On a seemingly cloudless, but cool, Sunday afternoon in Deming, New Mexico, Evel Knievel makes his final jump riding a Norton.
At Deming Dragway in Deming, New Mexico, Evel Knievel successfully clears ten various Dodge automobiles on his red 1965 750cc Norton Atlas for the last time. On March 9, 1967 in Gardena, California, Evel will debut his new ride, a 1966 T120 Triumph Bonneville. The Triumph proves it has more than enough power as he jumps fifteen cars.
Power or not, Knievel will drop Triumph in April of 1970 for a Laverda American Eagle 750cc. The affair with the Italian will be short-lived though, as on December 12, 1970 he climbs aboard a Harley-Davidson XR-750.
The Sportster will become the bike he will be best known for. The Harley-Davidson relationship will last until 1977.
Deming Dragway went the way of Evel's Atlas, it was replaced with the building of Arroyo Seco Raceway. A complex consisting of a road course and a 1/4 mile dragstrip that opened on May 22, 2005.
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