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.
Date | Location | Obstacle | Distance | Motorcycle | Outcome | Injuries |
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1965 | Moses Lake, Washington | Rattlesnakes and two Mountain Lions | 40 feet (12 m) | Honda 305cc Scrambler | Successful | Sprained ankle |
January 23, 1966 | Indio, California | Two pick-up trucks | 45 feet (14 m) | Norton N15 | Successful | None |
February 10, 1966 | Barstow, California | A speeding motorcycle | Mid-air jump | No motorcycle | Missed jump | Groin injured |
June 1, 1966 | Kellogg, Idaho | 12 Cars | 62 feet (19 m) | Norton 750cc Atlas | Successful (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 | 100 feet (30 m) | 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 | Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Nevada | Caesars Palace Fountains | 141 feet (43 m) (longest of career) | Triumph Bonneville T120 | Crashed on landing | 29-day hospital stay [2] /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 | 80 feet (24 m) | 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 | 120 feet (37 m) | American Eagle 750cc | Successful | None |
May 10, 1970 | Yakima Speedway Yakima, Washington | 13 Pepsi trucks | 100 feet (30 m) | 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 | 129 feet (39 m) | 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 | 105 feet (32 m) | 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 | 120 feet (37 m) | Harley-Davidson XR-750 | Landed on 13th bus | Fractured pelvis/broken hand/concussion [3] |
October 25, 1975 | Kings Island | 14 Greyhound buses | 133 feet (41 m) | 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 | 90 feet (27 m) | 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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