Date |
Location |
Obstacle |
Distance |
Motorcycle |
Outcome |
Injuries
|
1965 |
Moses Lake, Washington |
Rattlesnakes and two Mountain Lions |
40 feet (12 m) |
Honda 305cc Scrambler |
Successful |
Sprained ankle
|
January 23, 1966 |
Indio, California |
Two pick-up trucks |
45 feet (14 m) |
Norton N15 |
Successful |
None
|
February 10, 1966 |
Barstow, California |
A speeding motorcycle |
Mid-air jump |
No motorcycle |
Missed jump |
Groin injured
|
June 1, 1966
|
Kellogg, Idaho
|
12 Cars
|
62 feet
(19 m)
|
Norton 750cc Atlas
|
Successful (First jump over cars)
|
|
June 19, 1966 |
Missoula, Montana |
13 cars |
Unknown |
Norton N15 |
Landed short |
Knocked unconscious/broken arm/broken ribs
|
October 30, 1966 |
Butte, Montana |
14 cars |
Unknown |
Norton N15 |
Successful |
None
|
November 19, 1966 |
Tucson, Arizona |
10 Dodge cars |
Unknown |
Norton N15 |
Successful |
None
|
March 25, 1967 |
Ascot Park Gardena, California |
15 cars |
Unknown |
Triumph Bonneville T120 |
Successful |
None (video of first televised jump)
|
June 1967 |
Ascot Park 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 (30 m) |
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 2, 1967 |
Long Beach Arena Long Beach, California |
10 cars |
Unknown |
Triumph Bonneville T120 |
Successful |
None
|
December 31, 1967 |
Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Nevada |
Caesars Palace fountains |
141 feet (43 m) (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 |
Successful |
None
|
October 13, 1968 |
Tahoe-Carson Speedway Carson City, Nevada |
10 cars |
Unknown |
Honda CL-350 Scrambler |
Struck top of box truck short of landing ramp |
Broken shoulder/broken hip
|
April 1969 |
Los Angeles, California |
8 cars |
80 feet (24 m) |
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 |
Seattle International Raceway Kent Washington |
13 cars |
Unknown |
American Eagle 750cc |
Successful |
None
|
April 5, 1970 |
Seattle International Raceway Kent Washington |
18 cars |
120 feet (37 m) |
American Eagle 750cc |
Successful |
None
|
May 10, 1970 |
Yakima Speedway Yakima, Washington |
13 Pepsi trucks |
100 feet (30 m) |
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 |
Lost traction in wet grass on approach and landed short on edge of safety ramp. Crashed on down-ramp. |
Cracked ribs/fractured vertebrae
|
August 16, 1970 |
Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania |
No obstacles between ramps |
Unknown |
American Eagle 750cc |
Crashed on landing |
Cracked vertebrae/broken shoulder/broken hand. First jump in the eastern United States
|
December 12, 1970 |
Lions Drag Strip Los Angeles, California; |
13 cars |
Unknown |
Harley-Davidson XR-750 |
Successful |
None
|
January 2, 1971 |
Astrodome Houston, Texas |
13 cars |
Unknown |
Harley-Davidson XR-750 |
Successful |
None
|
February 1971 |
Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California |
19 cars |
129 feet (39 m) |
Harley-Davidson XR-750 |
Successful |
None
|
March 1971 |
Chicago, Illinois |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Harley-Davidson XR-750 |
Successful |
First jump in the Midwest US
|
July 1971 |
Madison Square Garden 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 27, 1971 |
The Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
8 cars and 1 van |
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 |
Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas |
14 Dodge Colts |
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 |
Cow Palace San Francisco, California |
12 cars |
Unknown |
Harley-Davidson XR-750 |
Successful |
None
|
March 3, 1972 |
Cow Palace 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. First jump in the southern US
|
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 Memorial Coliseum 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 |
Green Valley Raceway North Richland Hills, Texas |
11 Mac trucks |
Unknown |
Harley-Davidson XR-750 |
Successful, landed at bottom of ramp |
Compression fracture in back
|
March 29, 1974 |
Portland Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon |
10 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 |
Orange County International Raceway, 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 (32 m) |
Harley-Davidson XR-750 |
Successful |
None (article)
|
September 8, 1974 |
Twin Falls, Idaho |
Snake River Canyon |
1730 feet (527 m) |
X-2 Skycycle Steam-powered rocket |
Parachute deployed at launch, slammed into rocks on the river's edge |
Broken nose, minor scrapes and cuts
|
May 26, 1975 |
Wembley Stadium London, England |
13 single-decker buses |
120 feet (37 m) |
Harley-Davidson XR-750 |
Landed on 13th bus |
Fractured pelvis/broken hand/concussion[3]
|
October 25, 1975 |
Kings Island |
14 Greyhound buses |
133 feet (41 m) |
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 |
Kingdome Seattle, Washington |
7 Greyhound buses |
Unknown |
Harley-Davidson XR-750 |
Successful |
None
|
January 31, 1977 |
International Amphitheatre Chicago, Illinois |
13 sharks |
90 feet (27 m) |
Harley-Davidson XR-750 |
Crashed during practice jump |
Fractured collarbone/fractured right arm/heavy bruising. Final jump
|
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
|