Negative-G Six Flags St. Louis Evel Knievel Media Day Pictures Page Eight

Six Flags St. Louis
Eureka, Missouri
Evel Knievel Media Day & Opening
June 19 & 20, 2008
Page Eight

The New For 2008 Evel Knievel Rollercoaster at Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, Missouri

The New For 2008 Evel Knievel Rollercoaster at Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, Missouri

Evel Knievel occupies the space that once held the Moon Cars as well as the parks kids area. It's not a huge area, maybe a couple of acres so Evel Knievel has to spend some serious time twisting and turning around itself.

The New For 2008 Evel Knievel Rollercoaster at Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, Missouri

When Evel Knievel isn't twisting and turning it spends it's time jumping over hill after hill.

The New For 2008 Evel Knievel Rollercoaster at Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, Missouri

Viva Knievel! Ok, sorry about the bad pop culture pun there. Viva Knievel was a movie that starred Evel where he of course played himself. It had something to do with Gene Kelley and Leslie Nielsen trying to get Evel killed on a jump over a bull fighting ring down in Mexico so they could smuggle a bunch of drugs back into the US in his coffin.

The New For 2008 Evel Knievel Rollercoaster at Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, Missouri

Of course Evel survives, jumps a bunch of stuff and then busts the bad guys. It really wasn't the high point of Evel, Gene Kelly or Leslie Nielsen's careers but it was mildly amusing to watch when I was in college at 3am after a night out on the town.