They're the last of a daredevil breed. They crash dirt bikes through burning barricades.

They race cars at full speed on two wheels. And they do it all in the name of entertainment.

They're hell drivers. Since the 1930s, hell drivers have been putting on a thrilling but dangerous automobile show at fairs and racetracks all over North America. The shows include both precision driving and deliberate crashes - including two-wheel driving, flaming crashes and Hazzard County-type ramp jumps.

Local producer Dale Sheldrake has produced an hour-long documentary on hell drivers that will air on the Outdoor Life Network this Sunday, June 24 at both 8 and 10 p.m. Footage from the Lincoln County Fair in Beamsville will be featured in the TV special. 'There's footage in the show from last year,' said Sheldrake, a Niagara West native. 'A couple of scenes take place there.' The Imperial Hell Drivers Show - from which Sheldrake drew his characters - performed at the Lincoln County Fair in both 2005 and 2006. The troupe, based out of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, will perform once more in Lincoln, on September 7 of this year. After that, Paul Riddell and his wife, Toby Thibodeau, will retire from the sport for good.

The two hope their children, 17-year-old Ashley and 20-year-old Derrick carry on the family business. Riddell and Thibodeau are the last performers of a death defying act that Sheldrake describes as a 'very nostalgic, kind of traditional form of entertainment.' They had previously retired in 2003 but were coaxed back onto the road for three more years in 2005. Hell driving was very popular in its heyday. Many hell drivers doubled as stunt drivers in films requiring car crashes or high speed chases. But because it's a live show, the acts completed still could not match up to computer generated stunts. 'The advent of television and movie stunts make hell driving seem a little less spectacular,' Sheldrake explained.

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Sheldrake originally wanted to make a short documentary about demolition derbies in 1992 'when film business was slower.' That idea evolved into hell driving, a sport he had thought extinct. 'I researched into hell driving and realized no one had ever told their story,' he said. He originally hoped to complete the documentary within three years, but the story just kept getting bigger. In 1996, he met Riddell in Welland at a hell driving show and Riddell agreed to be the main character of Sheldrake's film. 'For the next 10 years after that, it was a combination of trying to find financing or a broadcaster or some way to raise money to do the show,' Sheldrake said.

Sheldrake is quite familiar with hell driving. The Grimsby-born, Smithville-raised producer viewed the event every year at local fairs as a child. 'I would get my dad to take me from the time I was five years old,' he said. 'I always wanted to go. And when they stopped coming to Smithville, we went down to Lincoln.'

Sheldrake has worked as a sound editor, winning a Genie Award in 1996 for his work in sound editing the movie Crash, directed by David Cronenberg. For more information, visit www.helldrivers.ca.

They're the last of a daredevil breed. They crash dirt bikes through burning barricades. They race cars at full speed on two wheels. And they do it all in the name of entertainment. They're hell drivers. Since the 1930s, hell drivers have been putting on a thrilling but dangerous automobile show at fairs and racetracks all over North America. The shows include both precision driving and deliberate crashes - including two-wheel driving, flaming crashes and Hazzard County-type ramp jumps.

Local producer Dale Sheldrake has produced an hour-long documentary on hell drivers that will air on the Outdoor Life Network this Sunday, June 24 at both 8 and 10 p.m. Footage from the Lincoln County Fair in Beamsville will be featured in the TV special. 'There's footage in the show from last year,' said Sheldrake, a Niagara West native. 'A couple of scenes take place there.'

The Imperial Hell Drivers Show - from which Sheldrake drew his characters - performed at the Lincoln County Fair in both 2005 and 2006. The troupe, based out of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, will perform once more in Lincoln, on September 7 of this year. After that, Paul Riddell and his wife, Toby Thibodeau, will retire from the sport for good. The two hope their children, 17-year-old Ashley and 20-year-old Derrick carry on the family business. Riddell and Thibodeau are the last performers of a death defying act that Sheldrake describes as a 'very nostalgic, kind of traditional form of entertainment.' They had previously retired in 2003 but were coaxed back onto the road for three more years in 2005. Hell driving was very popular in its heyday.

Many hell drivers doubled as stunt drivers in films requiring car crashes or high speed chases. But because it's a live show, the acts completed still could not match up to computer generated stunts. 'The advent of television and movie stunts make hell driving seem a little less spectacular,' Sheldrake explained. Sheldrake originally wanted to make a short documentary about demolition derbies in 1992 'when film business was slower.'

That idea evolved into hell driving, a sport he had thought extinct. 'I researched into hell driving and realized no one had ever told their story,' he said. Annamalai Tamil Serial Last Episode. He originally hoped to complete the documentary within three years, but the story just kept getting bigger. In 1996, he met Riddell in Welland at a hell driving show and Riddell agreed to be the main character of Sheldrake's film. 'For the next 10 years after that, it was a combination of trying to find financing or a broadcaster or some way to raise money to do the show,' Sheldrake said. Sheldrake is quite familiar with hell driving.

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'I always wanted to go. And when they stopped coming to Smithville, we went down to Lincoln.' Sheldrake has worked as a sound editor, winning a Genie Award in 1996 for his work in sound editing the movie Crash, directed by David Cronenberg. For more information, visit www.helldrivers.ca. They're the last of a daredevil breed.

They crash dirt bikes through burning barricades. They race cars at full speed on two wheels. And they do it all in the name of entertainment. They're hell drivers.

Since the 1930s, hell drivers have been putting on a thrilling but dangerous automobile show at fairs and racetracks all over North America. The shows include both precision driving and deliberate crashes - including two-wheel driving, flaming crashes and Hazzard County-type ramp jumps.

Local producer Dale Sheldrake has produced an hour-long documentary on hell drivers that will air on the Outdoor Life Network this Sunday, June 24 at both 8 and 10 p.m. Footage from the Lincoln County Fair in Beamsville will be featured in the TV special. 'There's footage in the show from last year,' said Sheldrake, a Niagara West native.

'A couple of scenes take place there.' The Imperial Hell Drivers Show - from which Sheldrake drew his characters - performed at the Lincoln County Fair in both 2005 and 2006.

The troupe, based out of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, will perform once more in Lincoln, on September 7 of this year. After that, Paul Riddell and his wife, Toby Thibodeau, will retire from the sport for good. The two hope their children, 17-year-old Ashley and 20-year-old Derrick carry on the family business. Riddell and Thibodeau are the last performers of a death defying act that Sheldrake describes as a 'very nostalgic, kind of traditional form of entertainment.' They had previously retired in 2003 but were coaxed back onto the road for three more years in 2005. Hell driving was very popular in its heyday.

Many hell drivers doubled as stunt drivers in films requiring car crashes or high speed chases. But because it's a live show, the acts completed still could not match up to computer generated stunts. 'The advent of television and movie stunts make hell driving seem a little less spectacular,' Sheldrake explained. Sheldrake originally wanted to make a short documentary about demolition derbies in 1992 'when film business was slower.'

That idea evolved into hell driving, a sport he had thought extinct. 'I researched into hell driving and realized no one had ever told their story,' he said. He originally hoped to complete the documentary within three years, but the story just kept getting bigger. In 1996, he met Riddell in Welland at a hell driving show and Riddell agreed to be the main character of Sheldrake's film.

'For the next 10 years after that, it was a combination of trying to find financing or a broadcaster or some way to raise money to do the show,' Sheldrake said. Sheldrake is quite familiar with hell driving. The Grimsby-born, Smithville-raised producer viewed the event every year at local fairs as a child. 'I would get my dad to take me from the time I was five years old,' he said. 'I always wanted to go. And when they stopped coming to Smithville, we went down to Lincoln.' Sheldrake has worked as a sound editor, winning a Genie Award in 1996 for his work in sound editing the movie Crash, directed by David Cronenberg.

For more information, visit www.helldrivers.ca.