i was thirsty a lot. i was using the bathroom extremely frequently, losing a lot of weight. reporter: he was diagnosed with type one diabetes. they were like, you ll never race again. reporter: but they were wrong. reid adapted. he s on a strict diet. he has a censor implant the in his abdomen that transmits the blood sugar readings. there is a continuous glucose monitor mounted in his race car and that allows him to check his sugars during the race. and his fire suit, it now sports a bulls eye. we have a guy trained on the pit crew to reach into the window and give me an insulin enjection should i need it. reid made the debut in nascar s be second biggest series on april 26th. just last month, he finished in the top ten. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting.
and i remember being thirsty a lot. i was using the bathroom extremely frequently and losing a lot of weight. reed was diagnosed with type i diabetes. no, ryan, you ll never race again. but they were wrong. reed adapted. he s on a strict diet. he has a sensor implanted in his abdomen that transmits his blood sugar readings. there s a continuous glucose monitor that s mounted into the dash inside his race car and that allows him to check his blood sugar during the race. ten four, how s your numbers right now? good. 120 still, maintaining. and his fire suit, it now sports a bull s-eye. we have a guy trained on the pit crew and reach into the window and give me an insulin injection should i need it. reed made his debut in nascar s second biggest series on april 26th. and just last month he finished in the top ten. still outside. dr. sanjay gupta cnn reporting.
there s a lot of screaming, people yelling. everyone please stay back. people start rushing down towards the fence to see or get close. you cannot be of any assistance to us. at any moment the car could explode. safety personnel rush to the track to try to douse the flames. we ll take care the drivers the best we can. the safety crew gets to the car as quick as they can and try to get the fire under control. driver terry muskrat struggles to free himself from the wreckage. terry muskrat s car gets engulfed in the flame. he s trying to get out of the car. can t seem to get himself out. it was scary, very scary. the fire is proving too hot for safety officials who haven t had time to put on protective clothing. suddenly someone wearing a fire suit runs into the flames. at this point, i see a driver run over. it s kip hughes. here comes kip hughes out of nowhere. he runs to the side of jerry s car and starts working trying to
there s a lot of screaming, people yelling. everyone please stay back. people start rushing down towards the fence to see or get close. you cannot be of any assistance to us. at any moment the car could explode. safety personnel rush to the track to try to douse the flames. we ll take care the drivers the best we can. the safety crew gets to the car as quick as they can to start spraying down the fire, try to get the fire under control. driver terry muskrat struggles to free himself from the wreckage. terry muskrat s car gets engulfed in the flame. he s trying to get out of the car. can t seem to get himself out. it was scary, it was very scary. the fire is proving too hot for safety officials who haven t had time to put on protective clothing. suddenly someone wearing a fire suit runs into the flames. at this point, i see a driver run over. it s kip hughes. here comes kip hughes out of nowhere. he runs to the side of jerry s car and starts working trying to g
there s a lot of screaming, people yelling. everyone please stay back. people start rushing down towards the fence to see or get close. you cannot be of any assistance to us. at any moment the car could explode. safety personnel rush to the track to try to douse the flames. we ll take care the drivers the best we can. the safety crew gets to the car as quick as they can and try to get the fire under control. driver terry muskrat struggles to free himself from the wreckage. terry muskrat s car gets engulfed in the flame. he s trying to get out of the car. can t seem to get himself out. it was scary, very scary. the fire is proving too hot for safety officials who haven t had time to put on protective clothing. suddenly someone wearing a fire suit runs into the flames. at this point, i see a driver run over. it s kip hughes. here comes kip hughes out of nowhere. he runs to the side of jerry s car and starts working trying to get terry out of the car.