Boerneracehounds50 Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 did they ever have them down this way in Texas,and anyone remember them??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debwill Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Yes, I remember having them at SAS. Crazy stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Pan American in 77 or 78. Had a so-so crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrungot Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 watched them every year in New Hampshire.. Then my uncle went off the handle and joined.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modracer Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Can't remember exactly when it occurred, but they did have one at San Antonio Speedway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97car Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 The last time I saw them was at Green Valley Dragstrip about 1981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neon14 Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 I saw the Chittwood stunt show at Pocano in the late 70's. The thing that I remember most about it was he drove all the way around that track on two wheels in an MG convertible. Now days I think Chittwoods son has something it do with the Indianapolis motor speedway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundogC3 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Had them a Speed-O-Rama when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tqj3 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 I remember seeing the Chitwood show at Speed-O-Rama back in the day, but I don't remember when it was. Could have been as early as the '70s... Added on edit: I was also at TWS one afternoon when some 16-year-old kid drove an MG Midget all the way around the two-mile oval on two wheels. Even more fun was a stuntman in France (his name escapes me - getting old) who could get a car up on two wheels any time he wanted to and would sometimes do it on the highway... More edit: Found him on the Internet. Remy Julienne. The guy's nuts, but very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyRodriguez Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 the SA show was in the early 80's I thought, all those Chevettes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Here is a pic of the Chitwood show in early June, 1977. And the story that went with it. They are from the Finish Line newspaper that was published back then about local racing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaproll Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 I saw The Joie Chitwood Thrill Show at Sportsdrome Speedway in like `77 and then again at Texas Motor Speedway in about 2000 before the IRL race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc200mph Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 I saw The Joie Chitwood Thrill Show at Sportsdrome Speedway in like `77 and then again at Texas Motor Speedway in about 2000 before the IRL race. Yep, I was there at Sportsdrome for that one too! ...and saw them at Devils Bowl, been so long I don't remember the date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACENRANDY Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 I saw them at Capital Speedway in Holts Summit Mo. in 1968 I remember him driving a current year model mustang around the track on 2 wheels, 1/4 mile dirt. Not to mention all the other stunts and crashes they did. It was a cool show a good memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storm'71 Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Wichita Speedway in Wichita Falls in 1980. I was 9 or so...remember it vividly, however. ...just a fan. Got I-Stock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boerneracehounds50 Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 allways remember them at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport each year, had to make evey year, how about the going on 2 wheels around the track with a clown standing out side the car over the passenger window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
looneedude Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 i got told by a cop "who do you think you are joey chitwood" we where doing dougnuts in a rental car at the gas station in the rain after leaving the bar....some one probally went to jail that night but i plead the fifth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boerneracehounds50 Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 did you pleade the fitth or had a fifth??????????lol,lol,lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Doesn't anyone else remember seeing them at Longhorn Speedway? It was near the end of Longhorn, and the crowd wasn't very big so maybe you weren't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyRodriguez Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 thats right, it was the last show there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2803fan Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 i was there had to hide behind the bleachers when the truck with the jet engine came by, burnt the hair off my arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPosse Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I saw them at Capital Speedway in Holts Summit Mo. in 1968 I remember him driving a current year model mustang around the track on 2 wheels, 1/4 mile dirt. Not to mention all the other stunts and crashes they did. It was a cool show a good memory. Yeah - that was their trademark. I saw them a few times at Flemington Speedway (5/8 mile) and Nazareth, PA (1/2 mile) - and making a lap on two wheels.....amazing stuff.... sort of like Damion Gardner at the Chili Bowl... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-ROCKET Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 They were regulars at the "Astrodome Thrill Show and Destruction Derbys" in the sixties, Spanky Spangler and that bunch were probably still in diapers. For years I used to warn my workers and even poted a sign in my shop " When driving company vehicles do not ,...........AND NO JOEY CHITWOOD TYPE STUNTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipmunk Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 seen them in the astrodome and meyer speedway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyRodriguez Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 along those lines do ya'll remember mid-80's when they had the Truck races @ SAS & Speed O Rama in the 80's starring the gorgeous Shawna Robinson?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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