Robbie "Kaptain" Knievel
Doing a wheelie at Texas Motor Speedway in June 2008
Born	May 7, 1962 (1962-05-07) (age 46) Butte, Montana
Nationality	American
Occupation	daredevil
Known for	motorcycle jumping

Robert Edward "Kaptain" Knievel (born May 7, 1962 in Butte, Montana) is an American daredevil and son of the legendary daredevil Evel Knievel. Texas Motor Speedway is a superspeedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas. ... is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Uptown Butte 1942 view of the city Butte is a city in Silver Bow County, Montana and is the county seat. ... is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Uptown Butte 1942 view of the city Butte is a city in Silver Bow County, Montana and is the county seat. ... For people who perform risky stunts as a profession, see stunt performer. ... Robert Craig Evel Knievel, Jr. ...

Early life

Robbie Knievel is the third of four children of the late famous stuntman Evel Knievel and his first wife Linda. Knievel began jumping his bicycle at age 4 and rode motorcycles at age 7. At age 8 he performed his first show with his father at Madison Square Garden. At age 12 he was on tour with his father where he would perform in the pre-jump shows. Robbie attended South Central Catholic Jr. High School in Butte, Montana between 1975-76, but never graduated. He wanted to lengthen his jumps, but his father disapproved. Robbie then went solo after his dad's disapproval who remained alienated and bitter until his death. ^[1] Robert Craig Evel Knievel, Jr. ...

Bikes

Robbie Knievel's jumping career is markedly different from his father's, in that Robbie used high-performance Honda CR-500 motocross bikes that have been designed for jumping up until 2008. Evel Knievel used Harley-Davidson motorcycles which were significantly heavier and less agile, and which were really intended for track racing. This article is about the Japanese motor corporation. ... Motocross often takes place in wet weather, leading to muddy scenes such as this and hence the term Scrambling. Photo from New Zealand. ... Robert Craig Evel Knievel, Jr. ... Logo on a 2003 Harley Davidson The Harley-Davidson Motor Company (NYSE: HDI) is a manufacturer of motorcycles based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ...

Records and jumps

Jumping 21 Hummers at Texas Motor Speedway

Robbie has completed over 250 jumps, setting 20 world records. These include the Caesars Palace Fountain jump, the building to building jump and The Grand Canyon jump. The canyon jump was partially based on Robbie's father's radical and ill-fated attempt at jumping the Snake River Canyon in 1974 on a rocket "motorcycle" which was really much more rocket than motorcycle. In Robbie's jump he used a motorcycle and he jumped the canyon. However, while coming off the landing ramp at the high speed Robbie was going, the bike became uncontrollable and Robbie broke his leg in the resulting spectacular crash. While Robbie's jump was harrowing at a distance of 228 feet and a canyon depth of 2500 feet, it was quite a bit more thought out, less haphazard and far more ambitious than his father's attempt in 1974 of jumping almost a mile over a canyon in an ill-conceived, makeshift rocket. The Grand Canyon jump was one of Robbie Knievel's most exciting and famous successful jumps on May 20, 1999^[2]. He is considering a future attempt at jumping the Snake River Canyon on the Snake River near Twin Falls, Idaho, a feat his father had failed at in 1974. In 2003 Robbie had a spectacular jump at the Chinook Winds Casino where Robbie jumped 15 Diet Pepsi Trucks.[2] During the summer of 2005, Robbie had his own TV show on A&E called Knievel's Wild Ride. Robbie also was to co-star with Lee Majors in a US pilot series called "Hollywood Stunts" that featured greats like, Spanky Spangler, Matthew Phillips, George Nelson and Ron Nix. In 2006, Robbie opened a new business called Knievel's Custom Cycles, based in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey. In late March 2006, Robbie Knievel jumped from one barge to another in Jacksonville, FL and in late July 2006, he made a triple tribute jump to his father Evel Knievel at Evel Knievel Days in Butte, Montana by jumping the Batmobile, four huge flame throwers and a 1959 era Harley-Davidson motorcycle. ^[3] Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, an unincorporated township in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. ... This article is about the canyon in the southwestern United States. ... This article is about the canyon in the southwestern United States. ... For the area known as Snake River Canyon in western Wyoming, see Snake River Canyon (Wyoming). ... For other uses, see Snake River (disambiguation). ... Motto: People Serving People Coordinates: , Country State County Twin Falls Founded 1904 Incorporated 1904 Government  - Type council-manager  - Mayor Lance W. Clow  - City Manager Tom Courtney Area  - City 12. ... Biography is one of A&Es longest-running and most popular programs. ... Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary on April 23, 1939) is an American actor, primarily known for his roles in movies, sitcoms and television who also starred in four long-running ABC TV series over four decades. ... Robert Craig Evel Knievel, Jr. ... Uptown Butte 1942 view of the city Butte is a city in Silver Bow County, Montana and is the county seat. ...

On March 18, 2007, Robbie jumped an assortment of military vehicles at the North Carolina Auto Expo in Raleigh, North Carolina. Soon afterwards, he appeared in a nationally broadcast commercial for Holiday Inn Express. On June 9, 2007, he appeared in Wilmington, Delaware and successfully jumped $4.8 billion in fake money representing the amount of interest paid to the customers of ING Direct. In August 2007, he was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Sturgis, South Dakota and made a jump at the world famous Buffalo Chip campground. Robbie successfully jumped over 24 Coca-Cola Zero truck cabs at The Kings Island Amusement Park outside Cincinnati, Ohio on May 24, 2008. [3] 33 years after his father Evel Knievel carved daredevil history in 1975 for jumping over 14 Greyhound buses at Kings Island. Robbie Knievel, 46, broke his dad’s feat by setting a new world record, even if his jump was just short of the 231 feet that Robbie needed to break the world distance record he had once set in 1998 by jumping the total 231 feet. Evel's record for trucks was 14.^[4][5] Coca-Cola Zero or Coke Zero is a product of the Coca-Cola Company. ... Kings Island is a 364 acre (1. ... Cincinnati redirects here. ... Robert Craig Evel Knievel, Jr. ...

Knievel successfully jumped on June 7, 2008 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, Texas. He cleared 21 Hummers on the front stretch of the speedway. He originally was going to jump 25 Hummers. However, there was a strong sustained headwind the evening of the jump.^[6]

His latest jump was performed on July 3, 2008 at Six Flags St. Louis. He cleared 25 Dodge vehicles in front of a crowd of 1,000. The jump, originally scheduled to take place at 1:30pm, was pushed back to 2:00 due to brief rain.

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ The Knievels - Motorcycle Jumping Grand Canyon 1968 1999
3. ^ Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story DVD
4. ^ middletownjournal, Robbie Knievel shatters truck-jumping record at Kings Island by jumping 24 Coca-Cola Zero trucks.
5. ^ kypost.com, obbie Knievel Breaks Dad's Record
6. ^ Robbie Knievel clears 21 Hummers

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External links

• Knievel Custom Cycles website
• Kaptain Robbie Knievel's official website
• 21 Hummer Jump at Texas Motor Speedway