Harvill first started messing around on the ramp in February while he was training for this year's race season, reaching as far as 266 feet before Eilers suggested calling in Schweitzer and McEntire to document any bigger jumps properly. Alex Harvill will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest motorcycle jump in history at the 2017 Geico 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race. Alex Harvill’s attempt at a world record motorcycle jump before the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on May 7 has been canceled.. After Ripping Mask Off Man Videotaping Traffic Stop "I've been racing on and off my whole life, but this really did come out of nowhere," Harvill said. Four-time X Games medalist Vicki Golden will attempt a new world record on an Indian FTR 1200 S on July 7 as part of "Evel Live 2." This is a press release from Monster Energy Company… Talladega, AL (April 20, 2017) – Alex Harvill will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest motorcycle jump in history.
8/16/2020 12:01 AM PT 8/15/2020 9:50 AM PT 8/15/2020 12:50 AM PT Pirates jump-on Reds and win 9-6 ... Trump supporters attempt world record boat parade near Clearwater Beach ... Motorcycle accident in Germantown sends 1 person to hospital On May 12, 19-year-old motocross racer Alex Harvill blasted past Robbie Maddison's 392-foot motocross distance jump record and Ryan Capes' previous 391-foot mark -- as well as snowmobile rider Levi LaVallee's 412-foot record -- while filming at Steve Eilers' Toes MX Park in Royal City, Wash., pushing the new distance mark to an astounding 425 feet.

"If we hadn't had a headwind that day and he could have hit his top speed of about 108 mph, I think he probably could have jumped at least 460 to 470 feet with the setup we have now. 8/15/2020 2:20 PM PT "Alex had a 354-foot clear gap, which is the largest ramp gap in history, and that was probably the gnarliest, scariest thing I had ever witnessed, let alone put my eye behind the lens and film," Schweitzer said. "The first published photos of Harvill's jump hit stands this week in the September/October issue of the Australian magazine Freerider MX, and footage shot by Jay Schweitzer of Powerband Films and Mike McEntire of Mack Dawg Productions will be featured in their six-years-in-the-making distance jump documentary (code name: "The Daredevil Project") due out in 2013. On February 28, he set a new world record by jumping 19 cars with his Harley-Davidson XR-750 at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. Alex Harvill jumped his motorcycle a record 425 feet in Royal City, Wash., while filming for "The Daredevil Project" film.

… I think we'll see him go far past 500 in the next few years." Ya gotta see the video ... Axell is flying through the air on his dirt bike, but when he finally comes down on the other side of the jump, he loses control of the bike and his body goes skidding down the pavement.