He built a motorcycle with a car engine and dared the impossible. In the late 1960s, a humble farmer from Michigan named E.J. Potter changed the world of motorcycle racing forever. Imagine slapping a powerful Chevrolet V8 car engine onto a motorcycle frame—no clutch, no transmission, no safety net—just pure, raw horsepower pushing a two-wheeled beast beyond reason. Potter didn’t just imagine it; he built it in his barn, using scrap metal and sheer willpower. When he fired up his "Widowmaker," fl

Before Knievel was Evel, E.J. Potter was The Michigan Madman - Hagerty Media