Vsicks Pathy Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Pretty scarey stuff. http://www.big-boys.com/articles/japancrash1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 :o what a freak accident. good thing they came out alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 :o what a freak accident. good thing they came out alive So they say. I have my doubts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dank Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 :o what a freak accident. good thing they came out alive Well you see one guy climb out alive...the car thats just sitting there...i dunno... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 :o what a freak accident. good thing they came out alive Well you see one guy climb out alive...the car thats just sitting there...i dunno... Yeah I was thinking the same thing... it did not show the driver getting out, nor did I see any movement at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 UPDATE: On May 3, 1998.. Japanese racing star Tetsuya Ota was involved in achain reaction collision during a GT championship race. Ota was trapped in his car for more than 50 seconds while exposed to 800-degree temperatures. There was no safety crew coming to the rescue as fellow drivers frantically extinguished the flames. The result ended with serious burns to Ota and a lawsuit against track promoters and sponsors. Agreed upon event requirements called for safety crews to rescue a driver and extinguish any fire within 30 seconds or less. Ota signed papers claiming he would not seek damages from event organizers as is typical in some venue use agreements. In a District Court ruling, the hold harmless paperwork was thrown out and Ota was awarded 90 million ($809,352) Yen. Changes in the sport now include a "doctor car" and some fire engines standing by for such an emergency. The court also ruled that Ota could have slowed his vehicle quicker thus a reduction from the originally requested 300 million ($2,697,841) Yen. thats what i based it on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 Don't forget both cars were on fire. The red one was an inferno. I couldn't see anyone surviving that for anymore than a few seconds letalone nearly a full minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Thats why they wear fire retardant race suits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 Thats why they wear fire retardant race suits. And what was he breathing for all that time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj big shoe Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 (edited) Ota was in the Ferrari. 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. Some race cars have an external air duct that plugs into the helmet. Maybe that helped him not to suck flames into his lungs. Edited August 8, 2005 by jj big shoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 Ota was in the Ferrari. 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. Some race cars have an external air duct that plugs into the helmet. Maybe that helped him not to suck flames into his lungs. That race track didn't even have a rescue truck. I couldn't see where he would get clean air from. The moter is in the rear and the rest of the car is ablaze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Everyone lived, this is an old vid and everything that happened was really dug into and searched over. Japan used to host GT500 and 300 races in pretty much any condition they could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 WOW. ugly crash. If that kind of ignorance was shown at an American track..... everyone would get fired..and the track owner would be selling everything he owned to pay the damages awarded to the drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 WOW. ugly crash. If that kind of ignorance was shown at an American track..... everyone would get fired..and the track owner would be selling everything he owned to pay the damages awarded to the drivers. It's a real freak out to think they could hold such races and not have any emergancy personal at all. This was only in 1998 too. What were they thinking? -thnkboutit- :help: :X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I don't think they WERE thinking at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILLVOX Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Thanks V6. I just spent the first hour of my work day watching movies on that web site. Good stuff. :cool2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 Thanks V6. I just spent the first hour of my work day watching movies on that web site. Good stuff. :cool2: Some good ones there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 What were they thinking Dont crash... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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