Thursday, September 26, 2013

Today in motorcycle history, September 26, 1971

 

 


  On a warm, cloudy, Sunday afternoon in Hutchinson, Kansas, Evel Knievel jumps 10 Kenworth trucks at the Kansas State Fair.  The jump goes off without a hitch, the landing is one of the smoothest he'll have in 1971.  For the second day in a row (Evel also performed the same feat on Saturday the 25th),  the crowd goes home with stomachs full of fried dough, cotton candy and beer.  And the vision of a mad, airborne super-hero in red,white and blue.