Robert Shuman Hanna (March 12, 1934 – December 22, 2020)[1] was a record-breaking American stunt driver and motorsports promoter who performed under the stage name “Dusty Russell."
[2] In his career, Hanna estimated he crashed over 3,000 cars and jumped a collective 12 miles through the air doing the dive bomber stunt.
[3] As Dusty Russell, he once attempted to dive bomb a car 200 feet over a Sacramento lake, a stunt that had already claimed two lives, but failed.
The only one still standing is me.”[3] Filmmaker Mark L. Lester saw Hanna and the other stunt drivers who appear in the movie at an auto daredevils show in Berkeley, California, where they performed as The Circus of Death.
Hanna flipped a stock car in the air and landed 157 feet after a five-foot ramp, setting a new world record.