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racer-x (Offline)
  #1 1/2/11 7:02 PM
Any idea what time that guy crashed jumping the 4 wheeler Friday night? Someone just posted the video and the stands were empty.Kinda sad when it takes someone like Stewart to sell a place like that out when there was alot of good talent there.
Duane Hancock (Offline)
  #2 1/2/11 7:05 PM
It was about an hour after the races was over. It took them almost a complete hour to get it set-up safely for him...So many people were out of the place by then...
JordanBlanton (Offline)
  #3 1/2/11 7:06 PM
I don't know what time the jump was, but it was after the entire racing program was over. My group, along with what looked like the majority of the crowd, left after the racing. It appeared to be a good crowd both nights, especially Saturday.
9racing (Offline)
  #4 1/2/11 8:30 PM
where did they post the video?
short track scott (Offline)
  #5 1/2/11 8:35 PM
It was a pretty crazy try. Glad he is as ok, at least as ok as he was when he walked in...

There were a BUNCH of people hanging right by the doors. He was jumping toward them so if the bad thing happened they'd see it. If not they were steps ahead of the rest getting out.

The set-up took quite a bit longer than I expected it to. Then "The Pitbull" took a good number of dry runs at the ramp. He looked all ready to go though.

I hear he's going to try it again next year. Hope so!!!
Tony Barhorst (Offline)
  #6 1/2/11 9:04 PM
There is a series of Kevin Lillard photos of the jump on the Rumble Racing Series Facebook page. The indoor record of 7 cars still stands as Henry crashed and it doesn't count then. He tried to jump 190, and would have cleared 14 if he would have hit the ramp centered.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rumble...50363988435574

Henry would have tried the jump again on Friday, but his ATV was banged up after hitting the concrete barrier after the crash.

Look for a discount replay soon of all the 2010-2011 Rumble action on

http://www.racesontheweb.com/
Tony Barhorst (Offline)
  #7 1/2/11 11:30 PM
Here is a story and photo from the infield:

Stuntman Henry “The Pit Bull” Rife, who performed after the racing, escaped serious injury when he crashed after easily clearing 10 cars in an attempt to make a world indoor record jump on an all-terrain vehicle. The record remains seven cars because Rife did not land successfully.

Rife, 42, who has appeared on “Late Show with David Letterman,” shrugged off medical attention despite bouncing off the concrete floor. His ATV careened into a concrete barrier as he skidded to a halt just a few feet short of the wall.

He apologized to the crowd and vowed to break the record here next year.

“If his leg was broken,” close friend Russ Belt said, “right now, he wouldn’t tell you. I think it just knocked the wind out of him.”
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Tony Barhorst (Offline)
  #8 1/2/11 11:36 PM
Originally Posted by Duane Hancock:
It was about an hour after the races was over. It took them almost a complete hour to get it set-up safely for him...So many people were out of the place by then...
We had two parties going on..one with a DJ in the Fanzone..and one in the Pits with a Racin With D.O Show. Many were in the pits partying.

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Here is Rife's appearance from a 2007 "Late Night" with David Letterman Show that reran many times:
He actually broke his arm earlier in the day practicing, and still did the jump!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3pP-n1bQlc
racinround
  #9 1/2/11 11:50 PM
Here ya go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owb7pB9JrZo
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