16 Facts About Bubba Blackwell

Bubba Blackwell is best known for breaking Evel Knievel's jump record for buses using a Harley-Davidson XR-750 flat-track racing motorcycle.

Bubba Blackwell began his career on April 26,1998, when he jumped 20 cars in Everett, Massachusetts at Boston Harley-Davidson, breaking the 19-car record held by Evel Knievel.

Five months later, Bubba Blackwell broke Knievel's bus-jumping record by jumping 15 buses.

Bubba Blackwell broke Knievel's last remaining jump record on a Harley-Davidson XR-750 by jumping 52 stacked cars on October 4,2008.

On July 4,2001, Bubba Blackwell attempted to beat his record, attempting to jump 22 cars at Del Mar Fair.

However, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Harley-Davidson, Bubba Blackwell returned to jumping his Harley-Davidson XR-750 at Ukes Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Dealer in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 30,2003.

Bubba Blackwell planned to attempt to beat the XR-750 record again on June 12,2010, by jumping 22 Ford Focus cars at the Rockingham Park in Salem, New Hampshire.

In 2013, Bubba Blackwell jumped over two helicopters with their blades rotating.

Bubba Blackwell returned to Ukes Harley-Davidson for a jump to celebrate the 110th Anniversary of Harley-Davidson.

Between 2010 and 2013, Bubba Blackwell discontinued using the Buell motorcycles.

However, in 2014, Bubba Blackwell returned to using the Buells in his stunt shows.

One of the highlights of the stunt show was Bubba Blackwell lifting the front wheel, doing a motorcycle wheelie, on his street-legal Harley-Davidson FLHTCU outfitted with the 120 cubic inch twin cam engine.

Toward the end of the Buell sponsorship, Blackwell toured with Team Bubba, which included two other stunt riders other than himself performing stunts on the Buell motorcycles.

Bubba Blackwell said of his planned retirement that he accomplished all of his dreams and enjoyed fatherhood over stunt performing.

Bubba Blackwell announced his jump the weekend of August 15,2015 in Peoria, Illinois would be his farewell performance.

Bubba Blackwell came out of retirement on August 20,2016, with a jump at Fox River Harley-Davidson in St Charles, Illinois when he successfully cleared 15 Jeep Patriots after a 2-hour rain delay during the 2016 Illinois HOG Rally.