List of Evel Knievel career jumps

The career jumps and stunts of motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel spanned from 1965 to 1980.^[1] As a professional daredevil, Knievel attempted or successfully jumped over 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps, as well as, his failed 1974 X-2 Skycycle rocket jump. The majority of his jumps were made on the Harley-Davidson XR-750 motorcycle.

Date	Location	Obstacle	Distance	Motorcycle	Outcome	Injuries
1965	Moses Lake, Washington	Rattlesnakes and two Mountain Lions	40 feet	Honda 305cc Scrambler	successful	sprained ankle
January 23, 1966	Indio, California	Two pick-up trucks	45 feet	Norton 750cc Atlas	successful	none
February 10, 1966	Barstow, California	A speeding motorcycle	mid-air jump	no motorcycle	missed jump	groin injured
June 1, 1966	Post Falls, Idaho	12 Cars	Unknown	Norton 750cc Atlas	Successful (First jump over cars)
June 19, 1966	Missoula, Montana	13 cars	unknown	Norton 750cc Atlas	landed short	knocked unconscious/broken arm/broken ribs
October 30, 1966	Butte, Montana	14 cars	unknown	Norton 750cc Atlas	successful	none
March 25, 1967	Gardena, California	15 cars	unknown	Triumph Bonneville T120	successful	none (video of first televised jump)
June 1967	Gardena, California	16 cars	unknown	Triumph Bonneville T120	successful	none
July 28, 1967	Tacoma, Washington	16 cars	unknown	Triumph Bonneville T120	fell off landing	light concussion
August 18, 1967	Tacoma, Washington	16 cars	unknown	Triumph Bonneville T120	successful	none
September 24, 1967	Monroe, Washington	16 Chevrolets	unknown	Triumph Bonneville T120	successful	none
November 24, 1967	San Francisco, California	Three Motorcycles	100 feet	Triumph Bonneville T120	successful	none
November 25, 1967	San Francisco, California	Triumph Banner	unknown	Triumph Bonneville T120	successful	none
November 26, 1967	San Francisco, California	Volkswagen bus and a van	unknown	Triumph Bonneville T120	successful	none
December 1967	Long Beach, California	10 cars	unknown	Triumph Bonneville T120	successful	none
December 31, 1967	Las Vegas, Nevada	Caesars Palace Fountains	141 feet (longest of career)	Triumph Bonneville T120	crashed on landing	29-day hospital stay^[2]/broken ribs/broken hip/crushed pelvis (footage of crash)
May 25, 1968	Scottsdale, Arizona	13 cars	unknown	Triumph Bonneville T120	crashed on landing	broken leg/fractured foot
August 3, 1968	Meridian, Idaho	13 cars	unknown	Triumph Bonneville T120	successful	none
August 26, 1968	Spokane, Washington	13 cars	unknown	Triumph Bonneville T120	successful	none
September 7, 1968	Missoula, Montana	13 cars	unknown	Honda CL-350 Scrambler	successful	none
September 1968	Salt Lake City, Utah	unknown	unknown	Honda CL-350 Scrambler	unknown	unknown
October 13, 1968	Carson City, Nevada	10 cars	unknown	Honda CL-350 Scrambler	struck top of box trailer at landing ramp	broken shoulder/broken hip
April 1969	Los Angeles, California	8 cars	80 feet	American Eagle 750cc	successful	none
July 6, 1969	Gardena, California	17 Cars	Unknown	American Eagle 750cc	Successful	None
January 23, 1970	San Francisco, California	11 cars	unknown	American Eagle 750cc	successful	none
April 5, 1970	Kent, Washington	18 cars	120 feet	American Eagle 750cc	successful	none
May 10, 1970	Yakima, Washington	13 Pepsi trucks	100 feet	American Eagle 750cc	landed on ramp and fell	broken collarbone
June 19, 1970	Vancouver, Canada	12 cars	unknown	American Eagle 750cc	successful	none
July 4, 1970	Kent, Washington	19 cars	unknown	American Eagle 750cc	landed but fell on wet grass	cracked ribs/fractured vertebrae
August 16, 1970	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	no obstacles between ramps	unknown	American Eagle 750cc	crashed on landing	cracked vertebrae/broken shoulder/broken hand
December 12, 1970	Los Angeles, California; Lions Dragstrip	13 cars	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
January 2, 1971	Houston, Texas	13 cars	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
February 1971	Ontario, California	19 cars	129 feet	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
March 1971	Chicago, Illinois	unknown	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
July 1971	New York City, New York	9 cars and 1 van	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
July 1971	Buffalo, New York	13 vehicles	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
July 1971	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	12 Stegmaier Beer trucks	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
August 1971	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	10 Chevrolets	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
September 16, 1971	Great Barrington, Massachusetts	16 cars	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	lost control after landing	none
September 18, 1971	Great Barrington, Massachusetts	10 cars	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
September 25, 1971	Hutchinson, Kansas	10 Kenworth trucks	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
October 10, 1971	Odessa, Missouri	14 Dodge Colt's	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
October 21, 1971	Portland, Oregon	12 cars and 2 vans	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	broken hand on landing
January 23, 1972	Tucson, Arizona	12 cars and 3 vans	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
February 1972	Chicago, Illinois	unknown	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
March 2, 1972	San Francisco, California	12 cars	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
March 3, 1972	San Francisco, California	15 cars	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	crashed on landing	broken ankle/bruised ribs/bruised hand
March 1972	Detroit, Michigan	13 cars	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	crashed into wall after landing	broken collarbone
April 1972	Plymouth, California	100 rattlesnakes and 2 vans	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
June 11, 1972	Atlanta, Georgia	13 Cadillacs	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750 (First jump on alloy head XR750)	overshot practice jump	hurt both hands/compression fracture in back
June 17, 1972	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	3 cars	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
June 18, 1972	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	5 cars and 2 vans	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
June 25–26, 1972	East St. Louis	10 cars	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
July 30, 1972	Castle Rock, Colorado	7 trucks and 4 cars	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
September 1–2, 1972	Monroe, Washington	22 cars	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	cleared 21 cars and hit safety deck	none
January 5–7, 1973	Las Vegas, Nevada	Several jumps leading up to 13 vans	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
February 18, 1973	Los Angeles, California	50 piled cars	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
February 23–25, 1973	Cleveland, Ohio	unknown	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
March 2–4, 1973	Uniondale, New York	unknown	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
March 16–18, 1973	Atlanta, Georgia	unknown	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
March 23–25, 1973	Chicago, Illinois	unknown	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
March 30, 1973	Detroit, Michigan	unknown	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
April 13–15, 1973	St. Paul, Minnesota	unknown	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
April 27–29, 1973	Cincinnati, Ohio	unknown	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
June 22–24, 1973	Union Grove, Wisconsin	13 cars	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
July 29, 1973	Providence, Rhode Island	unknown	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
October 6–7, 1973	Kaukauna, Wisconsin	10 cars and 3 trucks	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	crashed during repeat show	fractured hand/bruised back/bruised kidneys
October 20, 1973	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	13 vehicles	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
February 17, 1974	North Richland, Texas	11 Mac trucks	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
March 29, 1974	Portland, Oregon	9 cars and 7 vans	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
April 13, 1974	Fremont, California	10 Mac trucks	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
April 20, 1974	Irvine, California	10 Mac trucks	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
April 28, 1974	Kansas City, Missouri	10 Mac trucks	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
May 5, 1974	Tulsa, Oklahoma	10 Mac trucks	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
May 25–27, 1974	West Salem, Ohio	10 Mac trucks	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
August 20, 1974	Toronto, Ontario	13 Mac trucks	105 feet	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
September 8, 1974	Twin Falls, Idaho	Snake River Canyon	3/4 mile-wide	X-2 Skycycle steam-powered rocket	parachute deployed at launch	minor scrapes and cuts
May 26, 1975	London, England	13 single-decker buses	120 feet	Harley-Davidson XR-750	landed on 13th bus	fractured pelvis/broken hand/concussion
October 15, 1975	Kings Island	14 Greyhound buses	133 feet	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none (footage of jump)
October 11, 1976	Worcester, Massachusetts	3 jumps (4 vans then 7 vans then 10 vans)	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
October 29–30, 1976	Seattle, Washington	7 Greyhound buses	unknown	Harley-Davidson XR-750	successful	none
January 31, 1977	Chicago, Illinois	13 sharks	90 feet	Harley-Davidson XR-750	crashed during practice jump	fractured collarbone/fractured right arm/heavy bruising
February 1979	Australia	did not jump	n/a	Triumph Bonneville T140	n/a	n/a
March 1980	Puerto Rico	did not jump	n/a	Triumph Bonneville T140	n/a	n/a

References

↑ Life of Evel, Stuart Barker, St. Martin's Press, 2004
↑ Discovery Channel(true evel-American Legend)

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[1] Life of Evel, Stuart Barker, St. Martin's Press, 2004

[2] Discovery Channel(true evel-American Legend)