Johnny Mac Trick Shot Quarterback

UConn Football player Johnny McEntee showing his skills in the offseason.

Stunts: Awesome doesn’t even begin to describe this

I’m sure you’re thinking “hey, I’ve seen that trick before.”  Well, you probably have, they used a motorcycle though.  This is a mother f*cking horse.  Bollywood > Hollywood.

Stuntman's record breaking car jump in California

A stuntman has beaten the record for the longest distance jumped in a car.

From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Stuntman's record breaking car jump in California

A stuntman has beaten the record for the longest distance jumped in a car.

Travis Pastrana took a 269-foot (82m) flying leap off Long Beach Pier, over open water, and landed on a floating barge in the harbour.

It's the longest jump ever in a car, shattering the previous world record of 171 feet.

Evel Knievel's son to recreate double-decker bus stunt

From: http://news.bbc.co.uk

Evel Knievel broke his pelvis during the London stunt in 1975

The son of stuntman Evel Knievel plans to complete a double-decker bus jump that nearly ended his father's career.

Robbie Knievel, 47, will try to jump over 16 buses at Wembley, west London, in May - riding a classic Harley Davidson XR-750 machine.

Evel Knievel broke his pelvis during his 1975 bid to jump over 13 buses.

"Although my dad's jump ended with broken bones and a lot of pain, I'm confident he'll be smiling down on this one," Mr Knievel said.

"Daredevils are a dying breed. I'm proud to have been raised by one and to be one myself."

His father attempted the stunt in front of an audience of 90,000 people at Wembley Stadium, on 25 May 1975.

Whether I make or miss it, at least I gave it a shot Robbie Knievel

But his rear wheel clipped the last bus in the row and he somersaulted onto the ramp with the bike crashing down on top of him.

A concussed Knievel announced his retirement over the stadium's PA system.

Nevertheless he returned five months later, successfully clearing 14 buses in Ohio and setting a new world record.

The senior daredevil, who made 300 jumps before retiring in 1980, died aged 69 in November 2007.

His son gained fame in 1989 when he successfully jumped 150ft (45m) over the fountains at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.

He has completed more than 350 professional jumps, including 20 world records.

Mr Knievel said he was "looking forward" to making the attempt to clear the jump that thwarted his father.

"I can never fill the shoes of my father because he was the greatest stunt guy in the world - the greatest daredevil," he said.

"Whether I make or miss it, at least I gave it a shot."

Stunt driver defies gravity on the world's biggest loop-the-loop

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By Paul Revoir

It was definitely not the time to be having second thoughts.

For the driver attempting the world's largest loop-the-loop, a moment's hesitation could have been fatal.

If stuntman Steve Truglia had been too timid in his acceleration, his yellow Toyota would have reached the top of the track and dropped like a stone.

Loopy: Stuntman Steve Truglia successfully completes the first British attempt at the loop-the-loop by car

But if he had driven in too fast, the G-force generated could have knocked him unconscious.

Either way, his route down from the high point of the 40ft loop would have been, shall we say, less than graceful.

But as this extraordinary picture shows, Mr Truglia's timing and speed were perfect.

The breathtaking stunt - planned with the help of a Cambridge physicist - was filmed at a Suffolk airbase for Channel Five's car show Fifth Gear.

I'm going in: Mr Truglia approaches the loop, driving at 37mph

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It will be shown in a special episode next Saturday at 11.30am.

John Nolan, of North One Television, which produces Fifth Gear, admitted that Mr Truglia was dicing with death by taking on the challenge - known to stuntmen as the 'death loop'.

Success: Mr Truglia after his achievement

'This is definitely the highest loop-the-loop in a real car ever,' he said. 'If he had blacked out he might not be here now.'

To stop this happening, Mr Truglia took part in endurance training in an aircraft to get his body used to the stresses of the G-forces involved.

Fighter pilots are trained to tense the muscles in their legs, arms and abdomens to restrict the flow of blood away from their brains, which could cause a blackout.

Mr Truglia also had to overcome his natural urge to bail out.

But after successfully completing the stunt, he is now ready for his next adventure - skydiving from space.

Life or death precision

Steve Truglia successfully completed the stunt by precise control of centripetal - often incorrectly known as centrifugal - force.

The Toyota had to be travelling fast enough that the centripetal force generated by its circular motion 'offset' the downward pull of gravity. This required the stuntman to enter the loop at exactly 37mph, immediately change out of gear and slow to 16mph as the vehicle swung round the top.

He was helped by the fact that the front and back of the car had been carved off to stop it scraping the track and slowing down.