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12-31-2009, 07:53 AM
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On New Year’s Eve, rally ace Travis Pastrana will “test the laws of physics” and get airborne in a Subaru Impreza STI for Red Bull’s annual New Year’s event, “Red Bull: New Year. No Limits.” The goal is to break the 171-foot world record for the longest distance jump in a rally car.
Mr. Pastrana, a four-time champion in the Rally America series, will take off from a ramp on the Pine Street Pier in Long Beach, Calif., and hopefully travel 40 to 50 feet above the water, landing on a floating barge in Rainbow Harbor. If he falls short, according to a Red Bull spokesman, Jordan Miller, waterborne rescue crews will be standing by.
Garth Milan/Red Bull Photofiles
Mr. Pastrana is a four-time champion in the Rally America series.Mr. Pastrana, 26, said in a phone interview that the approximately 250-foot jump turned out to be “a lot bigger than it looked when I drew it up on a napkin.” His motivation, he said, is topping previous “No Limits” stunts (the event is in its third year). Mr. Pastrana said he also considered jumping into a stadium and hopping over a freeway. He crashed one of the rally cars during testing, but he remains upbeat. “The car disintegrated, but I’m doing okay,” he said.
Mr. Pastrana, a former motocross and supercross phenom, said his passion remains racing. And he asserted that the jump, by putting a fleet of Subarus through extreme testing, “is helping progress rallying as a sport.” The jump car has had $250,000 in modifications, adding horsepower, a stiffer suspension and a roll cage. But Mr. Pastrana said the car is still “street legal.”
Red Bull and ESPN, which will televise the event live, are presumably getting what they wanted: not rally research, but an entertainment spectacular, albeit one that will last only a few seconds
Another article;
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LONG BEACH - We're on the countdown to the countdown and there is a lengthy list of activities downtown to ring in the New Year.
The highlight comes a little early - at 9 p.m. 26-year-old stunt driver Travis Pastrana, star of the MTV show "Nitro Circus," will attempt to jump his car off the Pine Avenue Pier onto a barge floating in the Long Beach Harbor and break the 171-foot world record for longest jump in a car.
Perfect viewing will be available from Shoreline Village, Parkers' Lighthouse, the Lighthouse Park and any of the Pine Avenue Pier restaurants, such as Gladstone's, Famous Dave's, Tokyo Wako or P.F. Chang's.
The jump, timed for the East Coast, will be carried on ESPN. After the jump, the celebration will continue along the waterfront and Pine Avenue with music, dancing and other events leading up to midnight.
The Bouchees Bistro celebration runs from 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Bouchees has taken over the former Smooth's restaurant location.
At Pine Avenue and Broadway there will be live performances by American English, a Beatles tribute band, The Disco Kings and Knyght Ryder beginning at 7 p.m.
The East Village Arts District, at First and Elm Streets, will celebrate with live performances by local independent artists Avi Buffalo, Royal Sons and Dusty Rhodes and the River Band at 8 p.m.
The East Village and Pine Avenue audiences will both have a live feed of the activities at the waterfront via large- screen
projections on each stage and replays of Pastrana's jump throughout the night.
There will be a light show featuring downtown's state-of-the-art LED light system and a fireworks show at midnight.
Waterfront activities will run from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Downtown's eclectic East Village Arts District at First Street and Elm Street will offer the Rock Bottom Beer Garden and Indie music gems beneath the firework-lit sky from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Getting around
According to the city's Web site, there will be many ways to get to and around Downtown Long Beach tonight.
Reserved parking and restaurant reservations can be made via the DLBA Web site.
Additional information about New Year's Eve in downtown, parking, transportation and street closure details, are also available. For information, call 562-436-4259 or go to www.downtownlongbeach.org. Events are free.
VIP parking is available for purchase on the DLBA Web site. A detailed parking and transportation map with driving directions and parking costs for 19 parking lots and/or structures throughout downtown can be downloaded.
Long Beach Transit service will be free tonight 6 p.m. until 2:30 a.m., offering 24 routes that stop at the Long Beach Transit Mall near First Street and Pine Avenue. All Passport Shuttle routes will be offered free to and from downtown.
The Blue Line will offer extended hours, operating throughout the night with uninterrupted service.
On New Year’s Eve, rally ace Travis Pastrana will “test the laws of physics” and get airborne in a Subaru Impreza STI for Red Bull’s annual New Year’s event, “Red Bull: New Year. No Limits.” The goal is to break the 171-foot world record for the longest distance jump in a rally car.
Mr. Pastrana, a four-time champion in the Rally America series, will take off from a ramp on the Pine Street Pier in Long Beach, Calif., and hopefully travel 40 to 50 feet above the water, landing on a floating barge in Rainbow Harbor. If he falls short, according to a Red Bull spokesman, Jordan Miller, waterborne rescue crews will be standing by.
Garth Milan/Red Bull Photofiles
Mr. Pastrana is a four-time champion in the Rally America series.Mr. Pastrana, 26, said in a phone interview that the approximately 250-foot jump turned out to be “a lot bigger than it looked when I drew it up on a napkin.” His motivation, he said, is topping previous “No Limits” stunts (the event is in its third year). Mr. Pastrana said he also considered jumping into a stadium and hopping over a freeway. He crashed one of the rally cars during testing, but he remains upbeat. “The car disintegrated, but I’m doing okay,” he said.
Mr. Pastrana, a former motocross and supercross phenom, said his passion remains racing. And he asserted that the jump, by putting a fleet of Subarus through extreme testing, “is helping progress rallying as a sport.” The jump car has had $250,000 in modifications, adding horsepower, a stiffer suspension and a roll cage. But Mr. Pastrana said the car is still “street legal.”
Red Bull and ESPN, which will televise the event live, are presumably getting what they wanted: not rally research, but an entertainment spectacular, albeit one that will last only a few seconds
Another article;
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LONG BEACH - We're on the countdown to the countdown and there is a lengthy list of activities downtown to ring in the New Year.
The highlight comes a little early - at 9 p.m. 26-year-old stunt driver Travis Pastrana, star of the MTV show "Nitro Circus," will attempt to jump his car off the Pine Avenue Pier onto a barge floating in the Long Beach Harbor and break the 171-foot world record for longest jump in a car.
Perfect viewing will be available from Shoreline Village, Parkers' Lighthouse, the Lighthouse Park and any of the Pine Avenue Pier restaurants, such as Gladstone's, Famous Dave's, Tokyo Wako or P.F. Chang's.
The jump, timed for the East Coast, will be carried on ESPN. After the jump, the celebration will continue along the waterfront and Pine Avenue with music, dancing and other events leading up to midnight.
The Bouchees Bistro celebration runs from 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Bouchees has taken over the former Smooth's restaurant location.
At Pine Avenue and Broadway there will be live performances by American English, a Beatles tribute band, The Disco Kings and Knyght Ryder beginning at 7 p.m.
The East Village Arts District, at First and Elm Streets, will celebrate with live performances by local independent artists Avi Buffalo, Royal Sons and Dusty Rhodes and the River Band at 8 p.m.
The East Village and Pine Avenue audiences will both have a live feed of the activities at the waterfront via large- screen
projections on each stage and replays of Pastrana's jump throughout the night.
There will be a light show featuring downtown's state-of-the-art LED light system and a fireworks show at midnight.
Waterfront activities will run from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Downtown's eclectic East Village Arts District at First Street and Elm Street will offer the Rock Bottom Beer Garden and Indie music gems beneath the firework-lit sky from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Getting around
According to the city's Web site, there will be many ways to get to and around Downtown Long Beach tonight.
Reserved parking and restaurant reservations can be made via the DLBA Web site.
Additional information about New Year's Eve in downtown, parking, transportation and street closure details, are also available. For information, call 562-436-4259 or go to www.downtownlongbeach.org. Events are free.
VIP parking is available for purchase on the DLBA Web site. A detailed parking and transportation map with driving directions and parking costs for 19 parking lots and/or structures throughout downtown can be downloaded.
Long Beach Transit service will be free tonight 6 p.m. until 2:30 a.m., offering 24 routes that stop at the Long Beach Transit Mall near First Street and Pine Avenue. All Passport Shuttle routes will be offered free to and from downtown.
The Blue Line will offer extended hours, operating throughout the night with uninterrupted service.