Travis Pastrana Set For 2011 Race Of Champions

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Travis Pastrana at Richmond, 2011

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Pastrana has won 11 X-Games gold medals over the years and earned four Rally America titles.  This will be his fourth invitation to ROC, where he impressively made the semi-finals in 2005 despite a broken leg, and single-handedly took Team USA to the ROC Nations Cup final in 2006 after both teammates dropped out with injuries.

Still, Pastrana is feeling well enough to commit to the Race of Champions, scheduled for this December 3-4 at Dusseldorf, Germany's Esprit Arena.  "I'm honored to be invited to compete against the best of the best and represent the USA again this year.  There isn't an event anywhere else like the Race of Champions.  The competitive nature of the drivers, combined with our limited experience in the cars makes for a lot of fun and chaos.  I've been injured most of this year," Pastrana noted, "and can't wait to get back  in a car to prepare for this event."

Thus far the drivers that have been confirmed for ROC include seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher, reigning and youngest two-time F1 champ Sebastian Vettel, 2009 F1 titleholder Jenson Button, sports car ace Andy Priauix, double GP2 champion Romain Grosjean, DTM standout and three-time ROC Champion of Champions Mattias Ekstrom and WRC ace Sebastien Ogier, along with Pastrana.