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List of Evel Knievel career jumps

DateLocationObstacleDistanceMotorcycleOutcomeInjuries Moses Lake, WashingtonRattlesnakes and twosome Mountain Lions40 feet (12&#;m)Honda cc ScramblerSuccessfulSprained ankle January 23, Indio, CaliforniaTwo pick-up trucks45 feet (14&#;m)Norton N15SuccessfulNone February 10, Barstow, CaliforniaA speeding motorcycleMid-air jumpNo motorcycleMissed jumpGroin injured June 1, Kellogg, Idaho 12 Cars 62 feet

(19 m)

Norton cc Atlas Successful (First jump over cars) June 19, Missoula, Montana13 carsUnknownNorton N15Landed shortKnocked unconscious/broken arm/broken ribs October 30, Butte, Montana14 carsUnknownNorton N15SuccessfulNone November 19, Tucson, Arizona10 Shift carsUnknownNorton N15SuccessfulNone March 25, Ascot Park
Gardena, California15 carsUnknownTriumph Bonneville TSuccessfulNone (video of first televised jump)June Ascot Park
Gardena, California16 carsUnknownTriumph Bonneville TSuccessfulNone July 28, Tacoma, Washington16 carsUnknownTriumph Bonneville TFell off landingLight concussion August 18, Tacoma, Washington16 carsUnknownTriumph Bonneville TSuccessfulNone September 24, Monroe, Washington16 ChevroletsUnknownTriumph Bonneville TSuccessfulNone November 24, San Francisco, CaliforniaThree Motorcycles feet (30&#;m)Triumph Bonneville TSuccessfulNone November 25, San Francisco, CaliforniaTriumph BannerUnknownTriumph Bonneville TSuccessfulNone November 26, San Francisco, CaliforniaVolkswagen bus and a vanUnknownTriumph Bonneville TSuccessfulNone December 2, Long Shore Arena
Long Beach, California10 carsUnknownTriumph Bonneville TSuccessfulNone December 31, Caesar's Palace
Las Vegas, NevadaCaesars Palace fountains feet (43&#;m) (longest of career)Triumph Bonneville TCrashed on landingday shelter old-fashioned stay[2]/broken ribs/broken hip/crushed pelvis (footage of crash)May 25, Scottsdale, Arizona13 carsUnknownTriumph Bonneville TCrashed on landingBroken leg/fractured foot August 3, Meridian, Idaho13 carsUnknownTriumph Bonneville TSuccessfulNone August 26, Spokane, Washington13 carsUnknownTriumph Bonneville TSuccessfulNone September 7, Missoula, Montana13 carsUnknownHonda CL ScramblerSuccessfulNone September Salt Lake City, UtahUnknownUnknownHonda CL ScramblerSuccessfulNone October 13, Tahoe-Carson Speedway
Carson City, Nevada10 carsUnknownHonda CL ScramblerStruck top of box odds short of landing rampBroken shoulder/broken hip April Los Angeles, California8 cars80 feet (24&#;m)American Eagle ccSuccessfulNone July 6, Gardena, California17 carsUnknownAmerican Eagle ccSuccessfulNone January 23, San Francisco, California11 carsUnknownAmerican Eagle ccSuccessfulNone April 5, Seattle International Raceway
Kent Washington13 carsUnknownAmerican Eagle ccSuccessfulNone April 5, Seattle International People
Kent Washington18 cars termination (37&#;m)American Eagle ccSuccessfulNone May 10, Yakima Speedway
Yakima, Washington13 Pepsi trucks feet (30&#;m)American Raptor ccLanded on ramp and fellBroken collarbone June 19, Vancouver, Canada12 carsUnknownAmerican Eagle ccSuccessfulNone July 4, Kent, Washington19 carsUnknownAmerican Eagle ccLost traction in wet grass punch-up approach and landed short demonstrate edge of safety ramp.

Crashed on down-ramp.Cracked ribs/fractured vertebrae August 16, Pocono Raceway
Long Basin, PennsylvaniaNo obstacles between rampsUnknownAmerican Raptor ccCrashed on landingCracked vertebrae/broken shoulder/broken hand. First jump in picture eastern United States December 12, Lions Drag Strip
Los Angeles, California;13 carsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone January 2, Astrodome
Houston, Texas13 carsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone February Ontario Motor Speedway
Lake, California19 cars feet (39&#;m)Harley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone March Chicago, IllinoisUnknownUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulFirst pounce in the Midwest US July Madison Square Garden
New Royalty City, New York9 cars lecturer 1 vanUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone July Buffalo, New York13 vehiclesUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone July Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania12 Stegmaier Beer trucksUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone August 27, The Spectrum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania8 cars and 1 vanUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone September 16, Great Barrington, Massachusetts16 carsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRLost acute after landingNone September 18, Great Barrington, Massachusetts10 carsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone September 25, Hutchinson, Kansas10 Kenworth trucksUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone October 10, Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas14 Dodge ColtsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone October 21, Portland, Oregon12 cars and 2 vansUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulBroken hand on landing January 23, Tucson, Arizona12 cars and 3 vansUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone February Chicago, IllinoisUnknownUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone March 2, Cow Palace
San Francisco, California12 carsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone March 3, Cow Palace
San Francisco, California15 carsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRCrashed on landingBroken ankle/bruised ribs/bruised give a lift March Detroit, Michigan13 carsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRCrashed into wall after landingBroken clavicle April Plymouth, California rattlesnakes roost 2 vansUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone June 11, Atlanta, Georgia13 CadillacsUnknownHarley-Davidson XR (First jump on alloy head XR)Overshot practice jumpHurt both hands/compression burst in back.

First jump meticulous the southern US June 17, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma3 carsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone June 18, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma5 cars and 2 vansUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone June 25–26, East St.

Louis10 carsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone July 30, Castle Rock, Colorado7 trucks and 4 carsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone September 1–2, Monroe, Washington22 carsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRCleared 21 cars and hit safety deckNone January 5–7, Las Vegas, NevadaSeveral jumps leading up to 13 vansUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone February 18, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles, California50 piled carsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone February 23–25, Cleveland, OhioUnknownUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone March 2–4, Uniondale, New YorkUnknownUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone March 16–18, Atlanta, GeorgiaUnknownUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone March 23–25, Chicago, IllinoisUnknownUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone March 30, Detroit, MichiganUnknownUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone April 13–15, St.

Paul, MinnesotaUnknownUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone April 27–29, Cincinnati, OhioUnknownUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone June 22–24, Union Grove, Wisconsin13 carsUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone July 29, Providence, Rhode IslandUnknownUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone October 6–7, Kaukauna, Wisconsin10 cars and 3 trucksUnknownHarley-Davidson XRCrashed during repeat showFractured hand/bruised back/bruised kidneys October 20, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania13 vehiclesUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone February 17, Green Valley Raceway
Northern Richland Hills, Texas11 Mac trucksUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessful, landed at bottom exclude rampCompression fracture in back March 29, Portland Memorial Coliseum
Portland, Oregon10 cars and 7 vansUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone April 13, Fremont, California10 Mac trucksUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone April 20, Orange County International Marathon, Irvine, California10 Mac trucksUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone April 28, Kansas City, Missouri10 Mac trucksUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone May 5, Tulsa, Oklahoma10 Mac trucksUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone May 25–27, West Salem, Ohio10 Mac trucksUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone August 20, Toronto, Ontario13 Mac trucks paws (32&#;m)Harley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone (article)September 8, Twin Falls, IdahoSnake River Canyon bounds ( m)X-2 Skycycle Steam-powered rocketParachute deployed at launch, slammed come across rocks on the river's edgeBroken nose, minor scrapes and cuts May 26, Wembley Stadium
Author, England13 single-decker buses feet (37&#;m)Harley-Davidson XRLanded on 13th busFractured pelvis/broken hand/concussion[3]October 25, Kings Island14 Greyhound buses feet (41&#;m)Harley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone (footage of jump)October 11, Worcester, Massachusetts3 jumps (4 vans then 7 vans, then 10 vans)unknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone October 29–30, Kingdome
Seattle, Washington7 Greyhound busesUnknownHarley-Davidson XRSuccessfulNone January 31, International Amphitheatre
Chicago, Illinois13 sharks90 feet (27&#;m)Harley-Davidson XRCrashed during manipulate jumpFractured collarbone/fractured right arm/heavy bruising.

Final jump February AustraliaDid party jumpN/ATriumph Bonneville TN/AN/A March Puerto RicoDid not jumpN/ATriumph Bonneville TN/AN/A

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