race car crash

[zanos]

daaamn.........
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/japancrash.html

[s13driver]

o man the guy in the red car is fried....

[rainier]

i've seen this before somewhere but yeah. that fucking SUCKS

[s13silady]

this was posted not too long ago... but its still sad/crazy to watch...

[KoukiMonster]

he survived.

and don't believe anything that big boys people say.

other then the comments made by kaon.

because that was me. i was the one that set the story straight for all those morons.

[SimpleS14]

Originally Posted by KoukiMonster

he survived.

and don't believe anything that big boys people say.

other then the comments made by kaon.

because that was me. i was the one that set the story straight for all those morons.

you were the guy in the red car?


man...that is a horrible crash.

[nismo2491]

no, he was kaon and set everybody's story straight on big-boys.
KEvin

[240meowth]

moral of the story, porsche safe, ferrarie... blow up

[KoukiMonster]

i should have also told them that JGTC and NASCAR should not be used in the same sentence together.

[FastBack 240]

yea Ferrari's are terrible! Yea saw that video awhile ago........DAMN.

[VersionS13]

After the crash http://members.roadfly.org/dakar2m/aftermath2.mpeg

[KoukiMonster]

wow. i can't believe what i just saw.



a total failure in the safety services of the track. total incompetence of emergency crews.

and the lack of recognizing priorities.

[ghostuss]

Originally Posted by KoukiMonster

wow. i can't believe what i just saw.



a total failure in the safety services of the track. total incompetence of emergency crews.

and the lack of recognizing priorities.

yep when I was watching it I was so pissed. ARE YOU GUYS (the safety crew) NUTS? FORGET ABOUT THE CAR AND SAVE THE PERSON!!! OMFG

[wootwoot]

allright, i watched the crash when it first was shown on here and it was gnarly. but that second video is absolutely fucking terrible and completly amazing. LUCK

[FastBack 240]

He lived, in fact the reason this video re-surfaced was from a lawsuit he just won against the organizers of the event. he currently is nearly incapable of moving his entire right arm from the shoulder down and still has some other medical issues as well. i believe he was awarded something like 800,000 or something like that.

[mrmephistopheles]

I hadn't seen he second vid till today... I was shocked at the first video (wtf, nobody's rushing to put out that burning car!), but I was absolutely flabbergasted at the second video (WTF! There's ONE GUY pulling that guy out of the burning car, and then he doesn't even try to give him medical attention?!)

I hope for that driver's sake that he's satisified with the settlement he got. Personally, I wouldn't settle until I owned that fucking track, but in Japan, lawsuits don't really get outrageous awards to the plaintiffs.

[element240]

daMN!!! that second video hurts! he didn't even help the guy get his helmet off , it was smoking

[zanos]

just watched the aftermath video.WTF!!!the fucking guy just drags him out of the car,and leaves him,and goes away?!?!?!?@#$%^^&)(^%totally fucked up,where the fuck are medics>>???dammnnn,and i thought the 1st video was bad......

[evilimport]

the first video was posted here...http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.p...ighlight=crash

that second video is horrible....gawddamn rescue guys are more concerned about the already put out fire than the poor guy who's still smoldering....fuckin A....

[SimpleS14]

man that second vid is horrid....what was is that the safety crew took of from the driver?

What I don't get is why he didn't take off the helmet. That should be the first thing to take off so the person can get some fresh air.

[KingKong8247]

Heres the article:

A racing car driver whose career ended with a sickening crash five years ago Wednesday was awarded 90 million yen compensation after the Tokyo District Court ruled race organizers were to blame for his crippling accident.



Mainichi Shimbun
"I still love car racing," Ota said after the ruling.

Tetsuya Ota fell well short of getting the 300 million he had been asking from the five organizers and the marshal of the 1998 race where he suffered severe burns that ruined his driving career, but received the vindication he had been looking for.

"The crash was caused when the flag car suddenly slowed down," Presiding Judge Tsuyoshi Ono said. "Firefighting and rescue preparations were also not up to scratch."

Ota was delighted with the court win. "I would like to thank everybody who has supported me along the way," the 43-year-old once referred to as Japan's best Ferrari handler said in the wake of the ruling.

Those ordered to pay Ota include Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture, where the horrifying crash occurred, and TV Tokyo, which broadcast the race.

None of the defendants have stated whether they will appeal against the ruling, including TV Tokyo, which spent the entirety of the court battle arguing that it could not be regarded as one of the race organizers.

Court records said Ota's terrifying crash occurred during a warm-up lap before the official start of the race in May 1998. Ota's car burst into flames after slamming into another vehicle that had already stopped because of a different accident.

Ota was stuck in the fireball for almost 90 seconds before rescuers finally dragged him out. He sustained burns across his body and is still unable to move his right arm, right shoulder and fingers properly.

Judges ruled the flag car should have been traveling at about 60 kilometers per hour instead of the 150 kilometers it was doing, and caused the accident by slowing too quickly. Ota was forced to unexpectedly drop his pace and, as a result, he lost control and smash into the stationary vehicle.

They also decided that Ota was left in his flaming vehicle for too long and organizers had neglected their responsibility to get him out of the burning car within 30 seconds of the blaze erupting.

A pre-race agreement between Ota and the organizers not to pursue legal action in the event of an accident was also dismissed as unacceptable.

"A letter that tries to eliminate one party from taking any responsibility for major accidents caused by gross negligence is incorrect, unfair and not void in this court," presiding judge Ono said.

TV Tokyo's attempt to avoid being regarded as one of the race organizers was dismissed by the court, which ruled it was involved in sufficient decisions made about the race to be viewed as one of the organizations directly concerned with running it.

Ota made his debut in 1982, racing in the Formula 3000 series before switching to GT car races in which he competed in four straight Le Mans 24-hour races. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Oct. 29, 2003)

[Sil Beer S13]

still sucks

[mrmephistopheles]

fuck me. With those glasses, I imagine him saying 'Yeah, baby!' a la Austin Powers...

Sucks that it happened at Fuji Speedway. That's on my back doorstep.

[XxJaPxOxNeEs23xX]

sorry to bring this thread back up but how did that happen?? not the explosion but how did the porche crash, and how did the ferrari lose control too? were did it come from i mean, everyone seemed like they were going straight. i just want to know how they lost control, cant really tell from the fog. was there a corner there? and does anyone have another link to the second vid, the link doesnt work anymore.

[HyperTek]

if i recall, it was discussed here... The pace car jumped out causing everyone to slow done really fast, so the porshce locked his brakes i guess (since its raining) and lost it.

[KoukiMonster]

pace car was going faster then it should have at the front of the pack.


cars were travelling at the same speed. pace car realized and slowed down. poor visibility=cars hitting back of others. especially when they are 5 feet apart from eachother