Travis Pastrana has cleared the fountain at Caesar’s Palace, which means the motocross maniac safely landed all three of Sunday’s planned Evel Knievel tribute jumps for History event “Evel Live.”
Riding an Indian Scout FTR 750 with a V Twin engine, Pastrana previously cleared 52 crushed cars and later 16 Greyhound buses in Las Vegas — and he did it all with flair and room to spare.
Watch the bus jump via the video above and the car one at the bottom of this post.
Knievel’s own car-jumping record was 50 automobiles. The legendary daredevil’s personal best bus sum was 14; Knievel crashed badly — and famously — at Caesar’s.
At that last one, Evel suffered a concussion, a crushed pelvis and femur, and fractures to his hip, wrist and both ankles. Knievel later blamed a speed error of about 5 m.p.h. for the 1967 failure.
Due to the sheer size, weight and makeup of his Indian motorcycle, Pastrana wasn’t really able to practice these jumps on the hog he is using tonight. The X Games alum did test runs on his trusty dirt bike, which is lighter and has much better shock absorption.
Videos of all three jumps by Pastrana today are in the source link.
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Riding an Indian Scout FTR 750 with a V Twin engine, Pastrana previously cleared 52 crushed cars and later 16 Greyhound buses in Las Vegas — and he did it all with flair and room to spare.
Watch the bus jump via the video above and the car one at the bottom of this post.
Knievel’s own car-jumping record was 50 automobiles. The legendary daredevil’s personal best bus sum was 14; Knievel crashed badly — and famously — at Caesar’s.
At that last one, Evel suffered a concussion, a crushed pelvis and femur, and fractures to his hip, wrist and both ankles. Knievel later blamed a speed error of about 5 m.p.h. for the 1967 failure.
Due to the sheer size, weight and makeup of his Indian motorcycle, Pastrana wasn’t really able to practice these jumps on the hog he is using tonight. The X Games alum did test runs on his trusty dirt bike, which is lighter and has much better shock absorption.
Videos of all three jumps by Pastrana today are in the source link.
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