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p. 165, ‘Doctors in the UK’:
BBC Top Gear
(March 1999).

p. 166, ‘It was always scary from the very beginning’:
The Last of the Gladiators: Evel Knievel,
Twin Tower Enterprises, 1986.

p. 168, ‘I was prettier and just as great’:
Evel Ways: A Daring Approach to Life,
GraF/X, 1999.

CHAPTER
10

p. 170, ‘Eight inches may not sound like much’:
The Journal Herald
(27 October 1975).

p. 171, ‘I’ve never been in a better frame of mind’:
Dayton Daily News,
1975.

p. 175, ‘The descending ramp was built’:
The Journal Herald
(27 October 1975).

p. 175, ‘People said I wasn’t scared’:
the-vu.com
(September 1998).

p. 176, ‘Evel Knievel was the star of the movie’:
A Touch of Evel,
BBC/The Learning Channel, 1998.

CHAPTER
11

p. 185, ‘He said I was a drug-taker’:
FHM
(October 1998).

p. 191, ‘Aw, what the hell, you know?’:
POPsmear
(September/October 1998).

p. 192, ‘They caught me playing golf’:
POPsmear
(September/October 1998).

p. 192, ‘It was degrading’:
FHM
(October 1998).

p. 192, ‘I was in there cos I chose to be in there’:
POPsmear,
(September/October 1998).

p. 193, ‘Guess who they put in with me?’:
Icon
(April 1998).

p. 194, ‘If somebody tells lies about you’:
A Touch of Evel,
BBC/The Learning Channel, 1998.

p. 201, ‘My dad was flamboyant’:
Maxim
(October 1998).

p. 202, ‘I started to think he might be jealous’:
Maxim
(October 1998).

p. 205, ‘My Knievel toys made $300 million’:
the-vu.com
, (September 1998).

p. 206, ‘The US Government is run’:
FHM
(October 1998).

p. 207, ‘All these so-called Christian people’:
POPsmear,
(September/October 1998).

p. 208, ‘I think that I began to feel so bad’:
The Last of the Gladiators: Evel Knievel,
Twin Tower Enterprises, 1986.

p. 208, ‘I stayed for two days then escaped’:
Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly
(June 2001).

p. 208, ‘The FBI had investigated’:
Evel Ways: A Daring Approach to Life,
GraF/X, 1999.

p. 209, ‘When I pray and when I question God’:
The Last of the Gladiators: Evel Knievel,
Twin Tower Enterprises, 1986.

p. 210, ‘The most precious times’:
The Last of the Gladiators: Evel Knievel,
Twin Tower Enterprises, 1986.

p. 210, ‘It comes to a point where everybody needs to be needed’:
The Last of the Gladiators: Evel Knievel,
Twin Tower Enterprises, 1986.

CHAPTER
12

p. 212, ‘I was always creative’:
Evel Ways: A Daring Approach to Life,
GraF/X, 1999.

p. 214, ‘The president of Brown & Bigelow’:
POPsmear,
(September/October 1998).

p. 214, ‘You can be famous for a lot of things’:
Esquire
(July 1999).

p. 214, ‘She was bitching too much’:
the-vu.com
(September 1998).

p. 216, ‘I was at Turnberry in North Miami’:
Evel Ways: A Daring Approach to Life,
GraF/X, 1999.

p. 217, ‘When you get married, you stay married’:
St Petersburg Times,
(21 June 1998).

p. 218, ‘I never met anybody’:
Icon
(April 1998).

p. 223, ‘I knew Elvis, I knew Frank Sinatra’:
the-vu.com
(September 1998).

p. 225, ‘Loving someone doesn’t mean’:
Esquire
(July 1999).

p. 226, ‘I always said I’d pay $1,000’:
Evel Ways: A Daring Approach to Life,
GraF/X, 1999.

p. 228, ‘They told me to quit drinking’:
the-vu.com
(September 1998).

CHAPTER
13

p. 231, ‘Some people think that if you’re rich’:
Evel Ways: A Daring Approach to Life,
GraF/X, 1999.

p. 232, ‘It is a bitch’:
the-vu.com
(September 1998).

p. 233, ‘He’s just seven’:
the-vu.com
(September 1998).

p. 234, ‘They don’t ask me to jump’:
the-vu.com
(September 1998).

p. 239, ‘As she [Krystal] was driving’:
Hollywood Five-O
(spring 2003).

p. 240, ‘He gave me a gift’:
Evel Ways: A Daring Approach to Life,
GraF/X, 1999.

p. 240, ‘…when they take your liver out’:
Minnesota Motorcycle

Monthly,
(June 2001).

p. 242, ‘I have an agreement with a big investment firm’:
Motor Cycle News
(1 July 1998).

p. 244, ‘I can’t even go in a grocery store’:
Motor Cycle News
(1 July 1998).

CHAPTER
14

p. 245, ‘He initially would leave flowers’:
St Petersburg Times
(21 February 2002).

p. 246, ‘Women are like buses’:
the-vu.com
(September 1998).

p. 250, ‘I don’t know what I’m going to jump’:
www.knievel korner.co.uk

p.
250, ‘I’ll jump over 200 feet’:
www.knievelkorner.co.uk

p. 251, ‘By jumping again at my age’:
New York Press,
Volume 15, Issue 34.

p. 251, ‘If I make this last jump’:
Evel Knievel’s Great Ride,
Tri-Crown Productions, 2003.

p. 253, ‘I’ve given a couple of weeks of my time here’:
Evel Knievel’s

Great Ride,
Tri-Crown Productions, 2003.

p. 254, ‘I was an alcoholic’:
Hollywood Five-O
(spring 2003).

p. 255, ‘I have a ride that you can get on’:
www.knievelkorner.co.uk

p. 258, ‘Given the worldwide interest’:
The Mail on Sunday
(25 January 2004).

p. 260, ‘Some people can only dream’:
the-vu.com
(September 1998).

p. 261, ‘I tell ya, I don’t know what’:
Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly
(June 2001).

CHAPTER
15

p. 264, ‘Devil, devil, you bastard you’:
www.hourofpower.org
.

p. 265, ‘We started singing “Amazing Grace”’:
Christianity Today

Magazine
(April 2007, web only).

p. 266, ‘the fibrosis was caused by a drug’:
Motor Cycle News
(14 June 2006).

p. 266, ‘The amount in these suckers’:
Motor Cycle News
(14 June 2006).

p. 269, ‘He never wanted anyone’:
USA Today
(3 January 2007).

p. 269, ‘I’ve done things that I’m not proud of’:
Motor Cycle News
(14 June 2006).

p. 270, ‘
Evel Knievel
is directed with such over-the-top gusto’:
LA Weekly Review
(10 October 2007).

p. 273, ‘We are going hot and heavy after his estate’:
The Associated Press
(3 December 2007).

Select Bibliography

Albers, Buckby, ‘Evel’s Act Ends Abruptly’,
The Journal Herald
(27 October 1975).

Atyeo, Don,
Blood & Guts: Violence in Sports
(Paddington Press, 1979), pp. 323–327, 350–353.

Bachman, Scott, Sam Cassel, Tracy Cassel and Kevin Nelson (eds),
Evel Ways: A Daring Approach to Life
(GraF/X, 1999).

Barker, Stuart, ‘Captain America’,
Two Wheels Only
(June 2001), pp. 118–123.

Barker, Stuart, ‘God’s Own Stuntman’,
FHM
(October 1998), pp. 122–128.

Barker, Stuart, ‘Evel Knievel: I Did It Fly Way’,
Motor Cycle News
(1 July 1998).

Barker, Stuart, Andy Downes, Chris Newbigging, Marc Potter and

Ben Purvis, ‘Evel Knievel: 1938–2007’,
Motor Cycle News
(5 December 2007).

Brown, Roland,
On 2 Wheels: An Encyclopedia of Motorcycles and Motorcycling
(Southwater, 2001), pp. 154–155.

Caldwell, Alicia, ‘Knievel Ordered to Leave Ex Alone’,
St Petersburg Times
(21 February 2002).

Carter, Tony, ‘Evel Knievel: “I’m Ready to Die”’,
Motor Cycle News
(14 June 2006).

Collins, Ace,
Evel Knievel: An American Hero
(St Martin’s Press, 1999).

Coombs, Davey, ‘The Sum of all Evel’,
Cycle World
(March 1998), pp. 66–70.

Erickson, P. J., ‘Evel Knievel Knocks on Wood after Coming up Short on Jump’,
Tucson Daily Citizen.

Eszterhas, Joe, ‘King of the Goons’,
Rolling Stone
(7 November 1974), pp. 40–58, 68–73.

Ewing, Russ, ‘Penthouse Interview: Evel Knievel’,
Penthouse,
1974.

Fleury, Richard, ‘Hitching a Ride with Evel Knievel’,
BBC Top Gear
(March 1999).

Gilbert, Don,
‘Evel Knievel: The World According to the American Daredevil’
, POPsmear (September/October 1998), pp. 42–52.

Greenberg, Brad, A., ‘Evel Overcome with Good’,
Christianity Today Magazine
(April 2007, web only).

Hawthorne, Mark, ‘Viva Knievel’,
Bike
(September 1997), pp. 108–114.

Hoffer, Richard, ‘Where Evel Lurks’,
Sports Illustrated
(7 October 1996), pp. 78–84.

Jones, Robert F., ‘Make It or Break It’,
Sports Illustrated
(Time Inc., Sept 1974), pp. 52–62.

Jordan, Pat, ‘Evel Never Dies’,
www.maxim.com
.

Kendt, Rob, ‘Knievel: A Daring Jump into Theatre’,
Los Angeles Times
(24 September 2007).

Kerwin, Robert, ‘Women’s Lib and Me’,
Playboy
(May 1978), pp. 100–104, 110, 228–230.

Leach, Andrew, ‘Knievel makes the Leap into Mobiles’,
The Mail on Sunday
(25 January 2004).

Leslie, David,
New York Press,
Volume 15, Issue 34.

Lowitt, Bruce, ‘Evel Irony’,
St Petersburg Times
(21 June 1998).

Mandich, Steve,
Evel Incarnate: The Life and Legend of Evel Knievel
(Sidgwick & Jackson, 2000).

Marx, Tony,
Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly
(June 2001).

Mikula, Steven, ‘Evel Knievel’s Leaps of Faith’,
LA Weekly Review
(10 October 2007).

O’Brien, Gerard, ‘Hero’s Final salute: Butte Readies for Knievel’s Funeral’,
Montana Standard
(10 December 2007).

Pomerantz, Gary M., ‘The Icon Profile: Evel Knievel’,
Icon
(April 1998), pp. 100–109, 157–158.

Proenza, Lydia Rose, ‘Guest Interview: Evel Knievel’,
www.hourof power.org
.

Randall, David, ‘Death of a Daredevil: The Extraordinary, Magnificent Life of Evel Knievel’,
The Independent
(2 December 2007).

Rogers, John, ‘Victim of Evel Knievel Intends to Collect Money from Daredevil’s Estate’,
The Associated Press
(3 December 2007).

Roscoe, Michael, ‘Evel Knievel: Motorcycle Daredevil Famed for his Bone-Breaking Jumps’,
The Independent
(3 December 2007).

Sager, Mike, ‘What I’ve Learned: Evel Knievel’,
Esquire
(July 1999), pp. 98–99.

Saltman, Sheldon,
Evel Knievel on Tour
(Dell Publishing, 1977).

Saraceno, John, ‘Long-Retired Knievel: Frail, Feisty, Still Cheating Death’,
USA Today
(3 January 2007).

Scalzo, Joe,
Evel Knievel
(Grosset & Dunlap Inc., 1974).

Scalzo, Joe,
Evel Knievel and Other Daredevils
(Grosset & Dunlap Inc., 1974).

Shapiro, Harvey, ‘Evel Has No Fear of 14-Bus Jump’,
Dayton Daily News
(1975).

Shelton, Dave, ‘Daredevil’s Funeral Expected to Draw Crowd’,
Clearwater Citizen
(5 December 2007).

Sikorski, Ray, ‘Something Evel This Way Comes’,
Montana Standard
(3 July 2007).

Smith, Kevin, ‘Evel Knievel’,
www.the-vu.com
(September 1998).

Spiegel, Marshall,
The Cycle Jumpers
(Scholastic Book Services, 1973).

Watson, Peter and Stuart Barker, ‘Knievel’s Wembley Wipeout’,
Classic Bike
(February 1999), pp. 18–22.

NEWSPAPERS

Cycle News East, Daily News, Dayton Daily News,

LA Herald-Examiner, National Tattler, Rocky Mountain News,

St Petersburg Times, Sunday Chronicle-Herald, Sunday News,

The Globe and Mail, The Hutchinson News, The Journal Herald,

The Mail on Sunday, The Mercury, Tucson Daily Citizen,

Chicago Herald-Tribune, The Montana Standard.

WEBSITES

www.antiquelynx.com, www.borntoride.com, www.billingsnews.com,

www.butteinfo.org,www.cbsnews.com,www.csifiles.com,

www.divorcemag.com, www.ekrockopera.com, www.evel1.com,

www.evelknievel.com, www.evelknievel.us, www.filmforce.ign.com,

www.focusonhepc.com, www.foxnews.com,

www.gamblingmagazine.com, www.hollywoodfiveo.com,

www.liveworld.com,www.knieveldays.com,

www.knievelkorner.co.uk, www.mainstreetbutte.org,

www.montanaforum.com, www.piccadillymuseum.com,

www.pinball.org, www.reviewjournal.com, www.sunnews.com,

www.the-vu.com, www.tvzap2it.com, www.twincities.com

Index

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A

Australia 197–8

ABC 53–4, 62, 70, 120–1, 138, 142,

161, 167, 168, 172, 176, 181

Accardo, Tony ‘Big Tuna’ 208–9

Airtime, Johnny 249

Albers, Bucky 175

Ali, Muhammad 5, 54, 128, 168, 201, 203, 269

Alladin Industries 124

Allen, Irwin 177

Aloha from Hawaii
84

AMA (American Motorcycle Association) 36, 87

American Eagle 81, 82, 92, 94, 200

American Rocket Society 118

Anaconda Copper Mining Company 10–11, 19–20, 27

Ankney, Pete 170

Apollo 13 118

Arctic Explorer Set 123

Armageddon
73–4

Arum, Bob 127–8, 129, 130, 137–8, 140, 154, 161, 168

Ascot Park Speedway 53, 54

Aston Martin Lagonda 224

Astrodome, Houston 183

Auto Daredevil Show 15

B

‘Ballad of Evel Knievel, The’ 146

Bally Manufacturing Corporation 124

Bakker, Jim 265

Barger, Sonny 88–9

Barry, Alma 267

BBC 47, 194, 237

Beeline Dragway 76–7

Bek, Jef 256

Bell Magnum helmet 68

Berkeley Pit 9

Berlin Wall 159

Berliner Motor Corporation 44, 47

Bezark, Fred 209

Bionic Woman, The
184

Blair, Bob 47

BMX 234–5

Bob Knievel and his Motorcycle Daredevils 47, 50–2

Bond, James 72–3, 74, 224

Bork, John 22–3, 113, 114

Bork, Linda Joan 22–3, 28, 36, 68, 69, 96, 102, 110, 112–13, 140, 143, 151, 165, 166, 178, 205, 206, 207, 210, 214, 217

Boyle, Paddy 28

Brambilla, Marco 242

Brando, Marlon 86

Branker, Don 136

Brooks, Garth 101

Brown & Biglow 214

BSA 35

Buis, Jeanie (step-mother) 32

Buis, Roy (step-grandfather) 14

Butte Bombers 21–2

Butte High School 16–17, 22, 144

Butte Press Club 248

Butte, Montana 9–11, 273–4

Buttons, Red 176

C

Caesar’s Palace 3, 60–7, 68, 70–1, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80–1, 85, 90, 91, 155, 163, 169, 173, 201, 230, 235, 241

California Motorcycle Company (CMC) 235, 241, 244

Canadian National Exhibition 127

Canyon Sky Cycles 122

Caruso, Paul 188

CBS 138, 181–2

Cerone, Jackie 208–9

Chamberlain, Wilt 112

Charles, Prince 98

Charlotte Clippers 21

Chicago International Amphitheatre 104, 182

Chitwood, Joey 15, 16, 38–9, 43 Chomsky, Martin J. 91

Coleman, Pete 81

Combined Insurance Company 30, 31

Connery, Sean 223–4

Continental Divide Raceway 100

Cooley City 40

Cooper, Ben 124

Cooper, Henry 160

Cordor, Paul 134, 135

Cosgriff, Chuck 157

Cow Palace 85, 87, 88, 91, 104, 115

Crystal Cathedral 262–4

Czechoslovakian Olympic hockey team 21–2

D

Dahood, Wade 248

Daly, John 159, 161, 164

Daredevil Lynch 43

Dave Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award 236

Davidson, Arthur 93

Davidson, Bill 277

Davis, Gary 105, 176

Delaney, Joe 56, 107

Derek, Bo 70

Derek, John 70

Dick Cavett Show
106

Dosen, Joe 37

Douglas, Gordon 84, 177

Draper, Mike 115

E

Eads, George 259

Eagles, Gil 143

Eastern Hockey League 21

Edgley, Michael 197–8

Eng, Jimmy 27

English Channel 159

Escape from Skull Canyon Set 122

Evans, Linda 70

Evel Eye 1
204

Evel Incarnate: The Life and Legend of Evel Knievel
(Mandich) 37, 88, 213

Evel Knievel
(Hamilton) 34, 90–1, 95, 96–7, 106, 138, 259, 271

Evel Knievel
(made-for-TV movie) 268

Evel Knievel
(opera) 270

Evel Knievel Day 244

Evel Knievel Daze 254

Evel Knievel Death Defiers
84, 182

Evel Knievel F-150 Gladiator 249

‘Evel Knievel says Goodbye Tour’ 128

Evel Knievel Great Ride
226, 249

Evel Knievel Labor Day Golf Tournament 196–7

Evel Knievel Night (BBC2) 237

Evel Knievel on Tour
(Saltman/Green) 185–6, 273

Evel Knievel Week 244, 253, 254

Evel Knievel Xperience 255–6

Evel Knievel: An American Hero (Collins) 34

Evel Knievel: Portrait of a Daredevil
168

Evel Knievel: The Last of the Gladiators
(Mulchahy) 46, 213–14

Evel Knievel’s Greatest Hits
222

Evel Knievel’s Pain-relieving Gel 226

Evel Ways: The Attitude of Evel Knievel
46, 87

Evergreen Speedway, Washington 57

Extreme sports 228, 244, 260–1

F

FAA 100, 120

FBI 27, 208

Federal Communications Commission 142

Ferriter, Jack 212, 213

Filthy McNasty’s 178

Fonda, Peter 115

Forbes, Carl 237

Ford, Gerald 196

Fox Telecommunications 186

Frazier, Joe 273

Freeway Tavern, Butte 131, 132

Frost, David 144, 145, 146–7, 150, 159

G

Gibson, Mel 258–9

Gifford, Frank 161, 176

Graham Speedway, Washington 54

Grand Canyon 59–60, 62, 116–17, 174, 201

Great Falls Speedway, Montana 51

Green Valley Raceway 120

Green, Thomas 183

Guinness Book of Records
37

H

Hamilton, George 34, 90, 91, 95, 96, 138, 176, 238, 242, 258, 271

Hammond, Richard 272–3

Happy Days
168

Harley-Davidson 36, 55, 93, 95, 104, 111, 115, 117, 144, 156, 161–2, 164, 173, 181, 194, 195, 199, 200, 235, 237, 250, 255

100th Anniversary Edition Road King Classic 95

XR-750 36, 55, 94, 237, 254

Harley, William S. 93

Hayden, Nicky 273

Hell’s Angels 85–6, 87, 88–9, 93, 104, 132, 134, 149

Hill, Graham 160

Hill, Napoleon 31

Hoffman, Dan 248

Hoffman, Matt 234–5

Honda 38, 39, 41, 42, 81

Hood, John 149–50, 164

Horwitch, Jason 259

Houghton, Leslie Van 193

Houston Astrodome 95

Hudman, Linda 103–4

Hughes, Howard 156

Hutton, Lauren 176

I

Icon
244

Icon Productions 258–9

Idaho Land Board 138

Ideal Toy Company 121, 124, 194, 195, 206

Imported Motors 37

Indian Motorcycles 235

IRS (Internal Revenue Service) 5, 204–7, 219, 242, 248

Italian Job, The
74

J

Jackass
260–1

Joey Chitwood Auto Daredevil Show 38–9

Johnson Motors 81

K

Katkov, Norman 177

Kelly, Gene 176

Kennedy, John F. 29

Kennedy, Krystal 218–19, 224, 225–6, 238, 239, 241, 243, 245–6, 247, 254, 267–8, 277

Kerkorian, Kirk 256

Kidd, Eddie 237

King’s Island Family Entertainment Center 168

King’s Island, Ohio 54, 168, 169–75, 170, 171, 172, 174–5, 179, 180, 181, 237

Kingdome, Seattle 183

Knievel, Alicia (daughter) 198, 205–6, 209–10, 211, 217, 233

Knievel, Ann (mother) 11, 12

Knievel, Christy (step-sister) 32

Knievel, Evel
see
Knievel, Robert Craig

Knievel, Emma (grandmother) 12, 13, 15, 18, 23, 233

Knievel, Ignatious (grandfather) 12, 13

Knievel, Kelly Michael (son) 28, 36, 69, 113, 114, 127, 139, 140, 143, 241, 256, 272

Knievel, Krysten (granddaughter) 271, 274

Knievel, Loretta (step-sister) 83

Knievel, Nick (brother) 12, 13, 15, 16

Knievel, Renee (step-sister) 32

Knievel, Robert Craig (Evel):

cane 74–5

career statistics 263–84

childhood 12–18

comebacks 6–7, 219–23, 229, 237, 241, 248–62

conversion to Christianity 262–5

crashes
see
injuries and crashes

criminal, life as a 24–30

drinking 5, 58–9, 64, 75, 156, 166, 175, 186, 188, 196, 206, 208, 209–11, 214, 215–16, 227, 228, 243, 258

fame 1, 2, 4–6, 53–4, 59–60, 69–76, 98–9, 138–9, 147–8, 153–4, 163, 167–8, 171–2, 181–2, 187–8, 193–4, 198, 214, 219–23, 229, 237–8, 241, 244, 257–62

family 22–3, 28, 37, 103, 110, 112–14, 127, 139–40, 143, 148, 151, 165, 166, 179, 199–203, 205, 206–7, 209–11, 214–15, 217–18, 233, 241–2, 245–7

fear, attitude towards 80–1, 175

finances 1, 2, 5, 77, 78–9, 97–103, 120, 121–5, 128–9, 131, 139, 154, 155–8, 178–9, 194–5, 198, 204–7, 216–17, 219, 242–3, 247–9, 251–2, 253–4, 256

first appearances as motorcycle jumper 41–3, 47–9, 52–3

gambling 155–9, 195–6, 208, 219, 243

golf 5, 196–7, 212, 215, 219, 230, 243, 251, 256

Hell’s Angels, clashes with 85–9, 104, 149

illnesses 7, 78, 222–3, 226, 227–8, 231–2, 236, 238–40, 243, 245, 255

injuries and crashes 3, 36–7, 50–2, 53, 57, 68–71, 77, 78–81, 104–6, 107–8, 116, 163–6, 169, 172–3, 182–3, 199, 230–1

insurance salesman 30–1

jailtime 5, 189–93

jealousy 136–7

jumping technique 55–6

jumps
see under individual venue name

jumpsuit 49–50, 82–3

last jumps 199–200

mafia connections 208–9

merchandise and endorsements 7, 121–5, 194, 226, 233–6, 241

miner 19–20

motorcycles 32–8, 39, 41, 42, 48, 55, 56, 64, 65, 66, 67, 80–1, 82, 86, 94, 95, 199, 200, 237, 250, 254

motorcycle dealerships 37–9

movies 90–2, 95–7, 176–8, 184, 242, 257–60

Knievel, Robert Craig (Evel) –
cont.

name, origin of 44, 45–7

painting 213–14

poetry 106–7

Presley, comparisons with 83–4

religion 209–10

retirement 166–7, 179–80, 203–4

roots 8, 10–11

self-promotion 2–3, 30, 39–40, 57–8, 61–4, 81, 127–8, 131–6, 158–9

sex life 5, 109–13, 215

sponsorship deals
see also

merchandise and endorsements 93–5

US Army 20–2

violent behaviour 185–95, 224–6, 237–8, 245–7, 248–9

yarn teller/liar 61–4, 81, 136

Knievel, Robert Edward (father) 11–12, 14, 32

Knievel, Robert Edward (son) 37, 69, 103, 113, 127, 143, 151, 172, 179, 199–203, 233, 250, 268–9, 275

Knievel, Robin (step-sister) 32

Knievel, Tracey Lynn (daughter) 38, 69, 143, 151, 233, 274

Knoffel, William 46

L

Laderer, Kurt 237–8

Lakewood Speedway 107

Las Vegas City Amateur

Championship (golf) 1998 256

Las Vegas Gaming Commission 190

Laverda 750S 82

Legend’s Corporation 214

Liberace 75, 101

Lie Detector
152

Life
61

LifeLink Transplantation Institute 239

Lions Drag Strip, Los Angeles 95

Little Caesar’s 221–2

Lombardo, Joey 208–9

Los Angeles Coliseum 114

Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 84

Louis, Joe 14, 197

Lovell, Jim 118, 145

Lyons, Sue 96

M

Madison Square Garden 103

Mahoney, John Culliton 146

Major, Cliff 15

Malewicki, Doug 117, 118, 119

Man with the Golden Gun, The
74

Mandich, Steve 37, 88, 120, 213

Maney, Leo 18

Manson, Charles 5, 193

Mantle, Mickey 231

Margolwitz, Robbie 208

Maxim Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas 243

McCollum, Watcha 100

McConaughey, Matthew 242, 258, 273, 274–5

McCormick, Jack 81

McGee, James H. 170

McGrath, Nig 46

Memorial Coliseum 121

Meridian Speedway 77

Met Tavern, The 25–6, 35, 133

MGM 96

Mitchell, Cameron 176

Montana Fish and Game Commission 29

Montana Marys 58–9

Moore, Roger 74

Moses Lake Raceway 40

Motor Cycle News
236

Mulchahy, Mo (Morris) 24–5, 34, 46

Mulder, Eddie 44

Murphy, John M. 142

N

Naranche Memorial Drag Strip 52–3

NASA 118

National Date Festival, Indio 47

Naval Research Laboratory 118

NBC 138, 139

Net Net Inc 256

Newton, Wayne 156

Nichol, Joseph McGinty (McG) 257, 258

Nicklaus, Jack 197

Nielsen, Leslie 176, 197

Northern Rocky Mountain Ski Association 17

Norton 44, 55

Commandos 48

O

O’Boyle, Paddy 194

O’Brien, Dick 95

Olsen, G, Darrell 75

One Man…One Canyon
138

Ontario Motor Speedway 95, 96

Orange County, California 43

P

Pack, Rod 44

Palmer, Arnold 197

Parade
101

Parker, Colonel Tom 63, 84

Pasetta, Marty 84

Paulsen, Clarence 216

Pavolich, Bob 25–6, 35

Penthouse
46

PGA 196

Piccadily Museum of Transportation Memorabilia and Advertising Art, Butte 253–4

Playing Mantis 233–4

Presley, Elvis 5, 63, 49, 82–4, 134, 172, 201, 220, 223, 229, 261, 269

Prudential Federal Savings 26

Pulp Fiction
6, 220

Pure Evel
256, 259

R

Rafeedie, Judge Edward 188–9, 191, 192

Ralph Andrews Productions 190

Ramos, Dr Hector (MD) 239

Reynolds, Burt 134, 220, 221

Ribavirin 240

Ridpath Hotel 216

Riggs, Bobby 156

River Thames 158–9, 160

Road and Trail Adventure Set 123

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