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"Travis Pastrana has managed success in just about everything he&amp;#039;s ever attempted. A quick scan of his trophy shelf reveals four Rally America driver&amp;#039;s titles and 11 X-Games gold medals. If they gave out a prize for hosting action-sports television shows, he&amp;#039;d have one of those, too. It seems, however, that stock car success may forever elude the 30-year old: Pastrana has announced that he&amp;#039;s pulling out of NASCAR. &amp;quot;This past season of NASCAR has been an awesome experience. I have made a lot of great friends, had a lot of fun and gained a new appreciation for all aspects of this sport,&amp;quot; Pastrana explained via Facebook. He&amp;#039;s currently holding 14th in the Nationwide Series with Roush Fenway Racing, which isn&amp;#039;t all that shabby considering that this is his first full season. But, according to Pasrtana, his retirement is due to the outstanding commitments, both time and money-wise, that are required to truly compete in NASCAR. PHOTOS: Muscle on Mulsanne. &amp;quot;Its tough to step back now and prove the critics were right, but unfortunately my results were not good enough to get the sponsors I needed to appropriately fund next season ... The NASCAR schedule is grueling and takes enormous sacrifices from those you love to make work.&amp;quot; Pastrana&amp;#039;s three-year run at stock car racing got off to a rough start when he took a nasty spill at the 2011 X-Games, pushing his Nationwide Series debut almost a full calendar year. After mixed results in the No. 99 Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing, he took the wheel of Roush Fenway Racing&amp;#039;s No. 60 Ford for 2013. Pastrana is still expected to race this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Bottom line? Running in NASCAR requires an incredible amount of capital; even a driver sponsored by Red Bull and DC Shoes can fall by the wayside. No word yet on what Pastrana will do next. Via ESPN "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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