Mar 6, 2025 · Joe Draves is an American ride designer and engineer known for his work with Ride Centerline and Great Coasters International. History. Joe Draves worked for Great Coasters International before joining Ride Centerline, who makes up a majority of his work. In 2014, Lightning Run opened at Kentucky Kingdom, his first Ride Centerline design. Coasters

From 2022 to 2023, the former Wildcat was converted into a steel roller coaster manufactured by RMC and designed by Joe Draves. [44] The ride contains four inversions and reuses most of the original wooden roller coaster's support structure.

Nov 14, 2021 · Joe Draves is an up and coming roller coaster designer that has already designed coasters for a number of companies, including S&S, Chance Rides, and Rocky Mountain Construction. He...

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Nov 28, 2023 · Joe Draves, the design/structural engineer at Ride Centerline that took over Alan Schilke'e role with RMC (Rocky Mountain Construction), speaks with us at th...

Designed by Joe Draves from Alan Schilke’s Ride Centerline engineering team, the coaster features five inversions, including the world’s tallest double inversion at 175 feet (53m), the fastest launch in North America going from 0-78 mph (0-125.5 km/h) in 2 seconds as well as the world’s fastest inversion at 60 mph (96.5 km/h)!

Nov 15, 2018 · Live from the IAAPA show floor! Joe Draves, Ride Centerline ride designer joins us live to share about Kennywood Park’s The Steel Curtain. #RideWithACE...

Nov 22, 2021 · There have been rumors floating around that Alan Schilke has retired. If that's the case, that definitely clarifies why Joe Draves designed Arieforce One. I wonder how different RMC layouts in general will become, under Draves. Hope that he's able to continue on Schilke's legacy

Jul 3, 2019 · Ride Centerline's Joe Draves, who designed the coaster, rides and speaks with us about this new-for-2019 S&S compressed air launch coaster that features five...

Jul 15, 2019 · Joe Draves designed some very recent notable coasters. He definitely designed some out of the box coaster layouts; Lightning Run, Maxx Force, Steel Curtain, GaleForce, Merlin's Mayhem, Nickelodeon Slime Streak (in Meadowlands NJ), and a unnamed air compressed launch coaster in China.