ABOUT US

Welcome to americanhellriders.com. My name is Benny from Benny's Bike Rally and I am the owner of the American HellRiders Wall of Death. Currently, I reside in Breckenridge, Michigan and I’m 30 years old. You can also visit me at http://www.bennysbikerally.org, the home of Benny's Bike Rally.

In 2007, I held my first bike rally. Because of the great response, I became interested in building my own Wall of Death. I attempted to call and e-mail other Wall of Death vendors in the United States for the second year and received no response. With some research on the internet I figured out how to build this thing that has become known as the wall of death. The American Hellriders Wall of Death was built in 2007. The summer after the rally I started to buy all the wood and it was built in my shop with the help of some good friends.

Korey Hall aka "CC Rider" is from Detroit Michigan. He grew up in a small town outside the city. At an early age everyone knew he was born to ride a motorcycle. Learning that I had built this thing they call the Wall of Death. He knew he had to ride it. Now two years later he is our main rider. His self taught ability to ride the Wall of Death is something for everyone to see old and young alike! Now he travels with us to over twenty-five US cities a year and is living a life only others dream of. Riding a motorcycle for a living!

The wall takes 10 hours to set up and 7 hours to tear down and is hauled on a flat bed trailer.

The American HellRiders Wall of Death is currently traveling around the United States. Hopefuly we will see you soon in a town near you!!

HISTORY

The Wall of Death (AKA Motordrome) is a carnival sideshow featuring a drum- or barrel-shaped wooden cylinder, ranging from 20 to 36-feet in diameter, in which stunt motorcyclists ride and carry out tricks. Derived directly from US motorcycle boardtrack (motordrome) racing in the early 1900s, the very first carnival motordrome appeared at Coney Island amusement park (New York) in 1911. The following year portable tracks began to appear on traveling carnivals and in 1915, the first "silodromes" with perpendicular walls were seen. These motordromes with perfectly straight walls were soon dubbed the "Wall of Death." This carnival attraction became a staple in the US outdoor entertainment industry with the phenomenon reaching its zenith in the 1930s with more than 100 motordromes on traveling shows and in amusement parks. The first known Wall of Death in the UK appeared in 1929 at Southend.

The audience views from the top of the drum, looking down. The bikes start in the middle, at the bottom of the drum, and drive up an initial ramped section until they gain enough velocity to drive horizontally to the floor, defying gravity. See Video Page