• Business
  • Life
  • Celebrity
  • Sport
  • Blog
  • Auto
  • Tech
Stories from SWNS
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
    IRONING By Navajo

    IRONING By Navajo

    5 Interesting facts about online casinos

    5 Interesting facts about online casinos

    Curses of Cousins by Cliff Bacchus

    Curses of Cousins by Cliff Bacchus

    Operation Bluebird by Harry Old

    Operation Bluebird by Harry Old

    Family miraculously survive huge gas explosion

    Family miraculously survive huge gas explosion

    Deputy Chief Medical Officer’s elderly mum receives her first dose of Covid vaccination

    Deputy Chief Medical Officer’s elderly mum receives her first dose of Covid vaccination

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Business
  • Life
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    Spending More Time Online? How to Make the Most of Your Time

    Spending More Time Online? How to Make the Most of Your Time

    Why Now More Than Ever Healthcare Needs To Go Digital

    Why Now More Than Ever Healthcare Needs To Go Digital

    The Impacts of Technology in the Casino Sector

    The Impacts of Technology in the Casino Sector

    How IoT Is Shaping The Various Aspects Of The Healthcare Industry?

    How IoT Is Shaping The Various Aspects Of The Healthcare Industry?

    How Can Robots Take Their Place in Casinos?

    How Can Robots Take Their Place in Casinos?

    Three Elearning Trends That Point To The Importance Of Mobile Learning Solutions

    Three Elearning Trends That Point To The Importance Of Mobile Learning Solutions

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Review

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay on the Nintendo Switch

    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review

    macOS Sierra review: Mac users get a modest update this year

    Hands on: Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 review

    The Last Guardian Playstation 4 Game review

    Intel Core i7-7700K ‘Kaby Lake’ review

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    IRONING By Navajo

    IRONING By Navajo

    5 Interesting facts about online casinos

    5 Interesting facts about online casinos

    Curses of Cousins by Cliff Bacchus

    Curses of Cousins by Cliff Bacchus

    Operation Bluebird by Harry Old

    Operation Bluebird by Harry Old

    Family miraculously survive huge gas explosion

    Family miraculously survive huge gas explosion

    Deputy Chief Medical Officer’s elderly mum receives her first dose of Covid vaccination

    Deputy Chief Medical Officer’s elderly mum receives her first dose of Covid vaccination

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Business
  • Life
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    Spending More Time Online? How to Make the Most of Your Time

    Spending More Time Online? How to Make the Most of Your Time

    Why Now More Than Ever Healthcare Needs To Go Digital

    Why Now More Than Ever Healthcare Needs To Go Digital

    The Impacts of Technology in the Casino Sector

    The Impacts of Technology in the Casino Sector

    How IoT Is Shaping The Various Aspects Of The Healthcare Industry?

    How IoT Is Shaping The Various Aspects Of The Healthcare Industry?

    How Can Robots Take Their Place in Casinos?

    How Can Robots Take Their Place in Casinos?

    Three Elearning Trends That Point To The Importance Of Mobile Learning Solutions

    Three Elearning Trends That Point To The Importance Of Mobile Learning Solutions

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Review

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay on the Nintendo Switch

    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review

    macOS Sierra review: Mac users get a modest update this year

    Hands on: Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 review

    The Last Guardian Playstation 4 Game review

    Intel Core i7-7700K ‘Kaby Lake’ review

No Result
View All Result
Stories from SWNS
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Death-dodging demolition derby driver quits the track because ‘his luck has ran out’

by
May 27, 2013
in News
0
Steve Hemmings among the ruins of the car he was driving during his last race

Steve Hemmings among the ruins of the car he was driving during his last race

0
SHARES
342
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A demolition derby driver famous for always escaping pile-ups has reached the end of the road and retiring – because he believes his luck has run out.

Fearless Steve Hemmings, 40, has been racing stripped down road cars since 1993 and has completed more than 1,000 races all around Europe.

The father-of-two is well known throughout the stock car community as ‘Psycho’ because of his fearless driving style – and the string of horrific crashes he has managed to survive.

Steve Hemmings among the ruins of the car he was driving during his last race
Steve Hemmings among the ruins of the car he was driving during his last race

Incredibly paramedics have told him he has dodged certain death by just centimetres TWICE.

Now ‘lucky’ Steve has decided to hang up his stock car keys for good after promising himself he would quit at 40 – before his luck runs out.

The welder believes if he ever climbs back in a demolition derby car he will be killed in one of the dangerous pile-ups he has so far always walked free from.

But despite the draw of a quiet life with his family he is facing staunch opposition to quitting from his own FIANCE – partner of 14 years, Natalie Hardwick, 32.

Steve yesterday said: “I thought that she would be relieved. But she’s actually really upset it’s all over. She loved the races.

Steve is known in the racing community as 'psycho' because of his fearless drving style
Steve is known in the racing community as ‘psycho’ because of his fearless drving style

“I just said that I was going to pack up when I was 40 and then I finally reached it so I kept my word.

“You can change your driving style but you’ve still got people out there who want to hit you.

“If you don’t just leave then you risk not being able to give it up. It is a drug and you get addicted to it but I don’t want to take any more risks.”

“The whole sport takes you away from your family a lot and like I said little things like going on holiday is really difficult.

“I think my family are just looking forward to a quiet summer for a change and a quiet family life.”

Full-time Natalie said: “I’m gutted and I don’t want him to stop because it’s all we’ve ever known.

“I did try and talk him out of it. Even if he calmed down other people would still do stuff to him.

“But I’ve got plenty for him to do that’ll keep him busy at home.

“I want patio furniture made out of cars, and a barbecue and stuff, so he’s got to do all that for me over the summer.”

Steve said his grand farewell at a memorial meet last Saturday (18/5) and got behind the wheels of a HEARSE as he prepared to say goodbye to his adoring fans.

Before his retirement, Steve dedicated all of his free time working on refurbishing a shed full of 40 cars and has blown #10,000-a-year on the bangers – a total of #200,000 since he started.

His two most serious collisions came when Natalie was heavily pregnant with his two sons, Harry, nine, and Sam, three.

At one race at Wimbledon in 2003 he was sandwiched between a fence and two fellow racers – causing his car to fold like “crisp packet”.

But on that occasion his slight stature saved his life and he was well enough to walk away from the wrecked carcass of his car with just scrapes and bruises.

It was at a meet in Sheffield in 2009 though that Steve’s children came closest to being robbed of their father.

In a similar incident to just six years prior Steve’s car was crushed between two cars and the fence after he was rammed head first into the iron railings.

His car folded in HALF and he was dragged from the carcass as his ribs began to be crushed by his displaced steering wheel.

Astonishingly he managed to escape with minor injuries and multiple stitches.

But despite a career spanning over 20 years Steve has only managed to win FIVE races – despite attending a whopping 500 meets.

Now that he has completed his farewell race, Steve can look forward to a future of soap operas and film nights rather than hospital wards and his SHED.

Previous Post

Elderly church-goers in furious clash with parking wardens after cars are ticketed during morning mass

Next Post

Families hit with £700 bill for hidden extras on ‘bargain’ all-inclusive holidays

Next Post

Families hit with £700 bill for hidden extras on 'bargain' all-inclusive holidays

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Stay Connected test

  • 81 Followers
  • 43k Followers
  • 108k Subscribers
  • 22.9k Followers
  • 99 Subscribers
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Women love cheesy chat up lines, a study has revealed

Top 20 cheesy chat-up lines ladies really love

March 5, 2014
The top ten most well-known bingo phrases

The top ten most well-known bingo phrases

January 21, 2014
The horses thunder towards a jump at the Grand National

Amazing racehorse names which never made it

April 23, 2014
HGH Injections Brands: Which Ones Are Best?

HGH Injections Brands: Which Ones Are Best?

January 14, 2019
Chris Fear, 33, outside the Coral betting shop which is refusing to pay out on his 485/1 winning bet

Boycott Coral! Bookmaker faces protest after refusing to pay out on a football fan’s 485/1 bet

184
Women love cheesy chat up lines, a study has revealed

Top 20 cheesy chat-up lines ladies really love

147
Women feel invisible to the opposite sex at the age of 51, researchers found

Women begin feeling invisible to men ‘when they turn 51’

138
UKIP candidate claims Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in masterplan to create State of Israel

UKIP candidate claims Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in masterplan to create State of Israel

105
IRONING By Navajo

IRONING By Navajo

March 2, 2021
Top 5 RTG Games to Try in Online Casinos

Top 5 RTG Games to Try in Online Casinos

February 25, 2021
How to choose a lawyer in Latvia?

How to choose a lawyer in Latvia?

February 23, 2021
3 Simple Luxuries That Can Transform Your Daily Routine

3 Simple Luxuries That Can Transform Your Daily Routine

February 22, 2021

Recent News

IRONING By Navajo

IRONING By Navajo

March 2, 2021
Top 5 RTG Games to Try in Online Casinos

Top 5 RTG Games to Try in Online Casinos

February 25, 2021
How to choose a lawyer in Latvia?

How to choose a lawyer in Latvia?

February 23, 2021
3 Simple Luxuries That Can Transform Your Daily Routine

3 Simple Luxuries That Can Transform Your Daily Routine

February 22, 2021
SWNS

SWNS all rights reserved. Copyright 2020

Follow Us

Browse by Category

  • Auto
  • Blog
  • Business
  • Celebrity
  • Gaming
  • Life
  • Lifestyle
  • News
  • Pictures
  • Property
  • Review
  • Sport
  • SWNS
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized

Recent News

IRONING By Navajo

IRONING By Navajo

March 2, 2021
Top 5 RTG Games to Try in Online Casinos

Top 5 RTG Games to Try in Online Casinos

February 25, 2021
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2020 South West News Service Limited.

No Result
View All Result
  • Business
  • Life
  • Celebrity
  • Sport
  • Blog
  • Auto
  • Tech

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2020 South West News Service Limited.