Fifty years after Evel Knievel so famously wiped out trying to jump the fountain at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, action sports wild man Travis Pastrana will try to nail the stunt Sunday night in the finale of a triple-header tribute to the late daredevil.

It’s a daunting proposition even for Pastrana, who is winding down a career in which he’s done some pretty crazy things.

If he sticks it, what a way to go out.

“For me, this is going to be really awesome,” Pastrana said in a phone interview. “All my family is coming out and so many of my friends are coming out. I literally get to live a day in Evel Knievel’s boots, if you will. I’m pretty nervous. It’s keeping me up a little bit at night.”

Pastrana’s attempt to jump the fountain will cap “Evel Live,” a three-hour telecast on the History Channel.

You can read more about this stunt and Caesars Palace at the Star Tribune