Earl "Lucky" Teter died and Chitwood took over his show after being asked by his widow to sell Teter's equipment. Chitwood was unable to find a buyer during World War II. Chitwood was deemed 4-F so he taught welding at factories. He began to operate the "Joie Chitwood Thrill Show." The show was an exhibition of auto stunt driving that became so successful he cut back significantly in racing. Often called "Hell Drivers," he had five units that for more than forty years toured across North America thrilling audiences in large and small towns alike with their death-defying automobile stunts. Chitwood performed a ramp-to-ramp jump with a car that was devised by Teter. Chitwood and his son Joie Jr. perfected driving a car on two wheels. His show was so popular, that in January 1967, the performance at the Islip Speedway, New York was broadcast on ABC television's Wide World of Sports. His sons, Joie Jr. and Tim, both joined the auto thrill show and continued to run the "Joie Chitwood Chevy Thunder Show" after their father's retirement. The Chitwood show toured the U.S. from 1945 to 1998. On May 13, 1978, Joie Jr. set a world record when he drove a Chevrolet Chevette for on just two wheels. Grandson Joie Chitwood III became president of the International Speedway Corporation, and served as president of Daytona International Speedway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The show was featured during season 3 of CHiPs in an episode entitled "Thrill Show". Joie Jr. did stunts for Miami Vice on several occasions. Joie Jr. also appeared as a guest challenger on the TV game show To Tell The Truth. Joie Jr. worked in over 60 feature films and national commercials. In 1984 the show was featured in the movie Smokey and the Bandit Part 3, where Sheriff Justice ends up the star of the show during his pursuit of The Bandit. Chitwood's show was credited by Evel Knievel as being his inspiration to become a daredevil when his show appeared in his home town of Butte, Montana. Stuntman Chitwood was frequently hired by Hollywood film studios to either do stunt driving for films or to act as auto-stunt coordinator. Chitwood was one of the stunt drivers in the Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck 1950 film about auto racing, To Please a Lady. In 1973, Joie Chitwood Jr. is credited as a Stunt Coordinator for the