arms of friends and family, it turns out kevin's little tire snag probably saved his life. >> you know, i would have to say that if kevin had cleared that cable and he'd sailed on out of the racetrack, he probably had a 20 or 25-foot drop to the other side. i with that momentum and that speed, it is quite entirely possible that he could have made the parking lot and it could have been a much worse accident than it actually was. >> after kevin's out of the car, it's no small affair to untangle the mess. >> one of the track workers actually had to take that tire off. he actually had to physically take the tire off to unstring the car. and what we did, we took a bucket loader and lifted the car up to take the tension off of that cable. and that was what freed the car eventually. >> sprint car racing is a sport that's all about taking risks.