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Protective canopy that dave is sitting under, ripping off his oxygen mask 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 type of crash that might deter another driver from racing all together. but dave 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 ...

>> 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 few can experience. but many more can enjoy watching safely from the shore. >> there's such an unexpected and unanticipated and unpredictable sport. i think people watch because they know when something happens, it's going to be big. >> coming up -- wipeout. >> my god. >> oh, he's down. >> that guy's going to die. >> a surfer is trapped under ...

Hydroplanes, they're the fastest boats in the water, flying across the surface at 200 miles per hour. at this speed, when something goes wrong, disaster. >> in the blink of an eye, a piece of equipment fails or a 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 traveling at over a football field per second. so if you aren't anticipating 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 engines. >> it's a celebration of excess. everything about it is bigger and badder and more extensive than you could possibly imagine. >> dave says imagine driving your car at 200 miles an hour 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 looks l...

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 canopy, ripping off his oxygen mask 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 u...