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Latham McKay/Evel Knievel Thrill Show and Museum/Courtesy photo Robert Knievel - better known as Evel Knievel – rides down Broadway during a 1964 parade. Knievel lived briefly in Moses Lake in the early 1960s, and his longtime friend Ray Gunn still does.

Latham McKay/Evel Knievel Thrill Show and Museum/Courtesy photo Robert Knievel - better known as Evel Knievel – rides down Broadway during a 1964 parade. Knievel lived briefly in Moses Lake in the early 1960s, and his longtime friend Ray Gunn still does.

February 20, 2017

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Ray Gunn remembers old friend Evel Knievel
February 20, 2017 2 a.m.

Ray Gunn remembers old friend Evel Knievel

MOSES LAKE — It was 1965. A fast-talking young guy who owned a motorcycle shop in Moses Lake was looking for a new, more spectacular – and hopefully more lucrative – career. His name was Robert Knievel; his nickname, earned during a brush with the law about a decade earlier, was Evel.