- Bubba Blackwell
Infobox Person
name = Bubba Blackwellbirth_place =
Bon Secour, Alabama , USA
birth_name = James Blackwell
birth_date = birth date|1967|10|4
spouse = Jamie
children =daughter, Regan (dob 5/31/05)
occupation =Stunt performer
website = http://www.bubbablackwell.comBubba Blackwell is a
stunt performer and motorcycle jumping world record holder. He brokeEvel Knievel 's jump record for both cars and buses using aHarley-Davidson XR-750 track race motorcycle [ [http://www.bubbablackwell.com/biography.html Bubba Blackwell’s Biography ] ] .Records
On April 26, 1998, Bubba Blackwell jumped 20 cars in
Everett, MA , breaking the 19 car record held byEvel Knievel .On July 4, 1999, Bubba Blackwell jumped 14 buses at
Del Mar Fair in California, tying the record held byEvel Knievel , who lept 14 buses atKings Island in 1975 (althoughKnievel 's rear tire touched the 14th bus, his landing was successful). Five months later, Bubba would breakKnievel 's record by jumping 15 buses [ [http://www.encyclocentral.com/15789-Bubba_Blackwell_Alabama_Rider.html] .On October 4, 2008, Bubba broke
Evel Knievel 's last remaining jump record on aHarley-Davidson XR-750 by jumping 52 stacked cars (Knievel created the record in 1973 at theL.A. Collesium [http://espn.go.com/abcsports/wwos/e_knievel.html] ). The jump took place at the Deep South Speedway located betweenPensacola, Florida andMobile, Alabama . October 4, 2008 was also be Bubba's 41st birthday.Accidents
On July 4, 2001, Bubba attempted to beat his own record, attempting to jump 22 cars at
Del Mar Fair . He came up short and crashed. The crash is featured on episode 13 of A & E's Shockwave [ [http://www.history.com/minisites/shockwave/ The History Channel - Shockwave ] ] .Cycle Shows
Currently, Bubba regularly tours the United States performing his "
Buell Motorcycle Company Trick Show". One of the highlights of the stunt show is Bubba lifting the front wheel (or doing a motorcyclewheelie ) on aHarley Davidson FLHTCU, which has a weight of 840 lbs. [ [http://www.harley-davidson.com/PR/MOT/2007/07_specs_print.asp?locale=en_US&bmLocale=en_US&dwp=&market=US&family=to&model=flhtcu&modelsection=specs&measureCheck=English&specTable=showall Harley-Davidson | 2007 Motorcycles | Touring | FLHTCU ] ] . He returned to jumping hisHarley-Davidson XR-750 at Ukes Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Dealer in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 30, 2003 in celebration of the 100th anniversary ofHarley-Davidson . Bubba is still peridoically jumping the XR-750.References
External links
[http://bubbablackwell.com Official site]
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