THRILL DRIVERS CHOICE 1956 CHEVROLET PROMOTIONAL FILM w, STUNT DRIVER JOIE CHITWOOD 87644z

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films Visit Browse our products on Amazon: One of the series of films produced by Jam Handy for Chevrolet, THRILL DRIVER S CHOICE features thrill driver Joie Chitwood and his team putting 1956 Chevys through their paces as part of a thrill show. The film also shows Chevy s in the showroom at the 1:20 mark, and indicates that Chitwood drives a stock Chevy (whether this is true or not we don t know ) George Rice Chitwood (April 14, 1912 January 3, 1988), nicknamed Joie, was an American racecar driver and businessman. He is best known as a daredevil in the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show. Born in Denison, Texas of Cherokee Indian ancestry, he was dubbed Joie by a track promoter and the name needed Chitwood started his racecar driving career in 1934 at a dirt track in Winfield, Kansas. From there, he began racing sprint cars. In 1939 and 1940 he won the AAA East Coast Sprin