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Motocross is a form of motorcycle racing held on enclosed off road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom.

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Daredevil Pastrana calls Darlington practice most scared he's been in a NASCAR

Travis Pastrana has leaped from an airplane without a parachute and jumped a rally car nearly 300 feet off a pier to a floating barge.

Yet, he's seldom felt anything as extreme as his first trip around Darlington Raceway on Friday.It was the "most cared I've been in a vehicle, in anything with a roll cage for sure," Pastrana said after Nationwide Series practice.Pastrana is competing in his second career Nationwide Series event on Friday night. Pastrana made his debut at Richmond last month and finished 22nd.Pastrana's spent his career on the edge. He's been an X-Games medalist, raced monster trucks, competed in motocross, supercross, RallyCross, the 24-hour race at Daytona, several international events and starred in an extreme-stunt series called "Nitro Circus."Pastrana's spent his career on the edge. He's leaped from a plane without a chute over Puerto Rico, meeting up with another jumper on the way down for a safe tandem landing. Two years ago, he set a world record when he jumped ...

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