Thrill Shows, Chitwoods et al - Joie Chitwood, Jr. 1970 TV Interview
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Yes Dave, I saw at least twofrom 1969-1970. I wish I could remember where but can't, saw one from the stands and one from the infield. At least one was the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show and Joie Jr. did compete in the Grand Touring/Grand American series. I remember the cars being older models (early to mid '50s) and very plain except for the lettering on the sides. Looked like every day drivers. The stunts were driving on two wheels all the way around the track. Two cars would go in opposite directions, both on the left side tires, and meet on the front stretch as the cars barely cleared each other. One car would fly off a ramp while the other car would cross underneath. It is funny the odd things that you remember, I remember thinking that it must have been harder to drive the car on the twoleft sidewheels and go around the track backwards and turning to the right than going the normal way and turning to the left while on the left side tires.
The other stunt I remember is when they drove the car through a big tube mounted on a trailer with ramps going into it and out the other side high in the air. I think it looked like a rocket ship and the exit end would elevate up over the truck. In the picture below you can see part of that stunt craft just behind the left rear of the #15 Cougar with Dad standing in front of it. This would have been 1969. The thing that impressed me about this was the fact that the diameter of the tube was not a lot bigger than the width of the car and they hit those ramps at a pretty good speed. Not much rooom for error.
Several years later I saw another thrill show that featured Camaros but again I don't remember the name of the show or where it was. I'm like Billy Biscoe, my rememberer don't work to good.
