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Alex Harvill (September 11, 1992 – June 17, 2021) was an American motocross racer and stunt performer.On May 12, 2012, he set a Guinness World Record for the longest ramp-to-dirt motorcycle jump at 425 feet (129.54 m).
The career jumps and stunts of motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel spanned from 1965 to 1980. [1] As a professional daredevil, Knievel attempted or successfully jumped over 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps, as well as his failed 1974 X-2 Skycycle rocket jump. The majority of his jumps were made on the Harley-Davidson XR-750 motorcycle.
He is an American motorcycle jumping world record holder and stunt performer and Stage 4 cancer survivor who lives in Oak Hill, Florida. [1] Danger has set many records, including the Longest Motorcycle Jump, which was 251 feet over 42 cars. With that jump, he entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1991. [2]
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Five months later, Blackwell broke Knievel's bus-jumping record by jumping 15 buses. [3] [4] Blackwell broke Knievel's last remaining jump record on a Harley-Davidson XR-750 by jumping 52 stacked cars on October 4, 2008. The jump took place at the Deep South Speedway located between Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama. The jump also marked ...
The Caesars Palace crash was Knievel's longest attempted motorcycle jump at 141 feet (43 m). After his crash and recovery, Knievel was more famous than ever. ABC declined to air the event live on Wide World of Sports. The Caesars Palace historical jump video is now owned by K and K Promotions, Inc which is the successor in interest and owner of ...
Laswell's true passion, however, was in motorcycle jumping. He began doing small performances and jumped over school buses and big rigs. [3] One of Laswell's earliest achievements was when he beat the World's Long Distance Jump Record of 176 feet (54 m), which he achieved in 1981 when he jumped 180 feet (55 m) on a 440 Maico. He then pursued ...
Bob Gill is the world-record holding motorcycle stuntman.He was one of the few jumpers to eschew the use of a landing ramp. His career was cut short in 1974 when he landed short on a world-record attempt to jump the 200-foot (61 m) wide Appalachia Lake in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.