America's Wildest Hell Road

Dragonater invited to appear on Travel Channel

RE: Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort owner in head-on crash on the Dragon

I got this email today:

Footage wanted for show on Travel Channel

Hello,

I am a Casting Assistant for Powderhouse Productions, and I'm currently working on a new show for the Travel Channel called America's Wildest Roads. We recently completed filming a segment on The Dragons Tail/Deal's Gap‬, and are looking for some amateur videos showcasing how dangerous this road can be. I came across your youtube channel, and am very interested in your video titled "Deals Gap Resort Owner In Head On Crash On Dragon"

If you own the rights to this video, and are interested, we'd love for you to submit it to be considered for the program. It can be done entirely online and only takes a few minutes.

Should you have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask!

Best,

Kari Stern
Casting Assistant
Powderhouse Productions
PowderHouse.net

The show was broadcast on Dec 11.

Watch the TV show here: Can You Brave The Dragon Tail?

I guess I should read my email more often than every 2 months?

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And on Discovery Channel this week, with 100,000 YT views in 1 day...



Discovery Channel’s ‘Hell Roads’ to include ‘The Dragon’

Maryville Daily Times

The 11.1-mile stretch of U.S. 129 from Tabcat Bridge to the North Carolina state line known as "The Dragon" will be one of eight “Hell Roads” featured at 9 Wednesday night on The Discovery Channel.

Davis Reidpath, a videographer with V2 Films in New York, contacted The Daily Times in December seeking assistance with the project and eventually asked for permission to use editorial content from a series of stories published Oct. 16-19 entitled “Taming the Dragon.”

According to The Discovery Channel’s television guide, the one-hour program will be broadcast Wednesday at 9 and 11 p.m.; 10 p.m., Jan. 28; 12 a.m., Jan. 29; and 1 p.m., Feb. 4.

Discovery Channel - TV Listings - Hell Roads

Feb 04, 8:00 pm

(60 minutes)
Remind Me Hell Roads

TV-14 (LV), CC

From around the globe lie eight notorious Hell Roads, each distinct in their own danger and history of carnage. Meet the people who risk their lives braving avalanches, rockslides, 10,000ft drops and even gunfire as they drive these terrifying highways.

Feb 05, 1:00 am

(60 minutes)
Remind Me Hell Roads

TV-14 (LV), CC

From around the globe lie eight notorious Hell Roads, each distinct in their own danger and history of carnage. Meet the people who risk their lives braving avalanches, rockslides, 10,000ft drops and even gunfire as they drive these terrifying highways.

I wonder if Blount County Govt's new billion-dollar "Tourism Dept" is responsible for this plethoria of TV shows on the Dragon?

I wonder if this speed demon appeared in Hell Roads?

"I’ll burn your house down, set your dog on fire and there won’t be a member of your family left, do you understand me? I won’t hire it done, I will do it myself! Do you understand me?”
-Blount County Dragon sheriff James Berrong firing his secretary in the Blount County Justice Center, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Nuchols v. Berrong, No. 04-5645, July 11, 2005