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Past hour. >> we could see most of the track. we got a pretty good spot. >> in the thin air at 12,000 feet, the time trial is going well. seven minutes in and three to go, jeremy and his co-driver are on pace to finish in third place. jeremy down shifts around a hair pin curve and then accelerates. this section of the course is called devil's playground. it's about to live up to its ominous name. jeremy drives 80 miles an hour into the next turn. he steers to the left but his wheels aren't grabbing. they never will. >> the front end basically slips out. it's one of the most frightening things ...

I was praying. i didn't know what else to do. >> devil's playground is exacting vengeance in a symphony of destruction. >> it's an unmistakable sound. if you've ever been in a car accident, you know the sound. >> after what seems like an eternity, the little that's left of jerems car stops. not only is his heart still beating, he's able to walk away. >> i did just unstrap myself and pull myself out of the wreckage. [ applause ] >> i had to run probably a quarter of a mile down the side of the mountain and back to where i could physically see him. i saw he was sitting on a rock and that he was ...

>> jeremy's concern shifts to yuri, the co-driver whose helmet splits in half from the force of the crash. the impact causes yuri to lose consciousness but only for seconds. >> i was concerned that the car might catch fire and actually ended up dragging him 50 feet away behind some boulders just in case the car did catch fire. >> yuri is airlifted to a nearby hospital with a possible brain injury. jeremy goes by ambulance. as violent as the continuous pounding is, you can see two white helmets bobbing during the accident. the race car's steel safety cage and harnesses acts like a cocoon and sa...

3,000 feet up the mountain where it's cold and it's been drizzling on and off for the past hour. >> we could see most of the track. we got a pretty good spot. >> in the thin air at 12,000 feet, the time trial is going well. seven minutes in and three to go, jeremy and his co-driver are on pace to finish in third place. jerl jeremy downshifts around a hairpin curve and accelerates. this section of the course is called devil's playground. it's about to live up to its ominous name. jeremy drives 80 miles an hour into the next turn. he steers to the left but his wheels aren't grabbing. they never ...

That breaks free at first impact. >> i thought i was going to die. that was it. i was praying. i didn't know what else to do. >> devil's playground is exacting vengeance in a symphony of destruction. >> it's an unmistakable sound. if you've ever been in a car accident, you know the sound. >> after what seems like an eternity, the little that's left of jeremy's car stops. not only is his heart still beating, he's able to walk away. >> i did just unstrap myself and pull myself out of the wreckage. [ applause ] >> i had to run probably a quarter of a mile down the side of the mountain and back to...