[1] He is best known today for his unsuccessful October 1979 attempt to jump the Saint Lawrence River in a rocket-powered Lincoln Continental, where he took the place of stuntman Ken Carter.
[2][1][3][4] Carter's years of planning for the "Superjump", and Powers's failed attempt were the subject of a 1981 documentary called The Devil at Your Heels, directed by Robert Fortier and produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Video of the stunt also appeared on the American television show That's Incredible!,[5] as well as the 1981 film Faces of Death II.
A four-minute clip of the stunt taken from Faces of Death II was uploaded to YouTube in 2006, causing renewed popularity.
In addition, the stunt has inspired a musical film titled Aim for the Roses, scored by Mark Haney.
Powers worked for and with Carter for many years,[7] and also claimed to have performed stunts for Hollywood, including in the 1970s films Smokey and the Bandit, Vanishing Point, and Hooper.