Patrick's car careened back into David Ragan, flipping her hood over the windshield and shredding the left front fender as protective foam from the driver's side door flew onto the track.

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Mud covered the lower part of the Bronco's passenger side door, but the driver's side, where the younger Gandee sat, was free.

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"I reached back and grabbed the handle for the driver's side rear door, jumped into the car, and put the car into park, " he said.

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