"They are the best, and smartest drivers" - Travis Pastrana explains the insanity of racing NASCAR

It wasn't until I went to Daytona International Speedway and saw the banks of the turns that I actually appreciated NASCAR. But it wasn't until I heard Travis Pastrana explain the insane details of NASCAR did I even begin to get the picture!
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[@scottyboy7462]

that was the most informative video on nascar i have ever seen. i have been a pastrana fan for over 15 yrs. now you know why.

[@superdave3894]

So true same here that’s how us motorsport guys are we wanna here the crazy technical inside stuff

[@jeremyrockhold4869]

Never cared

[@alex-mx7cd]

Nobody asked

[@sonicboom20078]

Wow, thank God! Now I know why you love Travis Pastrana!

[@-tee--bee-3230]

He gave me a WHOLE new outlook on the sport!

[@nicholasjokerst1050]

He gets so hyped to get other people hyped. Love it

[@drewwrobel564]

Travis is, well TRAVIS!

[@OfficialChickenJoe]

He’s the best

[@Evan-eq3uh]

Wow. I never heard anyone describe nascar like that. Love you pastrana!!!!! Your the best!!!!!

[@DanArnets1492]

NASCAR racing at the national level (the 3 big series you see on TV) is all about driving a very shitty racecar (very heavy, very powerful, almost no downforce, no telemetry, etc) on the very limit. It's like if there was a motocross series that forced everyone to ride 2-stroke twinshocks. Even if you use modern technology to build them very well and to make them very manageable... it's still a 2-stroke twinshock dirtbike. NASCAR is the car equivalent of that. Once you get to restrictor plate racing, what they do in Daytona & Talladega, it becomes a drafting game. Your driving skills don't really matter (you only have to control the wobbles air will cause) but you need to know your opponents and what the wind is doing very well. Depending on the wind direction and speed, the inside line will be the best, the outside line will be the best or both will work about the same. You're not full throttle all the time because that will make you hit the next car's rear bumper... but you also can't hold back too much or else either you lose the train or someone hits you from behind or someone changes lane and passes you. It's stupidly mental, the closest thing to restrictor plate racing is maybe road cycling when echelons happen due to strong crosswinds.

[@dustincallins4711]

@@DanArnets1492 tell em dan 🏁

[@kylemoore9626]

I love oval racing, Travis does a perfect job of explaining how crazy it is, it’s the baseball or golf of motorsports, it looks so simple but it’s so insanely hard.

[@TheChildress293133]

This is what the TV broadcasts are missing. Stop treating me like a first time viewer NBC and Fox....

[@GYPSYTALES]

That’s a cool point to make...

[@Danny-ur4bf]

Exactly!! The NFL has made the leap, with romo style announcing and actually saying what is happening, not what we can see but what is actually happening.

[@FATMIKED5183]

It's kinda late to get into NASCAR,unless maybe they finally changed to the new aero to allow for more position changes etc.

[@Grayson340]

@@FATMIKED5183 they continuously r changing aero packages. Last seasons aero package for mile and a halfs there was great racing everywhere

[@justineinerson2623]

The "turn left" mockers confuse me. It's a door-slamming, aero-sensitive, three-wide 500-mile bullfight around the "perfect circle." It's not an 80 mph cruise. Note: Daytona & Talladega shouldn't be the tracks we are focusing on if we want to talk about the complexities of stock car racing in America. It's the bullrings at Bristol and Martinsville, the high line at Homestead and the Darlington stripe.

[@FishGuyJer]

I’ve meet Travis twice and I can’t say it enough. Favorite Motorsport athlete hands down.

[@liamnissanS2K]

Used to ride with Travis, Kenny Bartram and Guy Cooper In the early 2000s. Still hitting the same jumps til this day at the Stillwater 500.

[@ealeitz99]

I started the video thinking he was out of his mind and left the video still thinking he’s out of his mind, but have a new found respect for NASCAR

[@GYPSYTALES]

Ha ah well good enough 🤘🏼

[@casgian3272]

Not only did Travis do an amazing job putting the challenges of nascar in perspective, this is coming from a widely successful pro driver that couldn't quite build a lasting career in nascar. His respect for the craft so much about how hard it must be

[@brianrichard1768]

Travis needs his own show. I don't many who could possibly have more stories than that guy.... and he tells them good

[@smtbigelow]

I think its hilarious that we have a professional driver who has done both nascar and rally racing telling people that nascar drivers are the best and yet people still think they are right and hes wrong.

[@countersteer713]

Not to mention the people that think they probably drive a sub 150 hp Virgin machine.

[@patrickanderson9023]

Pastrana was more or less a amateur driver both in rallying and in NASCAR.

[@smtbigelow]

@@patrickanderson9023 Look up the definition of proffesional, he got paid to drive a race car.

[@sledgehammerk35]

@@danielcurtis2297 yeah I don’t get why there’s such an elitist mentality from some F1 fans. Especially since most of the F1 drivers have openly showed a lot of respect for the NASCAR guys. I like F1, but their fans are toxic af...

[@logankowalyk2580]

@@patrickanderson9023 he as the world record on pikes peak buddy

[@slpn9t]

Man that dude is a legend, love to have a beer and a chat!

[@kevinmoore4887]

Maybe drink a couple Red Bulls so I can keep up. Travis is always so excited.

[@kevinm.n.5158]

@@kevinmoore4887 several Jager bombs later im dead on the floor and he's doing backflips on a pit bike

[@kevinmoore4887]

@@kevinm.n.5158 LOLZ!!! I worked with a software engineer who was naturally wired. Brilliant guy. I'd drink a big cup of coffee before meetings. OK, I'm "up to speed". I watched Travis since he was 16. It takes me a minute to process he is old enough to drink and have 2 children. I just watched his beer bong video, so your Jaeger bomb claim i would not dispute. In my 20s I did plenty of crazy stuff on Jaeger. Including free climbing the side of a 5 story apartment building 3 times. They stopped me from another lap.

[@corym4749]

Listening to him talk about racing in NASCAR, I now know why he didn't succeed in NASCAR

[@codyseybold7977]

I've been a nascar fan for the past 24 years... but the way travis just went in depth ive never heard before

[@thumpin250]

First time at Daytona on the bike was an interesting experience. Wide open fast the bike will go down on the yellow line with someone in front of you gives some great perspective to the lean angle to the flat and just makes you grin.

[@zretil]

Kimi Raikkonen Tried both Oval racing and Rally, quoting what he said about rally " its the most difficult thing I have done in my career ", i guess what is considered the most difficult is different from driver to driver

[@dustincallins4711]

Great video. I've always loved nascar. Friends would ask me why I loved it, “ all they do is turn left "..... 😑

[@dingusmagee3326]

its not until you see it in person, and hear and feel 40 700hp cars ripping 200mph side by side sliding through every turn until you fully appreciate what is happening

[@1320crusier]

was better pre 2015 with 950hp

[@GagePatrick]

@@1320crusier it was better when it was the 60s/70s everybody was trying to find the slightest advantage and the stories it would produce was amazing

[@ianleavitt8333]

@@GagePatrick like leading to the dodge charger daytona. Now they're all the same car with different advertisements on them

[@slimbrady6691]

@@GagePatrick The late 80s and 90s are my favorite eras. The cars were becoming more advanced but they still had that grass roots feel to them.

[@jeffreywriddlejr]

The truly remarkable thing about what Travis said, is that they'll go through each corner without a wreck like that a good 170-175 times in a 500 mile event at Daytona or Talladega.

[@AtMyOwnPace10]

LMP drivers go through corners 1000+ times I. 12-24 hour races in a lot of races just fine as well. And the drivers don’t cry about retaliation for a small fender bender by accident. Even the announcers talk about if the driver is getting it or not and they don’t even care. Do that in F1 or GT3/GT4 racing and they’re banned. And to boot less precision is required of them. No complicated corners really or tight chicanes. I’ll like to how they fair at COTA. I bet you they open up the track limits A TON for them so they don’t have to turn as much. I can see them being allowed to straight line the esses and run way wide at turn 17 and 18. And oh I bet they’ll he allowed to straight line 15 and 16 as well.

[@drumnbasssakuga9352]

​@@AtMyOwnPace10 endurance racers also aren't going at 200mph every corner bumper-to-bumper at 2 wide in cars with very low downforce and virtually no driver aids. And it requires a ton of finesse to keep those slippery ass cars from spinning out at such high speeds with such variable airflow. The racing at COTA was pretty great, they opened up track limits because they were going 5 wide and have 16 more cars on the grid than in F1. Kimi Raikkonen and Jenson Button participated in that race (yes, NASCAR) this year and neither even made the top 15, but you probably thought it would be easy for them to beat a bunch of "rednecks" driving "shitboxes".

[@Allintn22]

Life long nascar fan.Travis being in the sport is so good for explaining to people it's more then just left turns

[@kevinbacon8716]

I suggest anyone that has the hardware to do so try iRacing. It is insane how complex these ovals are. I've been one of the fastest guys on the track for 90% of the race but my tires are gone keeping that pace. Then the guys that can really drive blow right past me as they were able to hold that pace while saving their tires.

[@slimbrady6691]

You ever seen Days of Thunder? There's a scene in it just like that.

[@n-wordheelflips2648]

I go to a Nascar race in Michigan every year with my dad, was never a fan growing up but he's always loved that shit. I will say I'm a fan of Nascar in person, shits wild.

[@iultrah3804]

I’m not gonna lie this just gave me a whole new perspective on nascar. Which I find shocking seeing as my family were die hard Earnhardt fans and I got stuck watching it

[@HoustonRacewayKid]

I was in middle school when a kid come back from Aussie land with the accent, then I went thru high school and college with Spicoli-types, and now I’m literally dumbfounded I have the answer as to why he speaks this way. It’s a mix.

[@stuntdrvr]

when travis jumped in the water in San Francisco.. I knew I needed to be painting his helmet... damn.. another missed opportunity

[@xxxYYZxxx]

To everyone comparing NASCAR to F1 or WRC or Isle of Man; NASCAR races are WAAAAAYYYYY faster than all of these formats and it's not even close. In all of history, only Indy cars run faster on a circuit than Cup cars.

[@christiangreenwood5546]

World Rally championship is for the real talented drivers , amazing car control.

[@DanArnets1492]

Rallying is easier than you think. It's not first time on that road, you actually go down it 2-3 times with a streetlegal car before the clock starts ticking. They know exactly where they're going. You do it once at SLOW speeds (sometimes even slower than the speed limit) while telling your co-driver what he should tell to you during raceday. "6 left... narrows. Next one is 5 right but has good banking, write 5 plus...". Then you go down again once or twice (still with traffic being allowed on the road) but at the speed limit or a bit over it with your co-driver already calling the notes. You're silent except to tell your co-driver to change a note. Once everything is right and you already know the stage quite a bit, then you race. Top teams then have "ouvriers" (openers) that go through the stages hours before the roads are closed. Why? To check out on wet patches, ice patches, new bumps on dirt parts... They have your notes and will call you to alert you of anything new you might find. If you trust your ouvrier enough, you might even tell him to suggest you changes if they see something being really wrong.

[@christiangreenwood5546]

So what your saying is Nascar drivers don't know the stage ? Snow , ice , tarmac , gravel , wet or dry ! Do nascar drivers tackle all that in a season

[@DanArnets1492]

@@christiangreenwood5546 - Nope, I'm saying that rallying's not about "driving into the unknown", something idiots keep saying. When you're a rally driver, you know exactly what's coming, the co-driver is just there to keep your memory fresh and to avoid any possible brain farts

[@kadasrichard]

@@christiangreenwood5546 Of course they don't. They are racing on Oval tracks, the average speed is much higher, it would be suicide to race on an Oval track in the rain.

[@robvanderkroft6515]

@@DanArnets1492 anyone who truly knows rally knows what they are driving into still unpredictable as the stages change as more cars go through and the conditions change

[@39Thacker]

Anybody who hasn't watched nascar lately ought to watch some of the small tracks theres some real tight racing on those slower flatter tracks that I'm definitely starting to love again

[@tracyhandy3236]

I miss rallycross, wish Travis could get it going here in the US again.

[@thejakefort]

I’m a sprint car racer from Pennsylvania and I really have the same opinion of the SX guys...

[@anthonyboulus9042]

Old but still good.. Should hit up luke fink bro . Great dude

[@GYPSYTALES]

He’s on in a couple weeks

[@anthonyboulus9042]

@@GYPSYTALES great stuff brother

[@subparadventures2876]

Man Luke can ride a bmx I remember back in the day 👍🏻

[@H8er-Maker]

Wow that's saying something, personally I always thought that Rally had the best drivers. With Pastrana being a former Rally driver & him saying that about NASCAR speaks volumes. Tom Cruise made it look so ez...

[@metalforever12085]

Meh, I'd still think that WRC drivers are the best considering how blistering fast modern rally cars are. I respect NASCAR for what it is but my attention span doesn't let me watch cars go in circles for 200 laps. Seeing it live might be different though.

[@smtbigelow]

@@metalforever12085 So you have a professional driver that has done both rally and nascar tell you that nascar drivers are the best, and yet you are still gonna say you are right, hes wrong? People amaze me.

[@metalforever12085]

@@smtbigelow "I'd still think" means "in my opinion". I am not stating it as fact. Of course 199's opinion is more valid than mine. I'm speaking from a bias rally fan point of view. Reading comprehension, please.

[@smtbigelow]

@@metalforever12085 I comprehended your "opinion" perfectly, doesnt change the fact that its wrong.

[@metalforever12085]

@@smtbigelow I'm sure there are drivers out there who would say his opinion is wrong. His opinion doesn't equal fact. Considering NASCAR and WRC are totally different motorsports there isn't a way to actually gauge which one is harder other than people's opinions. I get it, you're a NASCAR fan which I respect but to take one person's opinion as actual fact is a real stupid thing to do.

[@just10NU]

F1 or rally racers are the best of the best

[@calska140]

I was into it for a minute years. so much long strategy and managing emergent aero circumstances.

[@yesdude3914]

God I hate interviewers who just say things like, “really?!” or “aww that’s crazy” way too often because they feel awkward and can’t really contribute to the conversation

[@GYPSYTALES]

Ha send me some links to your podcast man so I can learn from the best

[@psychotropnilachtan8869]

@@GYPSYTALES One doesnt need to be a great chef to recognize shltty food.

[@TheNazradin]

I think the world rally championship drives would be saying just hold my beer.

[@anthonyboulus9042]

Great work

[@juanrcr42]

On that quote that says “they are the best and smartest drivers” here’s the thing. You’ve never heard the feedback a F1 driver gives back to his engineers. And the adjustments the driver makes himself while going just as fast. And then add the physicality of driving around those corners with a gazillion pounds of downforce that are trying to rip your head off your torso. Yes NASCAR is extremely hard... but it would take years for one of those guys to be able to master the best open wheel cars in the world

[@TimothyFitch]

NASCAR does all of that too while being in a pack blind to each other, NASCAR has road courses too bud

[@WhopperJrNoCheese]

Okay, but imagine this. 40 degree field of view in a 120 degree oven with a man on the roof of one of the track buildings acting as your eyes for your left, right, and rear as you travel 150+ mph fighting a car that changes the way it handles just by the position of your fellow racers and the pressure changes they cause, the temperature of the air, the position of the clouds as well as the sun. No automated clutch, pit road limiters, engine/fuel modes, or DRS.

[@keith_hudson]

Realizing I had no idea about NASCAR. And still don't for that matter.

[@DClairRobinson]

He makes it sound like a single team sport, where you're all in the same team, but only one player gets to win...

[@pineapplethefruitdude3144]

Nah the best racecar drivers a rally group b drivers. Don’t get me wrong but Rallye drivers are from another planet

[@griffinfaulkner3514]

What do you think Pastrana's day job is?

[@andrewosier614]

@@griffinfaulkner3514 Does he even have a legitimate day job?

[@griffinfaulkner3514]

@@andrewosier614 He's a driver for Subaru Team USA, and races in the ARA championship, with multiple championships to his name and the current record time at the Mt. Washington hillclimb.

[@smtbigelow]

@@griffinfaulkner3514 And yet losers here that can barely drive a car down the street are trying to say they know better than pastrana, who has done both. Fuck me people are stupid.

[@metalforever12085]

@@griffinfaulkner3514 Let's be honest here, 80's Group B is a whole different animal than modern WRC. It would be interesting to see Pastrana tame a Group B car for a few stages and hear his opinion on how it compares to modern WRC.

[@MaxPrescottDi9]

It’s wild how Motorsports fans can’t just respect other forms of racing and enjoy it all (looking at f1 fans)

[@passthetunaporfavor]

Dang that renews my Nascar fandom.

[@r3uvsgaming]

3:47 So he's like NASCAR's Takahashi Ryosuke?

[@redneckgamers897]

Crazy to think Pastrana used to hate nascar then did it and realized how much harder it really is

[@jasonfalcon4052]

❤️🏁😎 he’s so awesome. There isn’t anything this guy can’t do.🏁

[@N4SCMads_Edits]

And the dudes back in NASCAR in a Daytona 500 ride

[@martycech5844]

“ Go Fast, turn Left…”

[@rolandcrowell6219]

I love how pastrana supports nascar!

[@SamuelDuplessis12]

Well..... for shitty season he had in the Busch Series (at the time now Xfinity Series) , you kinda have to not be bitter. Yes, his season didn't turn out the way he wanted to but that doesn't mean he has to be bitter about it. Like the fact he's humble enough to be an ambassador for NASCAR basically as a thank you to NASCAR, Red Bull Racing and Toyota for letting him give it a try. Hopefully now with the lighter bodies on these newer Xfinity Cars, he'll give it another shot cause I think with the PJ1 and the lighter bodies, he could do really well.

[@Danny-es5ds]

The Isle of Man TT - the race with the greatest racing drivers/riders on the planet, no question

[@xxxYYZxxx]

The Isle of Man race is quite slow compared to Daytona. I doubt any Isle of Man winners could keep on the lead lap of a NASCAR race... not without need fresh drawers.

[@stickvortex]

Nascar is definitely more complicated than a lot of people think, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call nascar drivers the best. Every sport requires a specialized skill set, and Nascar is no different. I’d reckon F1 might be higher skill though, but again it’s apples to oranges in some way.

[@GYPSYTALES]

Yeah this is true!

[@chrisclifford4109]

F1 and WRC unquestionably requires greater skill

[@stickvortex]

@@chrisclifford4109 Yeah I agree, I phrased it as lightly as possible. Not every kind of driver can successfully switch to another discipline though, which is why I mentioned the specialised skillset. F1 and WRC definitely require much greater car control, but Nascar is all about spacial awareness. Then again so are the others. I'm just doing my best to try and be as impartial as possible.

[@blubug768]

Just look at ROC winners, lots of WRC/F1 drivers.

[@shooter7a]

@@chrisclifford4109 unquestionably? That is nonsense. Their is ONE key skill in driving that matters the most...and that is feeling the limit of the tires. Modern stock cars develop this skill more than any other because they are under tired and over weight. They handle TERRIBLE. Look at AJ Allmendinger when he was in the Forsyth Indy Car. That was the first and only Indy car he drove that was properly set up for him...and he nearly won the title. He kicked ass. How did he do in Nascar? Not great. Why? Because AJ could not adjust his technique from corner to corner. He just did not have the subtle skills needed. I raced AJ in karts a LOT...and when he went to NASCAR I was so sure he would kick ass. He never did. There is a LOT of skill in diving cup cars just because of how long you are in the turn, and how hard it is to get most out of those tires.

[@RBAERO]

Research all the major race classes on and off-road. The most skilled is those drive rally like WRC and Dakar.

[@oskarskates]

define driving skill in a way were we can compare data, otherwise this is all speculation 🤷‍♂️

[@X5XST4RK1L3R]

Commented, liked, more content please

[@kmack764]

I started watching nascar after watching all of the Sim racers.

[@sourdieselallday]

Not a subscriber but trying to see if I like this channel and Travis's interesting stories but I am having trouble Travis's co-host, he needs another person there to help him. A third interesting smart guy that Travis raced with. IMO

[@xxxYYZxxx]

The guy who does front-flips on a motorcycle thinks NASCAR is hard.

[@jgs1703]

All racing is hard.

[@christianmackie4286]

NASCAR is AWESOME

[@robcreighton7705]

Honest question has he done Bathurst in a v8 supercar

[@MRLazaruslazz]

I was thinking the exact same thing, think he forgot about Supercars here in Aus

[@MRLazaruslazz]

Well he knows but doesn’t respect as much it seems

[@shooter7a]

It was such absurd arrogance that RC was just going to be NASCAR driver after he retired. All those guys started driving when they were 10 years old...or younger...and have spent their whole lives learning to feel the tires working through their hands and the seat of their pants. Learning that feel takes thousands of hours in a car. That and Cup cars are the worst handling cars on the planet...and you have to adjust your driving style at every corner. Cup drivers are VERY good just because of how poorly the cars handle. They are VERY hard to drive fast.

[@dreadone6894]

Laughs in Formula Ughn lol

[@rockstarbmf9595]

Gotta take Travis for the experienced BMF he is! I'd guess that F1 racing would require a more skilled driver, but I've never done any so what do I know.

[@xafbxmoto269]

Not really. NASCAR is about as hard as it gets. People from all different racing backgrounds try it and fail.

[@chrisclifford4109]

@@xafbxmoto269 Lewis Hamilton beat Tony Stewart’s lap time in his own car. NASCAR is hard but no American Motorsport is as difficult as those in Europe. Not even close (I’m American btw)

[@xafbxmoto269]

@@chrisclifford4109 You are out of your mind buddy. Beat one lap time so he can race in the series? No. There’s a difference between doing laps and racing with 40 other cars. I don’t even care my favorite racing is Baja anyway but you euro fans are hilarious.

[@xafbxmoto269]

@@chrisclifford4109 No American Motorsport? Baja 1000 ring a bell? How about super cross and motocross? How about nhra? How about drag boats? What about tractor pulls lol

[@chrisclifford4109]

@@xafbxmoto269 by Motorsport I meant cars. Yes, we can compete in motocross, super cross, even MotoGP (well, historically). But NASCAR is basically recruiting people from the US vs the entire world for F1. Those guys start karting when they’re in diapers. If you actually think the skill or fitness level is comparable to NASCAR you’re kidding yourself. NASCAR drivers wouldn’t even be able to finish an F1 race. NASCAR is dying too

[@Steezy_Mx]

This guy has never worked a day under the sun 😂

[@promx96]

Definitely different type of racing but idk F1 cars moves pretty fast too

[@griffinfaulkner3514]

It isn't the speed, but the proximity and relative lack of grip. You never see F1 cars in such tight proximity for anywhere near as long as NASCAR drivers, or even INDYCAR drivers on some of the short ovals they run.

[@phouse8manable]

@@griffinfaulkner3514 I think a lot of people don't realize that with single seater racing, the vast majority of the time the driver is actually racing against the track more so than his opponents. I can lose a tenth here in this corner, but I'll make up 2 tenths in the next, etc. While in stock car racing a tenth mistake stays with you almost the entire lap with almost no chance of recovering, all other things being equal.

[@Ninja98x]

@@phouse8manable to add to this, one of the big differences between NASCAR (or most oval racing) and something like F1 is the way you're forced to race against your opponents. There is nothing on the planet that can match an F1 car, period. But the thing with F1 is, you're trying to run your fastest possible lap and following your ideal line, and only occasionally do you deviate from that to race wheel to wheel with someone. You can spend an entire race after lap 1 basically by yourself, running laps and having lapped cars move out of the way for you. But in NASCAR, you're forced to run a suboptimal line so often that basically it doesn't matter how fast you can run a lap by yourself if you can't also find the fastest way around someone. It's the nature of racing on any track that when you try to pass someone or stop someone from passing you, you WILL lose time from it. In F1 that might mean you finish 9 seconds off the podium vs 7. But in NASCAR it's so tight that one wrong choice can have 12 cars pass you by and leave you hung out to dry for multiple laps. Even if you're faster than the cars in front, you've got to pass all these cars back and also your tires are likely more worn because you pushed so hard not to lose time and this will hurt you significantly in 35 laps from now, and you may have even picked up marbles to boot, making your job even harder. I'm a longtime NASCAR fan who has basically given up on the sport because of the bullshit manufactured drama they've resorted to, but I still have the utmost respect for the driver skill, the teams, engineers, and all the effort and money that goes into a NASCAR Cup team.

[@bruisedbananas9616]

Some nascar team spent a bunch of money so travis could cure an itch to try something new. Lol

[@THIS---GUY]

They probably made a ton of money on his name and merch

[@VincentAmbrosioSalad]

It also doesn’t help that NASCAR does a shit job at marketing

[@IHWKR]

Travis pastrami

[@pay2000]

No, best drivers are Rally drivers

[@forkumu2003]

I agree

[@rattlecan53]

Eh, still not as difficult or dangerous as riding a Moto GP bike. 220mph, sliding around the track, inches apart, and no cage to protect you. NASCAR is a game of skills, Moto GP is a game of skills......and testicular fortitude.

[@rasmusjensen8271]

Yeah going 2 or more side by side into a corner is hard in any race, F1 drivers go side by side into fucking hairpins and shit, and like you said the damn bikers... You can't even compare a Moto GP racer to someone on 4 wheels, the bike guys are just mad lads and mad probs to them for the trust they have in each other.

[@matthewd6306]

Travis doesn't know about Formula 1.

[@bobzuruncle8424]

Love Travis, but NASCAR is boring. I’ve been to plenty of races and the ATMOSPHERE is exciting, but the racing is utterly boring .

[@sylansylan4189]

After you discover more and more about the sport, like how many G forces those banked turns on Super Speedways, Short Tracks and Motor Speedways produce, the HANS devices, the spotters, teams and more you'll learn to appreciate all the work that they go through just to even survive even 10 laps around. Its not for everyone, I'll admit it, but you cannot deny how much grueling effort they have to go through just to wheel that couple of tons of literal metal brick around a 250 or 500 mile event on either a standard Speedway (Dover, Kentucky, Auto Club etc) or Super Speedway (Daytona and Talladega) or even road course (Sonoma, Watkins Glen, Charlotte Roval).

[@mikeskidmore6754]

Pastrona crashed a lot of NASCARs

[@Konformation07]

stock cars my friend not NASCARs. NASCAR is only the sanctioning body.

[@mikeskidmore6754]

@@Konformation07 Pastrona was racing in the NASCAR Organizations .. Trucks Bush Series ect.. so he crashed NASCAR's the expensive ones..

[@WhopperJrNoCheese]

@@mikeskidmore6754 NASCAR stands for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. No one calls them National Association for Stock Car Auto Racings. They're called stock cars, NASCAR cars, race cars, NASCAR race cars, or NASCAR stock cars, or just cars; but not NASCARs.

[@robvanderkroft6515]

Far from the best and smartest drivers but they are up there .

[@queefqueefington]

I’d say F1 drivers are far above nascar drivers in skill💁🏼‍♂️ And the races more demanding physically

[@smtbigelow]

F1 races dont last 4-5 hours. f1 dont race 3 wide inches from each other for 4 hours at 190 mph. Let me guess, you have never even watched a nascar race.

[@queefqueefington]

@@smtbigelow Yeah and you seem like a f1 expert too. If you say nascar takes more skill than f1 you’re a proper dum dum

[@Erik-px1me]

@@queefqueefington the fact that not a single f1 driver in the modern era of NASCAR has managed to win on an oval says a lot, doesn’t it?

[@sledgehammerk35]

@@danielcurtis2297 finally someone with some common sense. Agree 100%.

[@dylangregory9855]

An F1 driver and Jimmy Johnson swapped cars one day. Guess which one was unable to drive around the track at full speed

[@davewheless4615]

Go watch Moto GP ,Nascar driver's have said those guy's are God's

[@jackmakackov7077]

Formula 1 drivers are the best

[@joshboyfuture9698]

I really wish he would have done better

[@6Dirt6]

Nice clip, false quote.

[@tlanthony82]

But that's plate racing. Everyone is hyped for plate racing *minus me*. Watch a 500 mile race for the cookie cutter tracks and you will all go packing.

[@EnglertRacing96]

Nope. They are hacks compared to sprint car drivers. World of outlaws ran 15mph faster at Bristol with dirt and a degree less banking.

[@WhopperJrNoCheese]

Most of these guys came from sprint cars and being dirt track bandits. Look at Tony Stewart. He STILL drives sprint cars.

[@EnglertRacing96]

@@WhopperJrNoCheese Stewart is usually a lap car at sprint car and midget races LOL

[@RickOAA]

People talk the same kinda smack about drag racers. Whether a bike or car, only a fool would climb aboard any serious race vehicle and think they'd be anywhere near a professional level...let alone get down the track safely. Absurd.

[@kevincorbat7084]

im not a fan of drag racing at all, but what those crews and drivers do to those monsters is nothing short of incredible!

[@Dotngg6050]

Ever heard about Formula 1

[@jackbob99morgan3]

It's much easier to drive an F1 car around other cars. The car nearly drives itself. While a car in Nascar is basically a brick on wheels.

[@Luigix99x]

Pastrami: "Best and smartest drivers" 20 people with Einstein's IQ: Laughs in Formula 1.

[@WhopperJrNoCheese]

F1 is boring to me. The most exciting thing is the start and rush into turn 1, and after that, it's just a 100+ mph parade. From the start of the race you already know it's either gonna be Mercedes, Ferrari, or Red Bull. I mean, unless the circumstances change, and each one of those teams get fucked in the same race.

[@5446moto]

NASCAR is destine to fail. The sooner they recognize people are not interested in watching RACE CARS going around in circles. People would however be interested in watching real production cars (modded for safety purposes) race around in circles. They can play games with the rules and racing formats all they want but this will never lead to as successful a following they used to have. Old Chinese proverb race on Sunday buy on Monday believe it or not could once again ring out. People want to see THEIR car out there NOT a fiberglass sticker bombed watered down race vehicle. The time is now the current lineup of American muscle on lots today has more than sufficient HP. If this is done/figured out soon it will be too late. Why you ask? Electric vehicles are on the horizon, best of luck getting the target audience enthused there (don’t believe me? watch Harley Davidson E bike sales lol). Know your consumers, stop assuming things from your point of view. The stands are empty and only going to be more so until they pull their all knowing heads out of...

[@7orqu3]

Left hand turns.... just stop. You seriously think drivers in NASCAR would rather race in NASCAR for NASCAR money than in f1. Gimme a fucking break.

[@romeoromero808]

Maybe theres more to it but it's still left turn, left turn, left turn and left turn again. F1 is better 🤷🏽‍♂️🤘🏎

[@StaySqueezy12]

Stop being stupid

[@romeoromero808]

@@StaySqueezy12 not sorry, f1 still better🤷🏽‍♂️🤘

[@Mattdugas24]

F1 has no passing. And the cars have too much engineering and too much downforce. There’s a reason why Oval track racing has superior racing. Watch a winged 410 Sprint Car race and tell that isn’t exciting to watch.

[@romeoromero808]

@@Mattdugas24 Bro watch f1 overtake highlights, there's a lot of passing throughout the race. Cars need that downforce cause they're taking turns at 100+kph. Am not saying Nascar it's not exciting I've seen some races but I dont know what am looking at exactly.✌

[@dehydratedwat3r]

f1>nascar

[@xxxYYZxxx]

F1 races look painfully slow to NASCAR fans.

[@8688nick]

No love for F1?

[@codymoe4986]

Has he raced in F1 or any of its feeder series?

[@mike_hawk69]

nah NASCAR still boring

[@MegaJiiRo]

Not a single one of the nascar drivers are "the best drivers". f1 and wrc has best drivers no question about it

[@jacksonsingletary3749]

The professional race car driver just told you they are the best drives but yeah we will take you’re highly qualified opinion

[@MegaJiiRo]

@@jacksonsingletary3749 your american ego cant handle the truth that america is not the best at everything.

[@MegaJiiRo]

@@jacksonsingletary3749 you know in other carsportss you need to know how to turn to right too

[@WhopperJrNoCheese]

But that's why Alonso couldn't complete a full lap without losing grip in Jimmie Johnson's #48, right? Cause he's better.

[@leonardormendes]

Best drivers? LMAO. Travis, I'm a big fan, but we all know that's not true. Put Logano in a Rally car and you'll see who's better and smarter in two turns when he crashes into a tree.

[@yammiebruh]

lol says the ignorant guy in the comments section

[@richardferrell4362]

considering thats what hes done for a living, i take what he says as more weighted vs what a randy on the internet says....

[@jacobmartinez2732]

Rally and formula could debatably be harder but nascar is still incredibly hard.

[@xafbxmoto269]

If rally car drivers were as good as you say they are they wouldn’t be in rally because there’s way more money in nascar. Travis didn’t even get into the cup series, he only made it to bush. Travis pastrana with world records in a rally car can’t even make it to the pro level.

[@leonardormendes]

@@xafbxmoto269 Please enlighten me as to what world records Travis Pastrana holds in a Rally car. I'll be waiting. He's one of the greatest on two wheels, for sure, but he couldn't clean the boots of a WRC or F1 driver. I never said NASCAR isn't hard, I love the series and understand how complex the driving is, but it's nowhere near as hard as rally or formula. There's no denying that.

[@robertcooper1666]

Imagine thinking NASCAR drivers are the best racing drivers out there LMFAO

[@TheTkrum]

Disagree. The sand is tougher. Sandcars at Glamis make the best drivers

[@iamf1692]

Wait till he finds out what f1 is

[@iamf1692]

And wec

[@davidtekeste3254]

To be in F1 you have to be pretty good, but to me F1 is boring and so is NASCAR. To me my fav racing series is Indycar because its like a combo of F1 and NASCAR and its also way more entertaining that F1 and NASCAR.

[@iamf1692]

@@davidtekeste3254 to be in f1 you have to be the literal best in the world what are you talking about. You saying you have to be pretty good is hilarious because you actually have to be a top 20 driver in the world

[@davidtekeste3254]

@@iamf1692 Just stating my opinion and trying to have a diligent convo but go off ig. But since we're on the topic of drivers and since you wanna go off. Top 20, yea i smell bullshit. If the top 20 drivers in the world are all F1 then F1 shouldnt be as three sided as it is between Mercedes, Ferrari, and Red Bull. You can gurantee that Mercedes is gonna win the championship every year and RB and Ferrai will take 2nd and 3rd. Now if F1 was made up of the top 20, that shouldnt be the case but it is. F1 doesnt get decided by whose the better driver. It gets decided by who your racing for. If you aint driving for Mercedes, RB, or Ferrari you dont have a fucking chance at all to win. You dont have to be good. You just have to be competent enough, and racing for a good team. Any driver whose competent enough can win if they race for Mercedes. Also, you cant say you have to be top 20 to be in F1 when some the most noturiously worst drivers in all of motorsport have come from or through F1. Hell there are some suspect af drivers in F1 now. Top 20 my fucking ass.

[@iamf1692]

@@davidtekeste3254 “go off i guess” proceeds to write 6x more than I did lmao. Your so mad that you watch shitty indy car. Lmfao sad ass

[@olibaba9188]

Hard to turn left

[@brandonenglund7516]

I’m sure it is for you

[@olibaba9188]

@@brandonenglund7516 I’m sure it’s very tough💪🏻

[@smtbigelow]

@@olibaba9188 Get out there and show us how its done.

[@olibaba9188]

@@smtbigelow but I like to turn right sometimes. Isn’t that against the rules?

[@BlowoverBros]

@@olibaba9188 I love this stereotype that ignores nascar running 7 road courses a year. Tune in next Tuesday when they race the Daytona road course.

[@156football]

No offense to nascar, but a guy like kimi raikonen can step out of F1 and go into nascar and get 7th,(edit, not 7th, only midfield finishes) and a good bit of midfield finishes. I would LOVE to see a nascar driver TRY to keep up with rally drivers, F1 drivers, or other racing series like le mans. They'd be simply outmatched. Edit 2:I'm talking about your average nascar drivers. Not the legends

[@Smaaaaaash]

Kimi raced twice in NASCAR and finished 27th and 31st respectively, not 7th. Not to mention, he only raced in the 2 lower class series. As for your other comment, check out Carl Edwards vs Michael Schumacher at Race of Champions ;)

[@sledgehammerk35]

Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson won the nations Cup in ROC driving rally cars against rally and F1 drivers...

[@156football]

Fair enough. I stand corrected, what I meant, is the average nascar driver isn't as talented as your average F1, Indycar, or rally car driver IMO. Those guys are legends, I'm not surprised to hear of their success

[@156football]

@@Smaaaaaash thanks for the correction, I checked that out, I was mainly talking about the average nascar drivers, I'm not surprised to hear Carl edwards beat schumacher in a rally event. They are both out of their element. However, In general, f1 drivers do have much more success in ROC than nascar guys.

[@156football]

@@sledgehammerk35 yeah? And? David coulthard (spelling idk) won champion of champions twice, and I don't know of any nascar drivers to do it more than once...I think Sebastian vettel has most race wins with 9...they are great drivers. Super knowledgeable drivers as well, but they are AMONG the best in the world, but certainly not "the best" as pastrana calls them here. That's a ludicrous claim

[@m.a.mehalick0910]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 go drive a sprint car Travis... An asphalt stock car is a glorified go kart.

[@evanmarcon886]

Still got nothing on f1 🙌🏻

[@jackbob99morgan3]

Where a driver has to be in a top car to compete? Driving a car going 190 against a wall with cars around you is very hard do it.

[@evanmarcon886]

@@jackbob99morgan3 never said nascar wasn’t hard, simply that f1 is superior. Doing 350+ kph while passing another car and then braking to less than 100 in less than a second is also incredibly difficult and scary

[@sledgehammerk35]

@@evanmarcon886 F1 isn’t superior. It’s different and comparing the two is completely asinine.

[@Mattdugas24]

@@evanmarcon886 Formula 1 and passing in the same sentence. Get out of here with that nonsense lmao.

[@randallt6628]

Laughs in F1

[@Mike__O_757]

If F1 drivers are so good why do they flunk out of NASCAR?

[@randallt6628]

@@Mike__O_757 cuz it's boring

[@Mike__O_757]

@@randallt6628 oh, ya, you're probably right. The "best" drivers in the world can't hack it in NASCAR because they get bored. Speaking of boring tell me more about how exciting F1 is with maybe two passes for position all race and the rest of it is a high speed series of parade laps

[@randallt6628]

@@Mike__O_757 lol ok nerd

[@MrSir2552]

@@randallt6628Jenson Button said it was one of the best experiences of his life driving a NASCAR race at COTA, said it was like a full F1 season in a single race. Doesn’t sound so boring to me? And he’s a previous F1 champion.

[@HRM.H]

Such a american statement to say that nascar drivers are the smartest 😂 same way that americans think they are smart with NA education