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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 observati...

Was over it. he was off the ground for 550 feet before he hit again, and started spinning and barrel-rolling. >> george poteet 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 wondered if george poet eat 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 belt 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 are the ha...

George's point of view. >> it feels better than sex to me at my age. i've never had anything to feel like it. >> the speed demon's 2,,4500 horsepower. >> no is dvorring miles of salt every minute. salt conditions were especially wet this season. >> it's like driving on ice or on the extressway in the rain. >> speed demon is on track to set new record. suddenly its wheels start to spin out of control. >> i reached up and pulled the parachute and realized pretty quickly that wasn't going to work because the canopy and part of the body already blew off. it was that moment i knew it was over with....

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 bac...

This entire time. he's yanked out of the tractor, but most of the attention is focused on the man behind the wheel. >> it looks like everyone's on the same team here. they want to get that guy out of there. if they rough him up a bit, so be it. they don't seem to care. >> when the traffic police arrive on the scene, the violence stops but the man has already taken quite a beating. >> cars can be replaced. your face, not so much the driver damages seven cars on his short ride. no criminal charges are filed. against anyone. >> you're picking the thing that guys love, it's like their baby, ruinin...