This classic shot of Evel Knievel makes me white knuckle my desk slightly, it’s interesting that he doesn’t appear to be looking at the landing ramp, but rather is looking further down-range. If you know what event this was, let us all know in the comments below, you can also click the image to load the high-resolution, desktop wallpaper quality version.
Articles that Ben Branch has written have been covered on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, Autoweek Magazine, Wired Magazine, Autoblog, Gear Patrol, Jalopnik, The Verge, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with well over a million monthly readers from around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
