“This is probably just another day in the office for him,” Duffy said.Ĭontact Kimber Laux at Follow on Twitter.
In the background, a video played on multiple screens that showed the many crash-related injuries Pastrana, 34, had endured, including the separation of his spine from his pelvis when he was 14. … I’m definitely a little bit nervous for him, but I know if anyone can do it, he can do it.”Īs for how Pastrana felt in the moments before he would launch his motorcycle more than 100 feet over the demolished cars, breaking Knievel’s 50-car record, Duffy guessed that Pastrana was calm. “I came out to see my buddy do his thing and ride away safely. “I’m just trying to support,” Duffy said. Duffy was in the crowd Sunday in an Evel Knievel costume, complete with a blue cape, blue bucket hat and EK belt buckle. Pastrana’s friend and fellow stuntman, Gregg Duffy, grew up with Pastrana in Annapolis, Maryland. “No more Super Dave all those guys are to the wayside.” “Pastrana’s probably the closest thing to a Knievel that we have right now, in our era,” Thomas said. The kids also have watched a lot of Nitro Circus events on television. Thomas said his kids compared Sunday’s “Evel Live” event to “Hot Rod,” a 2007 comedy about an aspiring stunt performer, played by Andy Samberg. “I think being a Las Vegan and seeing those tapes, you know, the old reels of him jumping the fountain and taking that crash and everything, I feel like there’s a Las Vegas connection.” “We’re excited for the monument of it all, man, the history,” said Rudy Thomas, whose blue hair peeked from under his backward hat. Rudy and Carin Thomas, of Las Vegas, brought their 13-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son to watch Pastrana attempt three of Knievel’s most famous stunts. The town, where much of the legend’s family resides, even celebrates Evel Knievel Days over three days in late July. The Tuck family moved to Las Vegas from Butte, Montana - Knievel’s hometown - in November. The family was also excited to watch the man referred to several times Sunday night as the “modern Evel Knievel” top the original Knievel’s records. “And he watches all the car shows with Grandpa and Dad, so he was excited to meet the ‘Counting Cars’ guys here.” “Sawyer’s favorite channel is the History channel he loves documentaries of all kinds,” said the boys’ mom, 28-year-old Jessica Tuck. The boys braved the sticky, 109-degree heat near the Strip to watch stunt performer Travis Pastrana jump his motorcycle over 52 crushed cars, the first of his three jumps. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal Tuck, 4, and his 2-year-old brother Oliver stood beneath a water station, pouring cups of water over their heads and waving miniature American flags. The show was produced by the History Channel in partnership with Nitro Circus. Attendees leave the Evel Live event after Travis Pastrana's successful second jump in a lot behind Planet Hollywood hotel-resort in Las Vegas, Sunday, July 8, 2018.
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