Evel Knievel began performing jumps on the CL 305 Scrambler as a promotional tool to attract customers to his Honda dealership in the mid-60s. Some of his stunts included leaping over dangerous ...

Dallas was building ski jumps in his backyard. He would invite his friends over to try stunts, and he would brag to all of them that he was born Oct. 17, the same day as Evel Knievel. But unlike ...

that Evel Knievel’s daredevil career began with a 20-foot jump over a crate of snakes and two roped mountain lions; that Evel Knievel was thrown over his handlebars onto the pavement after ...

Robbie was one of Evel Knievel's four children ... often doing dramatic jumps on his motorcycle. In 1989, he completed a stunt that was once attempted by his father. According to the AP, Evel ...

Evel Knievel, the motorcycle daredevil whose stunts -- including an attempted leap over Idaho's Snake River Canyon -- made him a popular cultural figure, is dead, according to his Web site, ...

William Monahan, who penned DiCaprio's 'The Departed,' is writing the motorcycle daredevil's screen story for Paramount.

Put the world’s top racers, including Mario Andretti and Parnelli Jones, in a demolition derby with newish cars, many of them luxury models, then have Evel Knievel jump over 50 vehicles on his H ...

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