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,
2014–15 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup from Japan. A common win of Simon Ammann and Noriaki Kasai in Ruka, Finland was the 10th double win in history of Men's Ski Jumping World Cup competition. 63rd Four Hills Tournament offered extra prize money. Overall winner earned 20,000 CHF and winner of qualifications 2,400 CHF. Those earnings are included in prize money standings below. Stefan Kraft of Austria won the Tournament for the first time, followed by Michael Hayböck of Austria and Peter Prevc. February 2015 saw an improvement of the world record in ski jumping distance, the previous record of Johan Remen Evensen (246.5 m, set in