World Record Semi-Truck jump
It was “Evel Knievel Days” this weekend in Butte, Mont., which could only mean one thing: Crazy folk with their crazy toys were doing a whole bunch of crazy stunts — like Gregg Godfrey in his semi-truck, who jumped 166 feet to a new world record.
Crazier still, Godfrey had only intended to jump 140 feet, and those additional 26 feet meant slowing the truck down — after the heavy landing blew his Knievel-inspired truck’s right front tire — wasn’t the easiest of tasks. Still, Godfrey avoided the building (just), and in the process doubled Mike Ryan’s record truck jump of 83 feet (although Ryan did achieve that with a trailer in tow, and he leaped over a moving Lotus F1 car). The previous official world record for a jumping semi-truck was a mere 62 feet.
All of which left Godfrey feeling a tad dazed: “I hit so hard, I think I’m concussed. I don’t think I’m all there,” he said, shortly after the stunt. In total, three world records were broken during the Days, and more to the point, Evel Knievel’s legacy lived on.
Video Published on Jul 26, 2015
Uploaded by: It's Exquisite
Video Published on Jul 26, 2015
Uploaded by: It's Exquisite
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