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Did she say "steam powered"?!!

Great classic footage, thanks!

Dad had one job in life that day; to successfully capture the jump on film.

Really cool historical video!

Steam powered? You are confusing his xr750 with the snake river rocket.

Of course, some dip$hit stood up in front of a camera at the critical moment. This is why I stopped documenting local enduro and hare scramble motorcycle races. There’s always a dip$hit standing up at the critical moment.

Evel was the coolest!

I was there, 9 years old , been waiting so long to see footage of this day, thank you for sharing it.

The guy in the way 😂 still a great video

The night before the jump, Evil had his pilot land his twin engine airplane on the dragstrip. His airplane wound up running into the rear of his big red trailer. Both the truck/trailer and the airplane were parked by the control tower on the Pit side of the track. They were both damaged....but not severely. On the day of the jump...me and some other boys started climbing on the airplane until a man came and yelled at us. It wasn't Evil......just one of his flunkies.

Thanks for that great footage of the GREATEST daredevil in the world! Too bad that idiot ruined the end with the jump. Still nice to see! 👍🏼

I was there.

Elvis broke every bone in Evel Knievel’s body

What let down waste of my time.And two twits commenting

Evel knievel was absolutely insane .. he was clueless and the bikes he used where good for nothing .. how he lasted as long as he did is baffling …

Many people had jumped a dirt bike back in the day. Evel was the first to make it a profession. He took it to that level. That's what made him the king.

Spent a lot of time at Minnesota Dragways. Those were the days.

Dude was as tough as he was crazy!

I was there and sat on thr grass right next to the strip. I was only 11 and it was totally not safe for me to sit there when the cars were racing but I drank from the garden hose back then too.

I had one of those Evel Kievel action figures on a bike with that plastic rip cord that you pulled out to launch it towards an awesome little jump you made. Damn thing tipped over right away every time. What a piece of shit.

"steam-powered Harley Davidson" . . . ?

The Harley was not steam powered.

Its funny to realize that a bone stock tesla right off the lot could take any 1972 pro stock drag car and 16 year old kids jump way farther than Evel did. I was 6 when this took place, Evel was the man but boy times have changed.

Notice the absence of obese people?

Patriotic jumpsuit? Didn't it have Stars and Bars?

Cupid stunts...

Nicely put together Kat. This guy is why I lost a front tooth as a kid! Though my Grand Canyon was a ditch and my Harley was my sister's bike complete with front basket! 💪🙈 Best wishes from an Englishman in a French forest. 🇬🇧🏆🇺🇸

“Steam-powered?” WTH?

I've always wondered did evil have a opening act or just jump and go home.

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Thank you for this

...from: Butte, Montana!

Amazing that his Harley could jump that far with the weight of his huge balls.

The Good Ole Days

Steam powered Harley Davidson. But the helicopter ran on av gas? The helicopter that could’ve flown over the cars?

The clothing 😱. What a terrible time in fashion.

I saw Evel jump 13 cars the following year, October 1973 at Kaukauna Wisconsin. My dad also filmed the jump with a super 8 movie film camera which I still have and is posted somewhere here on UA-cam. He jumped on Saturday and again on Sunday. I was there on Saturday and he successfully jumped 13 cars. the following day, Sunday he crashed on his landing.

Steam powered Harley?

I was there

All that and no landing

I remember being there when I was a little kid it was a good show

Thank you for sharing this, even though I wasn't there that day, I was there often as a teen, great memories

Always someone stands & blocks your view! What the couldn’t see when they were sitting?

Fun to see for me since I'm from Minnesota. I can't believe anyone even SLIGHTLY into cars didn't know about Minnesota Dragways. There was also Twin City Speedway that had an oval dirt track on their property too. Spent many days at both of them. TCS has been closed probably as long as Minnesota Dragways. Fun fact - For a few years, Minnesota Dragways location was used by Yamaha R & D. Twin City Speedway's location is now a trucking/shipping company - BUT the sign (frame only) is still visible by the edge of 35W.

Atleast all those drivers got to race Infront of the largest crowd ever at that track back in the day no cell phones everyone shows up to events on time watches the supporting classes at the local racetrack like asphalt and dirt oval especially for the main event at the end of a few hours of watching support classes races these days p show up just until for main event then leave and play one phone whole time

Thanks to your grandpa Don Kat. Was a nice trip back in time kind of sad he didn't have better position around that lady's head but oh well. Shared a hospital room with Evel til he could get a private room in a Tampa in '86.He was outta steam by then and the booze had eaten his liver up.Taught me to never meet your childhood hero's but nobody can take away what he did.Guy had balls,ambition and inspired a lot of kids my age. Wasn't a steam Harley I'm sure.XR750

Evel was da man. Fearless. Had a Huffy Thunder bicycle and tried imitating as a kid

There was no skill involved, just b*lls to the wall and hope you make it..

In the hot sun? According to my everyday, all purpose, self destructible, Orphan Annie climate change decoder, it had to be 40°cooler back then.

I heard drank wild turkey and pabst before jumps