CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Jan 1st 1968 - Crashed in an attempt to clear the fountains at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas

• Sept 20th 1970 - Successfully cleared 13 cars in Seattle, WA

• Jan 8th 1971 - Again clearing 13 cars he drew a then record crowd to the Houston Astrodome.

• Feb 28th 1971 - Set World record at Ontario, CA by jumping 19 Dodge cars.

• May 10th 1971 - Crashed in an attempt to clear 13 Pepsi Cola trucks in Yakima, WA

• March 3rd 1972 - Suffered serious injury in San Francisco's Cow Palace when his motorcycle crashed in a very difficult landing area

• Feb 18th 1973 - Taking off from the highest ski-style jump ramp ever used he thrilled the crowd of 35,000 by flying over 50 cars stacked in the center of the Los Angeles Colliseum.

• August 20th 1974 - In his last jump before the famous do-or-die Snake Canyon attempt, he soared 135 feet over 13 eight foot wide Mack Trucks at the Canadian National Exposition.

• Sept 8th 1974 - After two unsuccessful unmanned test flights Evel decided to keep his word to his fans and risked his life in a specially constructed rocket powered "Skycycle" in an attempt to clear the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. Even though he made it across the quarter mile wide chasm, strong winds blew the malfunctioning parachute back into the canyon, landing just a few feet from the swirling river in which he would have surely drowned.

• May 31 1975 - A record crowd of over 90,000 at Wembley Stadium in London, England watched as Evel crashed upon landing, breaking his pelvis after clearing 13 double decker buses.

• October 25 1975 - Defiant after the Wembley crash, Evel successfully jumped 14 Greyhound buses at King's Island in Ohio.

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