It’s not clear how strongly he held the conviction, or if he really believed it at all. Over the next couple years, Hughes began saying in interviews that he believed the earth was flat - “Frisbee-shaped,” and that he wanted to go up into space to make sure. In Vegas, Hughes became both limousine chauffeur and daredevil he took to referring to himself as “the world’s most famous limo driver.” The column detailed a 1999 attempt by Hughes to build a car from leftover pieces and use it to qualify for NASCAR’s Winston Cup Series.
In the 1980s, Hughes worked as a fabricator and body specialist on cars for NASCAR drivers Randy Lajoie and Rob Moroso, and as a crew chief on a Craftsman Truck team in Washington, before moving to Las Vegas in 1994, according to a Las Vegas Sun column. In 1974, he turned pro, and in 1979, he became the top Ice Speedway motorcycle racer in the U.S., the biography says. Originally from Oklahoma City, Hughes started attending car races with his father at 2 months old and began racing motorcycles at the age of 12, according to an author biography for his 2007 self-published book, “What Does A Limo Driver Know About NASCAR.” “Like any daredevil, I think they’re driven by a sense of that need to do something incredible but also to risk their life,” said Toby Brusseau, who directed “Rocketman,” a 2019 documentary about Hughes. Dramatic video footage of the botched stunt posted on social media appears to indicate that there was a problem with his parachute. After years of close calls, the 64-year-old Hughes met his end Saturday when he was killed during the launch of a homemade rocket gone awry outside Barstow.
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