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Robert Craig “Evel” Knievel is known as the most decorated and daring American motorcyclist.  His daredevil tricks were extremely popular between the late 1960s and the early 1980s.  Evel Knievel’s daring jumps were nationally televised.  These jumps include his 1974 attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, ID.  His jumps represent four out of the top twenty most-watched ABC Wide World of Sports ever.

Knievel’s jumps caused him 433 broken bones.  He also earned several different entries into the Guinness Book of World Records.  He passed away November 30, 2007 from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Evel Knievil began performing daredevil tricks as a last resort effort to support his family.  His make-shift first effort including him renting the venue, writing his own press releases, setting up the show, selling tickets and serving as his own MC.  His first daredevil trick wowed the audience when he jumped a twenty-foot long box full of rattlesnakes and two mountain lions.  After this successful jump, he enlisted the aid of Bob Blair, a motorcycle distributor.  Blair wanted him to change the name of his show from Bobby Knievel and His Motorcycle Daredevils Thrill Show to Evil Knievel and His Motorcycle Daredevils. Knievel didn’t like the image that “Evil” had so he conceded to go by the name “Evel.”

Knievel’s best known jumps were jumping cars.  He successfully jumped 16 cars.  He tried to attempt jumping the Grand Canyon.  He jumped over the Mississippi River, from skyscraper to skyscraper, etc.  What if Evel Knievel had used fuel additives?

If Knievel had used fuel additives, he might not have ever crashed.  His motorcycles would have had enough power to allow him to complete his stunts.  He probably wouldn’t have broken as many bones if he had used fuel additives because he would have had the power necessary to complete his jumps.  There is no telling what Evel Knievel could have done with the use of fuel additives.  One thing is for sure though, he would have been even more daring and more of an American legend.