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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 few can experience....

Done that, nobody has been killed or hurt significantly inside that capsule. >> years later, dave will have good reason to be thankful for 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 ta...

Budweiser and tries for the straightaway 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 as he gets ready to attempt. >> 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 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 and hits the gas. >> here he comes. >> 213.437 miles an hour. >> he's on record pace over th...

Miles per hour. dave is buckled in and hits the gas. >> here he comes. >> 213.437 miles an hour. >> he's on record pace over the first leg. for the second leg, he gives it everything he's got. >> 225. >> 225. 30 -- >> he's out of it. >> 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. >> 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 c...

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 kind of trash that may deter another driver from racing altogether. but dave is no quitter. >> i just felt i had things to prove to myself and give to the sport and things to prove to myself. >> dave and the team rebuild miss budweiser redesigning the capsule to make ...