Page 4 - Dave Doesn T News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

>> it's more than fast enough to break the world record. but the burst of speed also breaks the boat's rudder. >> the race is on hold. we need to get him off the course. >> luckily dave isn't hurt in this record stunt. >> broke the record, 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 tw...

The water, exploding the protective canopy that dave is sitting under, ripping off his oxygen general and submerging him in the water. >> 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. but dae is no quitter. >> i just felt i had things to prove to myself and give to the sport. >> dave and the team rebuild miss budweiser redesi...

How fast he can drive his legendary hydroplane, miss budweiser and tries for the world straightaway speed record. >> we'll be racing against time and mother nature. we'll see what we're made of. >> dave doesn't let his nerves show. >> one of the problems in setting records is you know you're going to experience things that other people have not. >> everyone pay attention, the course is live. >> the speed record is calculated by averaging the time over two one-kilometer runs. >> 9.83. >> the speed to beat is 198 miles per hour. dave is buckled in to the cockpit and hits the gas. >> here he come...

Driver makes a mistake, they could be 50 feet up in the air. upside down and backwards. >> at first glance, dave might look more like a banker than a daredevil, but he's been racing hydroplanes for years and been in some pretty dramatic crashes. >> you're travels at over a football field per second. so if you aren't anticipating what what's going to happen, you're likely to crash. >> they flip through the air as if they weigh nothing, but these boats are 30 feet long, 7,000 pounds with 4,000 horsepower engine. >> it's a celebration of excess. everything about it is bigger and badder and more e...

That safer capsule. in the summer of 2009, he enters 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 stays 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. as boat accidents go, i'll take that. that's a good one. >> after decades of speeding, crashing and tumbling through the air, dave says driving a hydroplane is a thrill...