Evel Knievel 1972. On January 7 and 8, 1971, Knievel set the record by selling over 100,000 tickets to back-to-back performances at the Houston Astrodome. On February 28, he set a new world record by jumping 19 cars with his Harley-Davidson XR-750 at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. The 19-car jump was filmed for the movie "Evel Knievel." Knievel held the record for 27 years until Bubba Blackwell jumped 20 cars in 1998 with an XR-750. In 2015, Doug Danger surpassed that number with 22 cars, accomplishing this feat on Evel Knievel's actual vintage 1972 Harley-Davidson XR-750. On May 10,
Frank Maher (stuntman) Frank Maher (stuntman) Francis James "Frank" Maher (18 June 1929 – 13 July 2007) was a British stuntman, best known for his roles as a stuntman or stunt coordinator in a vast range of British TV shows including "Danger Man" (US: "Secret Agent") and "The Prisoner"; he was frequently the stunt double for the series star Patrick McGoohan. He was born in London on 18 June 1929. He was a gold medal winning boxer at school. Before his career as a stuntman/actor he served in World War II in the Parachute Regiment of the British Army. He lied about his