Fatal Crash--
RandomTask
11-09-2004, 07:58 PM
Tougeman
11-09-2004, 08:40 PM
dude...thats so fucked up its not funny :sad:
Underground_Killah
11-09-2004, 08:53 PM
that's really sad... my prayers are given to the family... that's one of those really depressing things that remind us of the safety needed in today's racing... teared me up just watching it... hoping someone would rush out there and extenguish
greycrx87
11-09-2004, 09:18 PM
OMG
AvAlAnChE1090
11-09-2004, 10:34 PM
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! :eek: http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/images/icons/icon9.gif http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/images/icons/icon9.gif http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/images/icons/icon9.gif http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/images/icons/icon9.gif http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/images/icons/icon9.gif http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/images/icons/icon9.gif
THATS SO SAD! OMG THAT OTHER GUY IS SO LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.
THATS SO SAD! OMG THAT OTHER GUY IS SO LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.
93rollaracer
11-09-2004, 10:47 PM
neither of those guys died. same vid is in street racing or COT (forget which), but the driver of the red car (one that hit the porsche) sued the track for having a shitty safety crew and got like 850k from it.
zozza8
11-09-2004, 11:12 PM
that was crazy. nice to know that no one died, but still that safety crew was no where to be found
Mannyb18b
11-10-2004, 12:51 PM
you can see a guy with a fire extenguisher just standing next to the porche doing nothing
GREENlightSPECIAL
11-10-2004, 01:14 PM
JEEZ! That's scary.....
Mtang36
11-10-2004, 03:02 PM
Great to know they both survived! I really pray and hope your sources are right. The guy with the fire extinguisher's just practicing to be the next statue of liberty man! RUN AND USE IT MAN!!!
Mtang36
11-10-2004, 03:09 PM
Just saw it again man.... just horrific! Wonder if those marshalls got a taste of it. And the poor porsche driver, one hit.... he's still trying to recover from it, then comes the big one. That is one good suit that the ferrari driver was wearing. The makers should use it for an ad. "Our suits saved his life, and got him another 850k"
ALTVR
11-10-2004, 06:34 PM
:eek: Thats one mad vid. I feel sorry for those two dudez. Glad no-one died!!
turbo siracer
11-11-2004, 09:37 AM
watching that really got to me and sometimes makes me want to be more careful
civic xxx
11-11-2004, 09:38 AM
ya same here lets all be more careful
splinter 20
11-11-2004, 11:33 AM
Anyone know what track it was and when?
His fire suit is wicked to save him in his Ferrari. That's what high speed racing in the wet does. ...causes many horific accidents. Any form of racing is dangerous and you have to expect it to be.
Safety crews were definatley crap as with quite a few tracks worldwide. No marshall training.
His fire suit is wicked to save him in his Ferrari. That's what high speed racing in the wet does. ...causes many horific accidents. Any form of racing is dangerous and you have to expect it to be.
Safety crews were definatley crap as with quite a few tracks worldwide. No marshall training.
93rollaracer
11-11-2004, 01:41 PM
it was at least 3 years ago i think. it was at a track somewhere in japan. somebody posted an article about the driver in the ferrari in the other forum and it showed a pic of the guy after they put him back together.
i3o2Matt
11-11-2004, 03:58 PM
holy f***in shit....i almost jumped when the ferrari just burst into flames like that...that shit was crazii
splinter 20
11-12-2004, 06:34 AM
In case old link down;NEW LINK (http://violator.imagesquad.com/ferraricrash.mpeg)
He got £800,000 through court for damages this time last year.
Tetsuya Ota fell well short of getting the 300 million (yen) he had been asking from the five organizers and the marshall 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.
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)"**Second part showing even more useless efforts from the marshalls.** (http://members.roadfly.org/dakar2m/aftermath2.mpeg)
He got £800,000 through court for damages this time last year.
Tetsuya Ota fell well short of getting the 300 million (yen) he had been asking from the five organizers and the marshall 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.
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)"**Second part showing even more useless efforts from the marshalls.** (http://members.roadfly.org/dakar2m/aftermath2.mpeg)
i3o2Matt
11-13-2004, 12:21 PM
god damn....the second part is even worse! the guy just left him there! fukkin assholez...
greycrx87
11-13-2004, 03:14 PM
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