Kevin Harvick has never won a Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway, and two hours before Sunday's race he received a sign from above: This wasn't going to be the day.
Red Bull's amazing 24 mile plus Stratos Space Jump
Red Bull chose to launch their Stratos Space Jump from Roswell, NM because of the normally favorable weather conditions in the area.
On Tuesday, October 9th, Felix Baumgartner will participate in the final stage of the Red Bull Stratos project, the highest sky diving mission in history.
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner just accomplished a feat that adds to Red Bull's ever growing arsenal of extreme sports accomplishments.
Our planet never seems more beautiful than from a distance. Extreme jumper Felix Baumgartner brought back this amazingly distant view — from 71,580 feet above the surface — before jumping out of his space capsule and hurtling home at 365 mph in his quest to hit supersonic speeds without an aircraft.
"Back in the old days of skydiving, with the kind of planes they used, sometimes the engine would stall in the air, and then they would have to get out and turn it by hand to get it going again."