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Alex Harvill (September 11, 1992 – June 17, 2021) [ 1][ 2] was an American motocross racer and stunt performer. On May 12, 2012, he set a Guinness World Record for the longest ramp-to-dirt motorcycle jump at 425 feet (129.54 m). On July 6, 2013, he set a Guinness World Record for the longest dirt-to-dirt motorcycle jump at 297.55 feet (90.69 m).
Name Death Age Nationality Notability Make-model Displacement (cc) Location Details Source "Indian Larry" Desmedt: August 30, 2004: 55 American Motorcycle builder and stuntman Concord, North Carolina: Butch Laswell: March 10, 1996: 37 American Motorcycle stunt rider: Honda CR500 Mesquite, Nevada: Joi Harris: August 14, 2017: 40 American
In total, 104 riders have died from incidents that occurred at Grand Prix motorcycle racing events, with Ben Drinkwater being the first in 1949. Three riders died in the 1940s; twenty-nine in the 1950s; twenty-seven in the 1960s; twenty-four in the 1970s; fourteen in the 1980s; two in the 1990s; one in the 2000s; three in the 2010s; and one in ...
Greg Smith, The Day, New London, Conn. November 2, 2023 at 8:35 PM. Nov. 2—GROTON — Town police on Thursday charged a Mashantucket man with manslaughter in connection with a dirt bike crash ...
2009 AMA Supercross Champion. Updated on July 04, 2009. James Stewart Jr. (born December 21, 1985), also known as Bubba Stewart, is an American former professional motocross racer who competed in the AMA Motocross Championship and the AMA Supercross Championships. Through his years of racing, he earned the nickname "The Fastest Man on The Planet".
Two dirt bike riders were chased by a man in a truck before one was struck and killed in Michigan, authorities said. The Isabella County Sheriff’s Office was called to the Coldwater Township ...
An arbitrator has ruled that Boynton Beach did not have just cause to fire Mark Sohn in the death of 13-year-old Stanley "SJ" Davis III. Arbitrator: Boynton police officer fired in teen's dirt ...
Pat Casey was born on December 26, 1993, in Riverside, California. [3] He turned professional at age 16. [4] Casey is known for being the first rider to successfully perform a decade backflip at a competition in 2011 (a trick where the rider spins their body around the handlebars a full 360 degrees while performing a backflip). [5] [3]