When you go to make a world-record jump in a semi truck, you hope not to underestimate the speed required to make the jump, which sometimes leads to over-shooting the thing altogether.
That's exactly what happened to Gregg Godfrey when he attempted a 140-foot world-record jump at the annual Evel Knievel Days in Butte, Montana, this year.
Shown in the video above, Godfrey did well over his 140-foot goal. In fact, he sailed 166 feet -- smashing the previous 62-foot record -- before coming to a jarring landing in the Montana soil.
This, however, was not the only record broken that summer evening. Godfrey's nephew Tanner, who is paralyzed from the waist down, made a 202-foot leap off the same dirt ramp in a utility terrain vehicle, which broke the 198-foot record, according to the Montana Standard.
Tonight at @evelknieveldays 3 New World Records were set and THE LEGEND LIVES ON! Gregg Godfrey just brought Evel Knievel Days to a whole new level. Special thanks to @gregggodfrey, the entire @godfreyclan, Godfrey Trucking, Godfrey family & Hubert Rowland @nitrorednekhubert and Butte Silver Bow for the most SPECTACULAR world record stunt #ButteMT has ever seen at #EKD15 !!! #EvelKnievel #godfreyclan #godfreyproof #MasterCraft #Polaris #Fox #FoxShocks Photo by Jay Schweitzer #406 @jayschweitzer A photo posted by Evel Knievel (@official_evel_knievel) on Jul 25, 2015 at 12:35am PDT
Let this serve as proof that even though Evel Knievel no longer with us his dare-devil legacy lives on.