Wild man Travis Pastrana is gearing up to recreate three of Evel Knievel's greatest motorcycle jumps in three hours for a live TV special. And as part of the tribute, he's going to be jumping an Indian Scout FTR750, a motorcycle almost as inappropriate for the job as Knievel's old Harleys.
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Another world record tumbled at Goodwood yesterday, and it was a cracker: the world’s fastest mile balancing a car on two wheels. And if that sounds difficult, it wasn’t on a straight bit of road. Driver Terry Grant had to take the car up the twisting Hill Climb race track. Just watch!
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It’s not every day you get to see a 500-pound snowmobile do a 5-story high, 100-foot long backflip. Minnesota native Levi LaVallee took advantage of the Superbowl circus to stage the crazy stunt over Minneapolis’ Nicollet Mall. And everything went as you'd expect.
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A pair of wingsuit-flying nutbags have BASE-jumped off the summit of a mountain, and flown into the door of a passing airplane in the latest of Red Bull’s outrageous stunts. Just watch the video, it’s amazing.
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Some car makers use motor shows to launch their cars, and some favour events full of influencers and celebrities to drum up some #hype. Jaguar decided to take a different approach for the E-Pace, which was launched – literally – with the world's longest barrel roll for a production vehicle.
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Multicopters are growing more powerful by the day, and Latvian company Aerones specializes in creating industrial drones that can carry loads of up to 100 kg (220 lb). To demonstrate the lifting power of its drones, the company has used a custom unit to carry a skydiver aloft.
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Wheelies are typically fun, exhilarating stunts you do for laughs. This one was a gruelling feat of endurance and grit that left Japanese stunt rider Masaru Abe crying out in pain – but also the owner of a new world record for the longest wheelie in history: 500 kilometers, 13 hours.
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To drum up a bit of excitement ahead of the 2016/2017 Formula E season opener in Marrakesh, the burgeoning series dropped Lucas Di Grassi onto an arctic ice cap in Greenland, where he duly proceeded to rip some all-electric donuts on camera.
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Stunt man Eddie Braun has achieved his childhood dream, jumping Idaho's Snake River Canyon in a treacherous steam-powered rocket bike. New Atlas was right there - check out this amazing world record footage!
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Twelve-time world Trials champion Dougie Lampkin is sizing up the storied Isle of Man TT course – all 37.7 miles and hundreds of corners’ worth of it – and preparing to wheelie the whole way around in a stunt to be televised by Red Bull.
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