Wow...just wow...

[CobraKai]

This is prolly one of the worst crashes Ive seen... :shock:

right click, save target..

:puppy:

[BS87]

At first i was like... thats not bad.. then holy shit. The guy in the red car had to die in the hospital, if not immediatly.

[Fred]

Where the hell are the emergency crews?

[diegom6]

dammit, is not disponible right now looks like°! :? :evil:

[Charlie]

http://www.charliegrafton.com/videos/TBK_FAMEFLAME_DK_Tetsuya_Ota-1998_Japanese_GT_Championship_at_Fuji_International_Speedway.mpeg

Save as, go easy.

-Charlie

[Brew]

Holy fuck.

[///M Powered]

As horrific as it appears on the video, some research showed he did in fact survive!

On May 3, 1998 Japanese racing star Tetsuya Ota was involved in a chain 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. Some suggest that if it were not for TV coverage of the fire, Ota could not have proved his case of the 50 second time lapse. TV Tokyo Corp. was held partially responsible in the case.

[Beej '86 325es]

That video just gave me a sinking feeling in my stomach. That was unbelievable, I can't believe he survived. That was a crazy instant explosion, like jet fuel or something. :shock:

[randomtask37]

Holy fuck.

[Jand3rson]

Oh my god! I gasped so hard it took my breath away, that was unbelievable.

How in the hell did that car explode so quickly, and with such a large explosion?

What kind of car was that? Looked to be a Ferrari, not sure which model.

[Rob]

two cars with fuel tanks in the front (or at least not in the rear) had something to do with it i presume. also, the ferrari appeared to have damage before it hit the porsche, so maybe it ruptured a fuel line or something before contact with the porsche?

[Jand3rson]

two cars with fuel tanks in the front (or at least not in the rear) had something to do with it i presume. also, the ferrari appeared to have damage before it hit the porsche, so maybe it ruptured a fuel line or something before contact with the porsche?

That's what I was thinking, both of those cars probably have fuel cells in the front due to them being rear-engine?

[Erick]

The first explosion came from the Porsche. Then the Ferrari ignited.

[Charlie]

What kind of car was that? Looked to be a Ferrari, not sure which model.

F355.

-Charlie

[Jand3rson]

What kind of car was that? Looked to be a Ferrari, not sure which model.

F355.

-Charlie

That's what I thought, I just couldn't remember what it was called.