The career jumps and stunts of motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel spanned from 1965 to 1980.Life of Evel, Stuart Barker, St. Martin's Press, 2004 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.
Date Location Obstacle Distance Motorcycle Outcome Injuries 1965 Moses Lake, Washington Rattlesnakes and two Mountain Lions Honda 305cc Scrambler Successful Sprained ankle January 23, 1966 Indio, California Two pick-up trucks Norton N15 Successful None February 10, 1966 Barstow, California A speeding motorcycle Mid-air jump No motorcycle Missed jump Groin injuredJune 1, 1966Kellogg, Idaho12 Cars62 feet (19 m)Norton 750cc AtlasSuccessful (First jump over cars) June 19, 1966 Missoula, Montana 13 cars Unknown Norton N15 Landed short Knocked unconscious/broken arm/broken ribs October 30, 1966 Butte, Montana 14 cars Unknown Norton N15 Successful None November 19, 1966 Tucson, Arizona 10 Dodge cars Unknown Norton N15 Successful None March 25, 1967 Ascot Park Gardena, California 15 cars Unknown Triumph Bonneville T120 Successful None (video of first televised jump) June 1967 Ascot Park Gardena, California 16 cars Unknown Triumph Bonneville T120 Successful None July 28, 1967 Tacoma, Washington 16 cars Unknown Triumph Bonneville T120 Fell off landing Light concussion August 18, 1967 Tacoma, Washington 16 cars Unknown Triumph Bonneville T120 Successful None September 24, 1967 Monroe, Washington 16 Chevrolets Unknown Triumph Bonneville T120 Successful None November 24, 1967 San Francisco, California Three Motorcycles Triumph Bonneville T120 Successful None November 25, 1967 San Francisco, California Triumph Banner Unknown Triumph Bonneville T120 Successful None November 26, 1967 San Francisco, California Volkswagen bus and a van Unknown Triumph Bonneville T120 Successful None December 2, 1967 Long Beach Arena Long Beach, California 10 cars Unknown Triumph Bonneville T120 Successful None December 31, 1967 Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Nevada Caesars Palace fountains (longest of career) Triumph Bonneville T120 Crashed on landing 29-day hospital stayDiscovery Channel(true evel-American Legend)/broken ribs/broken hip/crushed pelvis (footage of crash) May 25, 1968 Scottsdale, Arizona 13 cars Unknown Triumph Bonneville T120 Crashed on landing Broken leg/fractured foot August 3, 1968 Meridian, Idaho 13 cars Unknown Triumph Bonneville T120 Successful None August 26, 1968 Spokane, Washington 13 cars Unknown Triumph Bonneville T120 Successful None September 7, 1968 Missoula, Montana 13 cars Unknown Honda CL-350 Scrambler Successful None September 1968 Salt Lake City, Utah Unknown Unknown Honda CL-350 Scrambler Successful None October 13, 1968 Tahoe-Carson Speedway Carson City, Nevada 10 cars Unknown Honda CL-350 Scrambler Struck top of box truck short of landing ramp Broken shoulder/broken hip April 1969 Los Angeles, California 8 cars American Eagle 750cc Successful None July 6, 1969 Gardena, California 17 cars Unknown American Eagle 750cc Successful None January 23, 1970 San Francisco, California 11 cars Unknown American Eagle 750cc Successful None April 5, 1970 Seattle International Raceway Kent Washington 13 cars Unknown American Eagle 750cc Successful None April 5, 1970 Seattle International Raceway Kent Washington 18 cars American Eagle 750cc Successful None May 10, 1970 Yakima Speedway Yakima, Washington 13 Pepsi trucks American Eagle 750cc Landed on ramp and fell Broken collarbone June 19, 1970 Vancouver, Canada 12 cars Unknown American Eagle 750cc Successful None July 4, 1970 Kent, Washington 19 cars Unknown American Eagle 750cc Lost traction in wet grass on approach and landed short on edge of safety ramp. Crashed on down-ramp. Cracked ribs/fractured vertebrae August 16, 1970 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania No obstacles between ramps Unknown American Eagle 750cc Crashed on landing Cracked vertebrae/broken shoulder/broken hand. First jump in the eastern United States December 12, 1970 Lions Drag Strip Los Angeles, California; 13 cars Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None January 2, 1971 Astrodome Houston, Texas 13 cars Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None February 1971 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California 19 cars Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None March 1971 Chicago, Illinois Unknown Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful First jump in the Midwest US July 1971 Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 9 cars and 1 van Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None July 1971 Buffalo, New York 13 vehicles Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None July 1971 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 12 Stegmaier Beer trucks Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None August 27, 1971 The Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 8 cars and 1 van Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None September 16, 1971 Great Barrington, Massachusetts 16 cars Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Lost control after landing None September 18, 1971 Great Barrington, Massachusetts 10 cars Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None September 25, 1971 Hutchinson, Kansas 10 Kenworth trucks Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None October 10, 1971 Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas 14 Dodge Colts Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None October 21, 1971 Portland, Oregon 12 cars and 2 vans Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful Broken hand on landing January 23, 1972 Tucson, Arizona 12 cars and 3 vans Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None February 1972 Chicago, Illinois Unknown Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None March 2, 1972 Cow Palace San Francisco, California 12 cars Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None March 3, 1972 Cow Palace San Francisco, California 15 cars Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Crashed on landing Broken ankle/bruised ribs/bruised hand March 1972 Detroit, Michigan 13 cars Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Crashed into wall after landing Broken collarbone April 1972 Plymouth, California 100 rattlesnakes and 2 vans Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None June 11, 1972 Atlanta, Georgia 13 Cadillacs Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 (First jump on alloy head XR750) Overshot practice jump Hurt both hands/compression fracture in back. First jump in the southern US June 17, 1972 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 3 cars Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None June 18, 1972 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 5 cars and 2 vans Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None June 25–26, 1972 East St. Louis 10 cars Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None July 30, 1972 Castle Rock, Colorado 7 trucks and 4 cars Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None September 1–2, 1972 Monroe, Washington 22 cars Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Cleared 21 cars and hit safety deck None January 5–7, 1973 Las Vegas, Nevada Several jumps leading up to 13 vans Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None February 18, 1973 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California 50 piled cars Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None February 23–25, 1973 Cleveland, Ohio Unknown Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None March 2–4, 1973 Uniondale, New York Unknown Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None March 16–18, 1973 Atlanta, Georgia Unknown Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None March 23–25, 1973 Chicago, Illinois Unknown Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None March 30, 1973 Detroit, Michigan Unknown Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None April 13–15, 1973 St. Paul, Minnesota Unknown Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None April 27–29, 1973 Cincinnati, Ohio Unknown Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None June 22–24, 1973 Union Grove, Wisconsin 13 cars Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None July 29, 1973 Providence, Rhode Island Unknown Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None October 6–7, 1973 Kaukauna, Wisconsin 10 cars and 3 trucks Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Crashed during repeat show Fractured hand/bruised back/bruised kidneys October 20, 1973 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 13 vehicles Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None February 17, 1974 Green Valley Raceway North Richland Hills, Texas 11 Mac trucks Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful, landed at bottom of ramp Compression fracture in back March 29, 1974 Portland Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon 10 cars and 7 vans Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None April 13, 1974 Fremont, California 10 Mac trucks Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None April 20, 1974 Orange County International Raceway, Irvine, California 10 Mac trucks Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None April 28, 1974 Kansas City, Missouri 10 Mac trucks Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None May 5, 1974 Tulsa, Oklahoma 10 Mac trucks Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None May 25–27, 1974 West Salem, Ohio 10 Mac trucks Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None August 20, 1974 Toronto, Ontario 13 Mac trucks Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None (article) September 8, 1974 Twin Falls, Idaho Snake River Canyon 1730 feet (527 m) X-2 Skycycle Steam-powered rocket Parachute deployed at launch, slammed into rocks on the river's edge Broken nose, minor scrapes and cuts May 26, 1975 Wembley Stadium London, England 13 single-decker buses Harley-Davidson XR-750 Landed on 13th bus Fractured pelvis/broken hand/concussion October 25, 1975 Kings Island 14 Greyhound buses Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None (footage of jump) October 11, 1976 Worcester, Massachusetts 3 jumps (4 vans then 7 vans, then 10 vans) unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None October 29–30, 1976 Kingdome Seattle, Washington 7 Greyhound buses Unknown Harley-Davidson XR-750 Successful None January 31, 1977 International Amphitheatre Chicago, Illinois 13 sharks Harley-Davidson XR-750 Crashed during practice jump Fractured collarbone/fractured right arm/heavy bruising. Final jump February 1979 Australia Did not jump N/A Triumph Bonneville T140 N/A N/A March 1980 Puerto Rico Did not jump N/A Triumph Bonneville T140 N/A N/A
Canadian Jumps:
Evel did at least 15 jumps in Canada. More jumps may not have been well documented. Aside from Wembley, they were the only jumps Evel did outside of the US. The first was June 19th 1970, at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. Evel successfully jumped 12 cars. July 4th,1970: 12 cars at the PNE Grounds Vancouver. June 20, 1971: Jumped 12 cars at Winnipeg Stadium. June 24th, 1971: Jumped 14 cars at the Winnipeg Arena. July 1st, 1971:10 cars, Edmonton Exhibition Grounds. July 9th, 1971, he attempted to jump 13 cars at the Calgary Stampede (Calgary Alberta), but crashed. He broke his ankle and fractured his arm. Despite this, he jumped in Montreal on July 16th 17th & 18th, at the Montreal Forum, jumping 10, 12 & then 13 cars. He jumped 15 cars at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver BC on May 6th, 1972. Evel jumped 13 cars in Toronto (CNE Stadium) on July 4th, 1972.He jumped 12 cars at the CNE in Toronto on August 3rd, 1973 and then jumped 13 cars at the CNE on August 23rd. On June 29th, 1974, Evel jumped 12 cars at the Edmonton Gardens. Finally, on August 20th, 1974, Evel successfully jumped 129 feet over 13 Mack Trucks in front of 21,000 fans in his final Canadian appearance.
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