Why Travis Pastrana is trying to make the Daytona 500

DAYTONA BEACH — Travis Pastrana has jumped out of a plane without a parachute, leapt over buses on a bike and won gold medals at the X-Games.

But waking up Wednesday with a chance to qualify for Sunday’s Daytona 500? That was cool.

“I was giggling when I woke up this morning,” Pastrana said during Wednesday’s Daytona 500 media day. “I’m like, ‘Man, this is really happening.’”