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)
#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.”