night and i was back at work at 5:00 monday morning. even one of the most electrifying crashes ever caught on camera can t dampen george potite s addiction to bon vel s salt. he is already planning on building a new speed demon from scratch, to get that rush back, just one more time. it s a lightning jolt going through your body when you see the five mile marker and pull the parachute. you feel like screaming with joy. coming up, a sky dive stunt stutters and stalls. i was 20 seconds were being laying dead in a field. and later an amped up car hits the slopes in the alps. when caught on camera: high velocity continues. for paying on time. and then one day you tap the bumper of a station wagon.
started spinning and barrel rolling. george is in extreme danger. in a crash so violent, it s ripping speed demon to shreds. 16 seconds after losing control, speed demon s nightmare run is over. his crew wonders if george potite is dead or alive. my crew arrived within seconds of when i crashed, but i had already taken the steering wheel off the car and unhooked the seat belts and was in the process of crawling out of it. at 370 miles an hour, to walk away he walks with god. a state-of-the-art harness and roll bar helped save his life. he says stays in the hospital for observation overnight but is released with only minor injuries the next day. flew home midnight sunday
personal record a blazing 462 miles an hour that makes speed demon one of the fastest race cars on the planet. he may not look like one of the world s fastest drivers, but then again, you don t know george potite. he has loved racing ever since he learned to drive a tractor at his father s knee. on a bicycle, red wagon, whatever he had, from as long as i can remember, he has wanted to go fast. you had to learn to work on automobiles, and then on the weekends you raced them. at his mississippi farm, he has assembled a dream car collection. this is a 61 ford that i built and run on the bonville salt flats. he buys the same cars he drag raced with in the 60s, customizes them, and sets
records racing at that time banville flats. it s the biggest satisfaction that a human being could have to know, that i m number one at anything, checkers or dominoes or racing. september, 12th, 2014, high noon. potite is about to make a high stakes run to test a new engine. and the crews expectations are soaring. in my mind, i was thinking about a 370, actually, to be honest. i have a very calm and confident feeling every time they close the canopy. it s like you are in a different world. i mean, it s serenity. one camera mounted on speed demon is recording its view looking back. we were in the push truck, and watching george go. and he was on a tear. the mile times were astounding. while other camera roads