See a monster truck jump 238 scary feet for a new world record

How do you measure the skills of off-road racer and ex-carpenter Joe Sylvester in attempting to set the world record for jumping a monster truck? You could start with this comparison from Travis Pastrana, the NASCAR and X-Games driver who holds the overall record with a 269-ft. jump off the Long Beach Pier in a rally car four years ago: "I've driven a monster truck, and it's the most violent thing you've ever done."

Which helps to explain why Sylvester's record monster truck jump, achieved over the Labor Day weekend at the Cornfield 500 in Columbus, Penn., ranks among the more insane stunts ever recorded.