Travis Pastrana Jumps Past Evel Knievel in Record Books

Modern day dare-devil Travis Pastrana made three jumps that put him into the record books above the name of the legendary stunt performer Evel Knievel.  Pastrana jumped 52 cars, 16 buses, and the iconic fountain out in front of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.  He even wore the cape and the classic v-shaped red, white and blue outfit like Evel did.  The whole event was captured on History channel.

Jump 1.  Pastrana jumped two more cars than Evel did back in 1973.

Jump 2.  Pastrana then jumped 16 buses which was two more than Evel jumped in 1975 and one more than Bubba Blackwell in 1999.

Jump 3.  Pastrana made history again becoming the first person to successfully jump the Caesar’s Palace fountain on a bike similar to the one Knievel used 50 years ago.  Evel nearly cleared it but his back tire hit the edge of the landing platform causing him to crash.

I can see it now.  Pastrana is going to do a lot more jumps and set new records.  Then, they'll make a documentary about him called, "Becoming Evel."  All this motorcycle stunt jumping talk makes me want to pop in the movie Hot Rod.

Other Great Motorcycle Stunt Riders

Robert Knievel, also known as "Kaptain Robbie Knievel", is a legendary American daredevil with 350 jumps and 20 world records to his credit and is the son of the world renowned Evel Knievel.

Bubba Blackwell is best known for breaking Evel Knievel's jump record for buses using a Harley-Davidson XR-750 flat-track racing motorcycle.  He jumped 15.  Blackwell also shattered a 27 year old Harley-Davidson record jumping and clearing 20 cars!

Doug Danger set many records, including the Longest Motorcycle Jump, which was 251 feet over 42 cars.  With that jump, he entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1991.  Danger also broke Evel Knievel's jump record over cars.

Dan Farley is just known by everyone.  No introduction needed.