05-09-2021, 09:27 AM
True Evil Knievel story
My buddy Stocky and I went for a car ride with Evil Knievel in April 1973, after his jump at Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1kbL6m5IEs
We both worked for the Yamaha dealer that had a display of bikes at the Gardens. After the event, we were sent down to pick up the bikes. Evil had a semi truck in there with 2 cars in it, a gold one and a silver one. He said he needed gas in the gold one and asked if we would like to ride along. Heck yea! I jumped in the front and Stocky got in the back. He got gas at the station behind the gardens. Being ever the showman when he went to pay for the gas he popped open the glove compartment right in front of me and pulled out a stack of credit cars an inch and a half thick and asked the gas station guy if he took any of them, then said never mind, popped the cards back into the glove box, and pulled out a roll of bills about 2" thick and paid cash. Then we went for a cruise. He was really a nice guy.
My buddy Stocky and I went for a car ride with Evil Knievel in April 1973, after his jump at Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1kbL6m5IEs
We both worked for the Yamaha dealer that had a display of bikes at the Gardens. After the event, we were sent down to pick up the bikes. Evil had a semi truck in there with 2 cars in it, a gold one and a silver one. He said he needed gas in the gold one and asked if we would like to ride along. Heck yea! I jumped in the front and Stocky got in the back. He got gas at the station behind the gardens. Being ever the showman when he went to pay for the gas he popped open the glove compartment right in front of me and pulled out a stack of credit cars an inch and a half thick and asked the gas station guy if he took any of them, then said never mind, popped the cards back into the glove box, and pulled out a roll of bills about 2" thick and paid cash. Then we went for a cruise. He was really a nice guy.