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Is 3,000 feet up the mountain where its cold and its been drizzling on and off for the past hour. >> we could see most of the track. we got a pretty good spot. >> in the thin air at 12,000 feet, the time trial is going well. seven minutes in and three to go, jeremy and his co-driver are on pace to finish in third place. jeremy down shifts around a hair pin curve and then accelerates. this section of the course is called devils playground. its about to live up to its ominous name. jeremy drives 8...

>> jeremys concern shifts to yuri, the co-driver whose helmet splits in half from the force of the crash. the impact causes yuri to lose consciousness but only for seconds. >> i was concerned that the car might catch fire and actually ended up dragging him 50 feet away behind some boulders just in case the car did catch fire. >> yuri is airlifted to a nearby hospital with a brain injury. jeremy goes by ambulance. as violent as the continuous pounding is, you can see two white helmets bobbing dur...

>> jeremys girlfriend, robin, is 3,000 feet up the mountain where its cold and its been drizzling on and off for the past hour. >> we could see most of the track. we got a pretty good spot. >> in the thin air at 12,000 feet, the time trial is going well. seven minutes in and three to go, jeremy and his co-driver are on pace to finish in third place. jeremy down shifts around a hair pin curve and then accelerates. this section of the course is called devils playground. its about to live up to its...

I was praying. i didnt know what else to do. >> devils playground is exacting vengeance in a symphony of destruction. >> its an unmistakable sound. if youve ever been in a car accident, you know the sound. >> after what seems like an eternity, the little thats left of jeremys car stops. not only is his heart still beating, hes able to walk away. >> i did just unstrap myself and pull myself out of the wreckage. [ applause ] >> i had to run probably a quarter of a mile down the side of the mountai...

>> jeremys girlfriend, robin, is 3,000 feet up the mountain where its cold and its been drizzling on and off for the past hour. >> we could see most of the track. we got a pretty good spot. >> in the thin air at 12,000 feet, the time trial is going well. seven minutes in and three to go, jeremy and his co-driver are on pace to finish in third place. jeremy down shifts around a hair pin curve and then accelerates. this section of the course is called devils playground. its about to live up to its...

Past hour. >> we could see most of the track. we got a pretty good spot. >> in the thin air at 12,000 feet, the time trial is going well. seven minutes in and three to go, jeremy and his co-driver are on pace to finish in third place. jeremy down shifts around a hair pin curve and then accelerates. this section of the course is called devils playground. its about to live up to its ominous name. jeremy drives 80 miles an hour into the next turn. he steers to the left but his wheels arent grabbing...

Of destruction. >> its an unmistakable sound. if youve ever been in a car accident, you know the sound. >> after what seems like an eternity, the little thats left of jeremys car stops. not only is his heart still beating, hes able to walk away. >> i did just unstrap myself and pull myself out of the wreckage. [ applause ] >> i had to run probably a quarter of a mile down the side of the mountain and back to where i could physically see him. i saw he was sitting on a rock and that he was okay. >...

It seems leaving the competition in the dust. in the newsroom with this wonderful story. >> hes been hit by not one but two i.e.d.s. first in iraq in 2007 shrapnel peppering the left side of his body. and then three years ago in afghanistan he step on an i.e.d. and now has a prosthetic left leg but that hasnt stopped him from become a professional motor sports race car driver. >> when im out there, im not thinking about my injury. im be thinking about my prosthesis, my right leg, right arm. the ...

Is 3,000 feet up the mountain, where its cold and its been drizzling on and off for the past hour. >> we could actually see most of the track. we got a pretty good spot. >> in the thin air at 12,000 feet, the time trial is going well. seven minutes in, and three to go, jeremy and his co-driver uri are on pace to finish in third place. he goes around a hair pin turn. this is called devils playground. its about to live up to its ominous name. jeremy drives 80 miles an hour into the next turn. he s...

Where its cold and its been drizzling on and off for the past hour. >> we could see most of the track. we got a pretty good spot. >> in the thin air at 12,000 feet, the time trial is going well. seven minutes in and three to go, jeremy and his co-driver are on pace to finish in third place. jeremy down shifts around a hair pin curve and then accelerates. this section of the course is called devils playground. its about to live up to its ominous name. jeremy drives 80 miles an hour into the next ...