Travis Pastrana

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.

On New Years Eve, Travis Pastrana pulled off the world's longest car jump at the Red Bull: New Year. No Limits Party, in Long Beach California. He set a new mark of 269 feet, extending the world record by 43%.

April 8, 2006 We wrote recently about a new form of motorsport known as drifting , the first four-wheeled motorsport in which speed is not the key factor. Inst