"Bubba Blackwell Bubba Blackwell is an American stunt performer and motorcycle jumping world record holder who is sponsored by and promoted by Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. Prior to his association with Harley-Davidson, Blackwell was sponsored by the now-defunct Buell Motorcycle Company (Buell was partnered with Harley-Davidson Motorcycles before becoming defunct in October, 2009). Blackwell is best known for breaking Evel Knievel's jump record for buses using a Harley-Davidson XR-750 flat-track racing motorcycle. Bubba Blackwell began his career on April 26, 1998, when he jumped 20 cars in Everett, Massachusetts, breaking the 19 car record held by Evel Knievel. The following year, on"
"story with photographs: •Robbie Maddison<br> •Evel Knievel<br> •Motorcycle stunt riding<br> Dale Buggins Dale Charles Buggins (1961-1981) was an Australian stunt motorcyclist who had built a national and international reputation by the age of 20. At 17, Buggins broke a world record previously held by American stuntman Evel Knievel when he jumped 25 cars with a Yamaha dirt bike, in 1978. Buggins was born to parents Jan and Ken in Carmarthen, Wales, and immigrated to Australia with his family at the age of 7 months. His interest in motorcycles began at the age of nine, when his father gave him a"
"Dale Buggins Dale Charles Buggins (1961-1981) was an Australian stunt motorcyclist who had built a national and international reputation by the age of 20. At 17, Buggins broke a world record previously held by American stuntman Evel Knievel when he jumped 25 cars with a Yamaha dirt bike, in 1978. Buggins was born to parents Jan and Ken in Carmarthen, Wales, and immigrated to Australia with his family at the age of 7 months. His interest in motorcycles began at the age of nine, when his father gave him a small motorbike powered by a lawnmower engine. In just a"
"Carey Loftin William Carey Loftin (January 31, 1914 – March 4, 1997; akas: Cary Loftin, Carry Loftin, Carey Lofton, Gary Loftin, William Carey Loftin) was an American professional stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor in the U.S. film industry. He is considered to be one of the film industry's most accomplished stunt drivers. In a lengthy career spanning 61 years, his body of work included classic films such as ""Thunder Road"", ""Bullitt"", ""Vanishing Point, Duel,"" and ""The French Connection"". He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2001. Loftin was born in Blountstown, Florida and grew up in"
"threw him 150 feet down the track, legs in flames. In 1990, Danger earned another American record, this one for 250cc bikes, by jumping 25 cars at a total of 181 feet at New Hampshire International Speedway. In 1991, Danger set a World Record for a 251-foot motorcycle jump over 42 cars in Loudon, New Hampshire. That jump earned him a place in the Guinness Book of World records, and it stood for nine years as the Longest Motorcycle Jump. A year later, in a competition against Australian National Champion Jumper, Dar Davies, he won the International Motorcycle Jumping Competition"
"Chris Bromham Chris Bromham (born 20 July 1957 in Skewen), is a Welsh stunt man. Bromham is the current World Record holder of the motorbike jump obstacle record, having jumped over 18 double decker buses on 29 August 1983. The youngest of seven born in the coal mining village of Skewen, Bromham was educated at Coed Ffranc Infant and Junior School, and then Dwr-Y-Felin School. Having found his talent with motorbikes, he took a series of jobs while honing his skills, including delivery work at the Co-op and surface work with the National Coal Board. Bromham began to practice stunt"
"on a bicycle, reaching 147.058 km/h at a velodrome in Montlhéry, France, riding behind a motorbike. On 17 May 1941 he broke the record again, reaching 175.29 km/h (108.92 mph) on a Schwinn bicycle riding behind a specially equipped midget racer, on old highway 99 near Bakersfield, California. In 1947, in Van Nuys, California he towed a long Airstream trailer with his bicycle as a publicity stunt. Alfred Letourneur Alfred Letourneur (born 25 July 1907 in Amiens, France and died 4 January 1975 in New York City) was a French professional cyclist. He is known for setting the motor-paced world"
"record at 41 feet. On Sunday, March 10, 1996, outside the Oasis hotel and casino in Mesquite, Nevada, Laswell attempted to jump over a pedestrian bridge by driving up a steep ramp on a Honda CR500 motorcycle. As he made the jump and became airborne, he was blown off course in mid-air. Crosswinds and excessive speed pushed Laswell to the left of the landing ramp. Laswell then flatlanded from high and crashed to the concrete below. According to witnesses Laswell tried to steer his bike away from the crowd. Laswell had been trying to break his personal best of high"
"some other injuries. He then retired from public life. Rick Rojatt Rick Rojatt ( – ) is a Canadian stuntman, and the inspiration for the Human Fly comic book character. Rojatt performed a 250 mph wingwalking stunt on top of a DC-8 airliner flown by Clay Lacy over the Mojave desert and Texas. In 1977, Rojatt contracted a Hydrogen peroxide rocket powered Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle to be built to jump 27 school buses at the Montreal Olympic Stadium during a Gloria Gaynor concert beating Evel Knievel's record jump of 13 buses. Although he was able to beat the record, he"
"in all subjects. I have pictures of Dale in our Rugby team. In 1976 he moved with his family to Wyong where he honed his jumping skills on a farm jumping cars. Dale became a sensation with his stunt shows, the rest is history. Buggins's work pre-dated Freestyle Motocross and the Crusty Demons 10-plus years on, and in that sense in Australia at least, he was a motorbike stunt pioneer like his idol, Knievel. On 28 May 1978 Buggins broke Knievel's world record by jumping over 25 cars at the Newcastle Motordome and by 1979 he was touring the U.S."
"he jumped 180 feet on a 440 Maico. He then pursued his motorcycle career full-time and took motorcycle stunts and ramp-to-ramp jumping to the next level. In the 1980s Laswell filmed a TV commercial for the US Coast Guard and appeared in the reality television show, ""That's Incredible!"", in which he filmed a world record wheelie demo. He then spent several years working for the Globe of death circus, where he performed a variety of motorcycle stunts never before attempted. In January 1992, at the Vacation Village hotel, Laswell established the world's highest motorcycle ramp-to-ramp aerial jump. He set the"
"Dar Robinson Dar Allen Robinson (March 26, 1947 – November 21, 1986) was an American stunt performer and actor. Robinson broke 19 world records and set 21 ""world's firsts."" He invented the decelerator (use of dragline cables rather than airbags for a ""high fall gag"", or a stunt calling for a jump from a high place) which allowed a cameraman to film a top-down view of the stuntman as he fell without accidentally showing the airbag on the ground. This was brilliantly displayed in his fall from the hotel in the movie ""Stick"". The original decelerator can still be seen"
"later, Danger made his first public motorcycle jump, over 10 cars, in Palmer. When his career took off, he and Knievel became friends. Danger began his motorcycle stunt career in 1979 when he jumped 10 cars in Palmer. At age 22, in 1984, he jumped over a three-story restaurant into Forest Lake in Massachusetts going 85 feet high and a distance of 145 feet. A year later, he made a 125cc motorcycle leap over 14 school buses in Thompson, Connecticut, earning him his first World Record. That same year, his motorcycle exploded during a fire stunt in North Carolina which"
"since 2008, most jump records are held by stunt performer Bubba Blackwell. Currently, the longest jump on the XR-750 by Bubba Blackwell was successfully made in 1999, when he jumped 15 buses at 157 feet. On August 6, 2015 the daredevil stunt performer Doug Danger at the Sturgis Bike Rally at the Buffalo Chip, broke Knievel's record for most cars jumped on a XR-750 with 22 cars. Knievel attempted this feat of 22 cars in Monroe, Washington on September 1, 1972 and cleared 21 cars but landed on the safety deck covering the 22nd car. Bubba Blackwell attempted the same"
"Hall of Fame in 1998. Rollie Free Roland ""Rollie"" Free (November 18, 1900 – October 11, 1984) was a motorcycle racer best known for breaking the American motorcycle land speed record in 1948 on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. The picture of Free, prone and wearing a bathing suit, has been described as the most famous picture in motorcycling. After an early career in motorcycle retail, Free became a regional racer of the 1920s and 30’s on Indian motorcycles. In 1923, Free tried out for his first national motorcycle race, the 100-Mile National Championships on the board track in Kansas"
"22-car jump In 2001 with horrible consequences. He flipped end-over-end when he missed the landing, nearly died and was in a coma for months. Danger accomplished this feat on Evel Knievel’s actual vintage 1972 Harley-Davidson XR-750. With no modification to the bike other than relocating foot pegs to accommodate Doug's height. Harley-Davidson XR-750 The Harley-Davidson XR-750 is a racing motorcycle made by Harley-Davidson since 1970, primarily for dirt track racing, but also for road racing in the XRTT variant. The XR-750 was designed in response to a 1969 change in AMA Grand National Championship rules that leveled the playing field"
"movie stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, Lana Turner, and many more. In films, stunt riders have included Hank Durnew and Ken Maynard (1895-1973). Rex Rossi was a World Champion Trick Rider in 1950 & 1961, World Champion Trick Roper 1971 & Hall of Fame Movie Stunt Man, a career that spanned 60 years. Rossi performed horse and falling stunts in Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and many western movies. He also stunt doubled for Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Jeff Bridges, Roy Rogers, and Bob Steele. Rossi trick rode at Madison Square Garden for 19 consecutive years. His Veach Trick"
"Rollie Free Roland ""Rollie"" Free (November 18, 1900 – October 11, 1984) was a motorcycle racer best known for breaking the American motorcycle land speed record in 1948 on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. The picture of Free, prone and wearing a bathing suit, has been described as the most famous picture in motorcycling. After an early career in motorcycle retail, Free became a regional racer of the 1920s and 30’s on Indian motorcycles. In 1923, Free tried out for his first national motorcycle race, the 100-Mile National Championships on the board track in Kansas City, but did not qualify."
"Bob Gill (daredevil) Bob Gill is the world-record holding motorcycle stuntman. He was one of the few jumpers to disdain 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 wide Appalachia Lake in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. Bob began as a motorcycle racer in 1962. Unsatisfied with the money he was making as a racer, he switched to jumping full-time in 1970. After several long jumps, including one jump 152 feet over the Cajun Canyon in Louisiana, he jumped over a set of Ryder trucks"
"record for 11 years on September 13, 1948 by Rollie Free who rode a Vincent HRD (Black Shadow or Black Lightning) to a speed of 150.313 mph at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Petrali died on November 10, 1973 in Casa Grande, Arizona due to a heart attack while attending a economy run for Buik, In 1992 He was included into the Motorsports Hall of Fame and 14 years later he was included into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. Joe Petrali Joe Petrali (February 22, 1904 – November 10, 1973) was a motorcycle racer, Joe Petrali also was"
"Rick Rojatt Rick Rojatt ( – ) is a Canadian stuntman, and the inspiration for the Human Fly comic book character. Rojatt performed a 250 mph wingwalking stunt on top of a DC-8 airliner flown by Clay Lacy over the Mojave desert and Texas. In 1977, Rojatt contracted a Hydrogen peroxide rocket powered Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle to be built to jump 27 school buses at the Montreal Olympic Stadium during a Gloria Gaynor concert beating Evel Knievel's record jump of 13 buses. Although he was able to beat the record, he crashed the motorcycle and suffered a broken ankle and"
"youngest still in her pram. Bromham married his current wife Anna-Marie on 7 August 1997; the family live in Swansea. Bromham is a talented model maker; amongst other things he has produced a full size replica of H G Wells Time Machine and built a scale model of Campbells' K7 Bluebird Chris Bromham Chris Bromham (born 20 July 1957 in Skewen), is a Welsh stunt man. Bromham is the current World Record holder of the motorbike jump obstacle record, having jumped over 18 double decker buses on 29 August 1983. The youngest of seven born in the coal mining village"
"Stan Barrett Stan Barrett (born June 26, 1943) is a Hollywood stuntman, stunt coordinator actor, and former Stock Car racing driver. His biggest act was however outside the movie world. On December 17, 1979, he attempted to break the land speed record, and the sound barrier in the Budweiser Rocket rocket-powered three-wheel vehicle. His calculated speed was 739.666 miles per hour, (Mach 1.01), which would have made Barrett the first man to break the sound barrier in a land vehicle. The attempt was surrounded by controversy and the speed was never officially recorded. Barrett also raced in 19 Winston Cup"
"Evel Knievel Robert Craig Knievel Jr. (October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007), professionally known as Evel Knievel (), was an American stunt performer and entertainer. Over the course of his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps; in 1974, he failed an attempted canyon jump across Snake River Canyon in the Skycycle X-2, a steam-powered rocket. Knievel was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999. He died of pulmonary disease in Clearwater, Florida, in 2007, aged 69. Knievel was born on October 17, 1938, in Butte, Montana, the first of two children of Robert E."
"To get ahead of other motorcycle stunt people who were jumping animals or pools of water, Knievel started jumping cars. He began adding more and more cars to his jumps when he would return to the same venue to get people to come out and see him again. Knievel had not had a serious injury since the Barstow performance, but on June 19 in Missoula, Montana, he attempted to jump 12 cars and a cargo van. The distance he had for takeoff did not allow him to get up enough speed. His back wheel hit the top of the van"
"2000 views, had no offers. ""*"" Formula 2 entry, second in class, not eligible for World Championship points Richard Attwood Richard James David ""Dickie"" Attwood (born 4 April 1940, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire) is a British motor racing driver, from England. During his career he raced for the BRM, Lotus and Cooper Formula One teams. He competed in 17 World Championship Grands Prix, achieved one podium and scored a total of 11 championship points. He was also a successful sports car racing driver and won the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans race, driving a Porsche 917, the first of Porsche's record"
"jumping after watching Evel Knievel perform at London's Wembley Stadium in 1976. He found a talent for riding and jumping motorbikes, and trained himself part-time to become a stunt man. His first public performance was in 1977, performing at the Clevelly Art Festival in Devon, which led to a dual career as both stunt man and show performer. His first major film appearance was in 1979's ""Riding High,"" where he was a stunt double for two of the film's characters. In 1981, Bromham jumped 28 cars in a world record attempt at Swansea Airport. After returning from a New Zealand"
"Vic Armstrong Victor Monroe Armstrong (born 5 October 1946) is a British film director, stunt coordinator, second unit director, and stunt double - the world's most prolific according to the ""Guinness Book of Records"". The 6-foot Armstrong doubled for 6'1"" Harrison Ford in the first three ""Indiana Jones"" films, 6'2"" Timothy Dalton for ""Flash Gordon"", George Lazenby for the Swiss Alps skiing scenes in the Bond film ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", and 6'4"" Christopher Reeve in ""Superman"" and ""Superman II"". Reportedly, Armstrong looked so much like Harrison Ford that the crewmembers on the films were constantly mistaking him for"
"Gordon Mineo Gordon Mineo (19 June 1945-3 September 2006), nicknamed ""Flash Gordon"", was a Top Fuel Funny Car driver. Mineo was born in Detroit, Michigan, son of Joseph and Lorraine Mineo. He started racing Funny Cars in the 1960s and continued to race until the 1990s. Mineo's first national Funny Car event was the 1970 AHRA Winter Nationals at Beeline Dragway in Scottsdale, Arizona; he qualified his Pontiac Firebird funny car #10, but was eliminated in the first round by #7 qualifier Tom ""Mongoo$e McEwen. (Mineo earned US$400 for the effort.) At the 1971 AHRA Winter Nationals, Mineo qualified #21"
"on May 10, 1973. The jump was filmed for a television commercial that was aired during Super Bowl VIII . On July 17, 1973, Bob set a world record jump of when he jumped over 22 cars with no landing ramp at Seattle International Raceway in Kent, WA. On August 18, 1974, Bob was scheduled to attempt a world record jump over the -wide Appalachia Lake in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. Heavy rains in the area forced the postponement of the jump to August 25. The jump was performed without the aid of a landing ramp. He landed three feet"
"was the helicopter stunt pilot and stunt designer for many 1980s films, notably the Bond film ""Never Say Never Again"". A Guinness Book of World Records holder stunt driver, Bobby Ore, performed in numerous movies and events and holds a World Record for longest distance driven on two wheels in a London double decker bus (810 feet). Streetbike stunts, also known as ""stunting"" gained widespread popularity in the early 2000s and continues to grow. It is based on wheelies but now goes much further than that. In the late 20th century stunt men were often placed in dangerous situations less"
"Burt Munro Herbert James ""Burt"" Munro (""Bert"" in his youth; 25 March 1899 – 6 January 1978) was a New Zealand motorcycle racer, famous for setting an under-1,000 cc world record, at Bonneville, 26 August 1967. This record still stands; Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year-old machine when he set his last record. Working from his home in Invercargill, he worked for 20 years to highly modify the 1920 Indian motorcycle that he had bought that same year. Munro set his first New Zealand speed record in 1938 and later set seven more. He travelled to compete at"
"Butch Laswell Sherman Dwayne ""Butch"" Laswell (October 12, 1958 – March 10, 1996) was an American stunt performer and professional motorcycle stunt rider. Laswell died during a live stunt in front of a crowd of spectators, while attempting to carry out a dangerous motorcycle jump in Mesquite, Nevada. Laswell performed over 6,000 ramp-to-ramp jumps before his first and only crash which ended in tragedy. The fatal accident was captured on camera. Laswell was a native of Las Vegas, Nevada but grew up in Overton, Nevada. From a young age he became a fan of Evel Knievel, which is what first"