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>> i was unconscious under water. the safety team got there right away, got me onto the bottom of the boat. they cleared the airway and got the water out. >> amazingly, dave survives. his hand is crushed by the flying metal. he ends up losing two fingers on his right hand. it's the kind of trash that may deter a driver. >> i just felt i had things to prove to myself and give to the sport. >> dave and the team rebuild miss budweiser redesigning the capsule to make it safer. >> luckily to date since we've done that, nobody has been killed or hurt significantly inside that capsule. >> years later...

Without springs or shocks. that's what it feels like to ride this thing. >> the environment of looking from the outside of a hydroplane, it likes wonderful, graceful vehicle that flying over the water. the truth is the boat is actually beating the not out of driver that's inside. >> david fell in love with racing boats as a teenager. while most kids his age were out riding bicycles. >> i started out racing flat-bottom boats, because that's what my uncle had done. >> dave, good-bye. >> and it was a lot of fun, and it progressed into bigger flat-bottom boats, managed to set a lot of world record...

We need to get him off the course. >> luckily dave isn't hurt in this record stunt. >> mashed the propeller and cleared the propeller and strut off the boat. >> but it's a very different story seven years earlier. dave was at the columbia cup championship in washington state, ready to claim the record for the most consecutive race wins. this would be his 20th win in a row. but as he bursts out of the gate, almost instantly the boat has hit two waves in a row. at top speed, the force is too much and the hydroplane blows over. the top of the boat crashes onto the water, exploding the protective ...

Entered thunder on the ohio, a race he's won ten times before. in his first heat, another driver loses control and hits dave's boat. dave flips over and smashes into the water. but dave's work redesigning the driver's capsule pays off. it stayst2t in one piece and he waits in safety for help to arrive. >> the only injury i got was a finger injury, where it broke a knuckle in the finger. so as boat accidents go, i'll take that. that was a good one. >> after decades of speeding, crashes, and tumbling through the air, dave says driving a hydroplane is a thrill only few can experience. but many mo...

Budweiser, and tries for the world straightaway speed record. >> we'll race against time and mother nature. we'll see what we're made of. >> dave doesn't let his nerves show as he gets ready to start the record attempt. >> one of the problems with setting records, you know you're going to experience things that other people have not. everybody pay attention, the course is live. >> they average the time over two one-kilometer runs. >> 9.83. >> the speed to beat is 198 miles per hour. dave is buckled into the cockpit and hits the gas. >> here he comes. >> 213.437 miles an hour. >> he's on record...