Mazda Pt 3: The RX-7 & Mazdaspeed
The Big Three #1: Unpacking Tesla's Empty Promises
Past Gas #227: Mazda Pt 2: The Birth of the Rotary Engine
Past Gas #226: Mazda Pt 1: Mazda Used to be a Cork Factory
Past Gas #225: Macau GP - “Asia’s Monaco” is a Notoriously Dangerous Street Circuit
Past Gas #224: F1's Greatest Rivalries: Hamilton vs Rosberg (aka “The Silver War”)
Past Gas #223: The Mustang That Took Down Porsche
Past Gas #222: Cosworth Pt 2: WRC Rally & the Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Past Gas #221: Cosworth Pt 1: The Most Successful Engine Maker in F1 History
Past Gas #220: Mark “Captain Nice” Donohue: The Genius Engineer/Driver Famous for Acid-Dipping his Cars
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