@@a456987 as a driver yeah I think so. NASCAR is about playing the long game and picking and choosing your battles and Pastrana coming from rally cross he is so used to shorter races where you need to make a move as soon as the opportunity presents itself he had a hard time breaking that mentality on an Oval track
That's just super cool. For Travis to have the experience of a Top Fuel pass, will serve to introduce a whole new audience to the sport I've loved since before 1964. ✌😎
@@JaredR1996 I talked to a guy about what it feels like to drive a rvw car which has 4500hp and he said the off line acceleration feels like you got rear-ended at a read light. His car runs mid 3s in an 1/8 mile so double the power of the top fuel must be just wicked nuts.
the horsepower is all calculations as they cannot dyno them. And theres a company that has a two seater so folks can feel what its like. Gotta be the priciest 3secs there is
Can’t wait to see you in your own car in the hunt for good things to happen in your future!!!!! Good luck 🍀 and I’ll be looking forward to seeing you in the lanes making amazing passes down the track!!!!!
After everything that's happened to this dude I don't think I'm alone when I say I'm surprised he's here doing this. But understanding his character Hell yeah dude!!!! Thanks NHRA for planting this seed!!! The look of amazement and his humility Was priceless
one of the skills TF drivers posses that amazes me is reaction to tire shake or pedaling. They are so fast to react to wheelspin and lift and regroup mid run. Its insane. Travis did really well for what they had him do.
Wow two and a half days ago I was watching TV and I saw this guy in the Grand Prix boat yesterday he's in the dragster today he's back in the dragster just can't keep this man sitting still
He had a great comment after his 1st pass. He said his butt was several hundred feet down the strip but his brain was still back on the starting line, maybe 60’ mark. That ‘splains it perfectly
Says the guy who crashed base jumping last year lol. Travis knows that as much as it can go right, it can also go just as wrong. Probably better than most.
Wow, not having NHRA in Chicago the past few years I've obviously missed out. Had no idea Alex was doing Top Fuel. Now that NHRA is coming back in 2023, I gotta start following again. Is there anything Travis can't or won't do?
Travis is the only guy I know that will pass through the pearly gates look at God and say " Well...what else have you got " . You are a bad ass Travis . PK
Forget Supercross/motocross racer, Multi time freestyle motocross x games gold medalist, first guy to land a double backflip, he's raced several seasons in rally cars, did at least one NASCAR truck oval race, did Baja, done some off shore boat races. He seems like he can drive anything. I grew up riding dirt bikes and watching him.
In the motorcycling community, his talent is legendary. He also has brains, personality and balls of steel. If he makes up his mind to succeed in Top Fuel, odds are he'll find a way to make it happen.
Travis you look like a professional in there now listen to me you got great sponsors you're a hell of a guy get those sponsors to get you teamed up in a car so you can do what you dream about doing
MY Brother Always In The Pits Epping. EVERY YEAR. HE passed this March.Kevin. He Would Get His Ticket. SEASON opener. God Rest. WE Adored The Drags. Kevin lived For them. HE HAD 92 Mustang 389 White Rag. Top. ILL BE Driving.Hurst. 4 . AIR INDUCTION.Yea
Sorry for your loss. If he was anything like us it's an addiction & if he was, at Pomona he would probably sneak over the pvc divider in the stands @ the 1000' with sportsmen drivers & crews
What the hell is left for Travis? What, fly a Blue Angel? Take a Shuttle for a test flight? Is he already the one single person who has driven everything with wheels, and some without?
Pretty sure the view count should say about everything! Get out here and race travis!! We've all been waiting for years, whether they say it or not for you to get out here!
Absolutely. Unfortunately the only real thing that stops anyone from becoming a "Professional Drag Racer" $$$$ Yes I know a licensed driver has to sign off. A responsible driver starts in a slower ride.
Happy for Travis. That looks cool. But.....as a longtime NHRA member and fan....Shouldn't he be required to work his way up to this level? Usually you need to get certified on progressively faster cars. Obviously he's not putting other drivers in danger here and I'm sure it's detuned for these runs...but still
Travis has drag raced before. At least he went down a Quarter Mile track. Not in a Top Fuel dragster but in one on Cleetus McFarland ( Garrett Mitchell's) cars.Your statement that he's never been down a Drag Strip is incorrect.
The first pass it sounded like Travis said they shut him off? Maybe they had a way to remotely kill the fuel. I can't imagine they would let anyone except a skilled driver run a full pass in one of these. Maybe he was wandering too much. The second pass sounded like the same thing. Smoked the tires, was losing control, who knows.
@@dgraves7699 Yeah. There was another video of this or the original uncut version where he bumped the throttle in reverse back by the water box after he had stopped. They cut that part out.
I think seeing Pastrana driving a Top Fuel Car full time would be a great thing for the sport.
Even though he wasn’t great he brought a lot of fans to nascar I’m sure he could do the same for this NHRA
I think he's had too many concussions to do this full time
@@noahstuart606 I think he'd be much better at drag racing than he was at NASCAR
@@a456987 as a driver yeah I think so. NASCAR is about playing the long game and picking and choosing your battles and Pastrana coming from rally cross he is so used to shorter races where you need to make a move as soon as the opportunity presents itself he had a hard time breaking that mentality on an Oval track
Wicked stuff! A collaboration with Travis and Clay Millican would be the cherry on top!
I was thinking the exact same thing while watching!
Alex Laughlin, Tony Stewart, Lyle Barnett man he had a lot of good people there helping him! That’s badass
That's just super cool. For Travis to have the experience of a Top Fuel pass, will serve to introduce a whole new audience to the sport I've loved since before 1964. ✌😎
Aye, Travis! Driving another different race car. Love it!
I'm a big Travis fan, Love watching him try new things!! Such a a great guy, and ambassador for all things motorsport!
Tony and Travis. WOW🤯
Travis Pastrana..... the man of many throttles. Way kool bro!!!
11,000 HP is just mind boggling. I can only imagine what that’s like to drive
More horsepower in 1 cylinder than in a complete NASCAR Stock Car engine or a complete F1 Power Unit.
@@michaelmurray11189 just crazy man
@@JaredR1996 I talked to a guy about what it feels like to drive a rvw car which has 4500hp and he said the off line acceleration feels like you got rear-ended at a read light. His car runs mid 3s in an 1/8 mile so double the power of the top fuel must be just wicked nuts.
@@damianlindsey6177 top fuel's best cars are currently running 14,000 horsepower.
Just a pinch more....
the horsepower is all calculations as they cannot dyno them. And theres a company that has a two seater so folks can feel what its like. Gotta be the priciest 3secs there is
Can’t wait to see you in your own car in the hunt for good things to happen in your future!!!!! Good luck 🍀 and I’ll be looking forward to seeing you in the lanes making amazing passes down the track!!!!!
After everything that's happened to this dude
I don't think I'm alone when I say I'm surprised he's here doing this.
But understanding his character
Hell yeah dude!!!!
Thanks NHRA for planting this seed!!!
The look of amazement and his humility
Was priceless
one of the skills TF drivers posses that amazes me is reaction to tire shake or pedaling. They are so fast to react to wheelspin and lift and regroup mid run. Its insane. Travis did really well for what they had him do.
The fastest thing he’s driven before this was Ruby from Cleetus shop
His driven street car 180 mph before but unfortunately flew off the road wrapped it around a tree
And he was all over the track because Cleet didn't tell him the steering wheel was installed crooked.
He's raced in nascar, pretty sure he race at daytona so thats 200+
Quickest
I made the same statement but I forgot it was Ruby. Thanks for reminding me.
Lol Travis I have been waiting for this Dude!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁you will do well!
Pastrana all the way. Sure would be sweet to see him in the nhra
My dad started taking my brother and I to NHRA races when we were Young, I have several John Force autographed pictures, he's a really nice guy.
Wow two and a half days ago I was watching TV and I saw this guy in the Grand Prix boat yesterday he's in the dragster today he's back in the dragster just can't keep this man sitting still
Travis Pastrana can drive anything with an engine🦾✅ takes balls of steel to hold the dragster to the floor💥
Except a top fuel dragster. He lifted the gas on first run. Got a second try, lifted again. Totally understandable though
Travis does it all. That would be a Kool TV show 😀
Very Cool! Congrats to all involved!!!
He had a great comment after his 1st pass. He said his butt was several hundred feet down the strip but his brain was still back on the starting line, maybe 60’ mark. That ‘splains it perfectly
Anyone else been waiting for this?? I how he gets out here full time in the near future!!
"If all goes well" says the legend to land the first double backflip to dirt
Says the guy who crashed base jumping last year lol. Travis knows that as much as it can go right, it can also go just as wrong. Probably better than most.
Until now, blowovers have always ended in disaster. Pastrana will prolly be the first to stick the landing ;-)
Never seen Travis this nervous
HE IS HOOKED !
To get the "big eyes" from a guy lke Pastrana tells you something.
Wow, not having NHRA in Chicago the past few years I've obviously missed out. Had no idea Alex was doing Top Fuel. Now that NHRA is coming back in 2023, I gotta start following again. Is there anything Travis can't or won't do?
Travis Pastrana the GOAT of everything possible!!!🔥🔥👊💯
He almost killed two crew members during his pass...not really 'goat' like. lol
Greatest 100 ft pass I have ever seen.
You probably have a better chance of winning the lottery vs driving a top fuel dragster. What an amazing experience for Travis.
Travis and the Gas’s !!! Perfect match ! Flat foot it !👍😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That was always my dream since I was about 7 years old.. Top fuel driver.. Man
Travis is a stud. Nothing that guy won't try wje. It comes to to racing
What can't Pastrana do or try. This kid is fearless
Skinny Viny is your name ?
Hes been on a drag strip before. Its on Cleetuses channel. And the mini van was a bit dramatic considering how fast hes already been on a drag strip.
Travis is the only guy I know that will pass through the pearly gates look at God and say " Well...what else have you got " . You are a bad ass Travis . PK
I could hear that in his voice perfectly 😂
Hell of a step up from good old Ruby when cleetus gave him a drive
Hey Travis. What about driving a fuel altered?? I think you'll like it. 👍👍👍👍
Scott, Then he would really have to change his shorts after driving an altered!😉😳🤣👍
Oh no lol.
@@slowpoke96Z28 Travis would need even more extra shorts!😳😉🤣
It's amazing what having money will do. Guy has no drag racing experience but yet here he is. Driving a top fueler
Never hear of this guy but he did handle that dragster very well and I like what he said at the end "I gotta go change my shorts".
Forget Supercross/motocross racer, Multi time freestyle motocross x games gold medalist, first guy to land a double backflip, he's raced several seasons in rally cars, did at least one NASCAR truck oval race, did Baja, done some off shore boat races. He seems like he can drive anything. I grew up riding dirt bikes and watching him.
In the motorcycling community, his talent is legendary. He also has brains, personality and balls of steel. If he makes up his mind to succeed in Top Fuel, odds are he'll find a way to make it happen.
Too cool. And I see Lyle creepin there in the background
Where's the clip of him hitting the throttle in reverse?
I came here to say this!
NHRA fluff peace. Granted the sport needs all the help but BS to all that know.
Good video! ✌️
Travis you look like a professional in there now listen to me you got great sponsors you're a hell of a guy get those sponsors to get you teamed up in a car so you can do what you dream about doing
I had no idea Smoke was involved in drag racing these days. Nice!
He might be the one guy that could get me interested in 1000' racing. Have barely watched since NHRA shortened the track for fuel cars.
Is that SMOKE...
One of those one in a million people he can race pretty much anything with a motor
MY Brother Always In The Pits Epping. EVERY YEAR. HE passed this March.Kevin. He Would Get His Ticket. SEASON opener. God Rest. WE Adored The Drags. Kevin lived For them. HE HAD 92 Mustang 389 White Rag. Top. ILL BE Driving.Hurst. 4 . AIR INDUCTION.Yea
Sorry for your loss. If he was anything like us it's an addiction & if he was, at Pomona he would probably sneak over the pvc divider in the stands @ the 1000' with sportsmen drivers & crews
Legend.
Good thing cleetus let him drive ruby to prepare for this
LOL Good thing? Ruby isn't even close to the level of a top fuel car.
What was your 60ft and 300 ft?
This would be amazing for the sport
Travis needs to start full time
Lol he gets so excited over the smallest things
I guarantee Travis that's got to be one of the best things you ever done guaranteed most scariest too
Need to get your boy cleetus in one of these
Is that SMOKE Tony Stewart
Team NitroSmoke !
Pastrana for President 2024 👍
We don't need any more celebrity presidents.
I just realized, Tony is Nascar, Dirt Track great Tony Stewart
He did run 7’s in Cleetus Corvette.
What the hell is left for Travis? What, fly a Blue Angel? Take a Shuttle for a test flight? Is he already the one single person who has driven everything with wheels, and some without?
It's pretty had to get airborne in a submarine. I'd like to see him give that a shot ;-)
Tony couldn't finish getting his license neither can Travis
Pretty sure the view count should say about everything! Get out here and race travis!! We've all been waiting for years, whether they say it or not for you to get out here!
Wheres the full run without the music?
Taylor
Who is he
Travis is one daredevil of a dude.
Loved it…
He's driven Cleetus' Ruby corvette. It didn't go well but yeah thats the fastest thing he's driven down the quarter
2:30 LOOK AT HIS EYES LOL
Let's go!
need more angles more video of run!
Hell yeah!!!
Is that Tony Stewart?
Did something happen on the second run? Hope all is ok dude?!
Why didn’t he make a full pass? It seems like something went wrong with the car that the editors of the episode are trying to hide.
Need to get cleetus in one of these. But I feel cleetus would Shine in pro stock
Scary first attempt. Travis needed more instruction in my opinion. Dangerous mistakes were made.
Especially the accidental throttle whack in reverse..lol
I agree. I’m amazed TA isn’t required as something of a stepping stone. Not sure I like the idea of paid drivers in NHRA
You got that right! He has no business in a Fuel car. Send him to Frank's school before he kills someone or himself.
Absolutely. Unfortunately the only real thing that stops anyone from becoming a "Professional Drag Racer" $$$$ Yes I know a licensed driver has to sign off. A responsible driver starts in a slower ride.
Man these cars can get to proxima centauri in under a day!
Travis did drive a drag car before this. He drove Ruby at Bradenton
Hi
Awesome
Happy for Travis. That looks cool.
But.....as a longtime NHRA member and fan....Shouldn't he be required to work his way up to this level? Usually you need to get certified on progressively faster cars. Obviously he's not putting other drivers in danger here and I'm sure it's detuned for these runs...but still
John
So he bought a dragster. I guess we’ll see him drag racing now
Travis pastrana will wins
He will bring sponsor$ it's good for TSR to get him
Someone put up a whole lot of collateral to let Travis behind a nitro funny car👍
I love Travis, great to see him tryng this.
The video .... too much talk, no onboard camera, not enough passes.. but hey.
Just a thought, is there anything Travis cannot drive?, F1 car next, then we can call him the most all rounded driver ever
Travis has drag raced before. At least he went down a Quarter Mile track. Not in a Top Fuel dragster but in one on Cleetus McFarland ( Garrett Mitchell's) cars.Your statement that he's never been down a Drag Strip is incorrect.
How about showing the pass !
The first pass it sounded like Travis said they shut him off? Maybe they had a way to remotely kill the fuel. I can't imagine they would let anyone except a skilled driver run a full pass in one of these. Maybe he was wandering too much. The second pass sounded like the same thing. Smoked the tires, was losing control, who knows.
How long until someone figures out how to cram Cleetus into a rail?
Scott Palmer is the best
Probably should have made some passes in something a little slower first. Very dangerous for everyone around that car. Just my opinion.
Signing up for Frank Hawley School first would be appropriate ...
@@dgraves7699 Yeah. There was another video of this or the original uncut version where he bumped the throttle in reverse back by the water box after he had stopped. They cut that part out.
why did he let off or did it just sound like he did 😂 no matter what he did good and should have his own team
A guy that jumps out of an airplane with no parachute is nervous about running a top fuel car surrounded by a veteran top fuel crew. Thats funny.
Man this video had so much build up, then you just skipped through the actual burn out and run!
Looked like it would've stuck and been a fast time if Travis kept it going but understandable why he let off
Well now is Travis about to take up drag racing. 🤔
NHRA would probably be better for him than NASCAR. Short attention span. Then again, the hits are harder.