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,
Ski jumping at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 Ski jumping at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 Ski jumping competitions at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place on 19 – 29 February 2015 in Falun, Sweden. All competitions were held at the Lugnet ski jumping hills. It was the third time, five competitions were held during the Championships (together with 2011 and 2013). There were three individual competitions (one for men and one for women at the normal hill HS100 and one for men at the large hill HS134) and two team competitions (men at the large hill and mixed at the normal hill). Champion's