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,
Show Jumping World Cup 1 May 2012 's-Hertogenbosch (NLD) 19 April – 22 April 2013 Gothenburg (SWE) 24 April – 28 April, course designer Uliano Vezzani (ITA). 2014 Lyon (FRA) 17 April – 24 April, course designer Frank Rothenberger (GER). 2015 Las Vegas (USA) 16 April – 19 April, course designer Anthony d'Ambrosio (USA). 2016 Gothenburg (SWE) 23 March – 28 March, course designer Santiago Varela (ESP). 2017 Omaha (USA) 30 March – 2 April, course designer Alan Wade (IRL). 2018 Paris (FRA) 11 April – 15 April, course designer Santiago Varela (ESP). Show Jumping World Cup The FEI Show Jumping World Cup is