and that is kip hughes. another driver in the race, stopped his car and pulls the other driver out. he ripped off the window netting. he is pulling hard until he's able to get that driver out. flames were literally whipping around his helmet. he says he had just one thought in mind and that thought was about something that happened 20 years ago. >> i always said that if something like that happens, i'm not going to be the guy standing back. i was, you know, 7 in the stands with my mom and brother and watching this stuff unfold with my dad. i told myself, you know, something like that happens again, i'm just -- i don't think. i just go and do whatever it is you can do. >> yeah, kip's dad was a racer as well. that's the scene he was describing some 20 years ago. driver hughes rescue had burns to his hand and back pain. but he is doing all right. kip hughes was the defending champion. >>> police searching for a missing child. they have more questions for the parents and one of the parents reportedly has failed

. >>> quarter past the hour now and kip hughes. you know kip, right? you're about to know kip hughes, because of something he did. the story starts with this. >> seven years of announcing, that is the worst one i have ever seen. >> you hear the announcer pretty worked up. and this is what he is worked up about. this crash took place moments before you heard that announcement. and this is at a stock car race. the stock car nationals in oklahoma. you see, one of the stock cars there gets on its side. it's on fire there. several people tried to get in there and pull the driver out. and they're not able to. and then, here comes another guy, kip hughes, the aforementioned. he's the one in the helmet. and he pulls and tugs and keeps pulling -- keeps pulling until he's able to get the driver out. flames were apparently hitting his helmet while all of this was going on. hughes said he stopped his car, jumped into action, and while all this was going on, his mind was on something that happened 20 years ago. >> you know, i was a little boy in the stands, whateve

no, i'm just kip hughes from breckenridge, oklahoma.a reason why. >> well, sure. what did the driver -- did he talk to you afterwards? how is he doing? i understand he has some burns. did he say anything to you? >> i walked over. terry used to race with my dad, before my dad got burned. i've always known his name and been at several races with him. i never met him until that happened. i walked over to his pit afterwards, me and my grandfather walked over there looking things over. he walked up, you can tell he's very -- he doesn't say a whole lot. he came up and say, man, thanks, you didn't have to do that. and that meant the most to me. two of his kids have contacted me since then and thanked me and that means more than anything. i wished there had been somebody there that i could call and thank. we took a bad situation and turned it into down the road 20 years later into a good situation. >> you certainly did, kip. we really appreciate that. i know his family appreciates that as well. it was -- that's a good job. i know you guys are s

kip hughes gets out to pull his competitor out of his burning car. we later found out that kip hughes, his dad was a driver, carol, and suffered a similar accident and his face was burned because of it. and when he saw that as a 7-year-old child, he said if i'm a driver and i see a burning vehicle, i'm going to do what i can to get my fellow driver out. and that actually came true in his racing career. unbelievable stuff there. good stuff. >> good for him. like who cares who wins the race at that point? because, you know, some things are more important, right? >> exactly. you know, we somehow -- sometimes forget just how dangerous race car driving is with all the safety measures that we've seen in the past 10 to 20 years. it's dicey stuff, that's for sure. >> yeah. i'm glad everyone was okay. thank you, rob. >> take care. >>> governor chris christie knows that being a public figure leaves you vulnerable for all kinds of jokes. and for him, well, his weight is what comedians love to joke about. his response, make fun all you want, just be funny. here'

kip hughes is joining me from brek kin ridge, oklahoma.. how hot was it and what were you thinking getting close to it to pull this guy out? >> it wasn't too bad. with the suits that i had on, you didn't notice the heat too much. there was a couple times where it jumped into my face. the adrenaline is going and i'm thinking, we have to get this guy out. >> so you do it, you get the guy out, and there's sort of a personal connection, too, as to why you reacted in the way he that you did. this all happened in 1991 and your dad. please explain. >> he was racing a car in kansas city and there was a big car and he was stuck in the car because of the window net and by the time he got out, he had to run out through the flame and burned his face real bad. somebody could have been there and i don't think he would have been burned. this is the fourth scene like this. by dad's in '91, a local guy in o '99, it was really bad, and then i had one in '05. there comes to a point where i -- you've got to respect it because it will hurt you. but just jump t

that's kip hughs.e races in and pulls the fire marshals away and pulls terry musscrat as hard as he can to pull him out of his burning race car. >> he's all right! yeah! >> when he got to this car he pulled the people away, he waved somebody over to car 97 and said get him out. >> let me get this straight, kip was not even involved in the crash. he stopped his racing car, got out and rescued a fellow driver. >> exactly right. totally, totally brave. he's pulling those people away so he can get in there because he had the helmet on or -- >> i'll tell you why. when he was 7 he was in the stands at a race similar to this and watched his father get in a car accident and get badly burned. >> his nose melted the cartilage, took his lips off. they had to go in and basically reconstruct his face. >> true example of somebody putting somebody else first and he really did. where he could have been badly burned like his own father. >> he's okay, he's all right! >> want to show you some hairraising photos you can c