Near-death crashes

[SanDiegodeathhag19]

im not sure where this goes exactly, but if need i will move it to the proper place.


anywhooo
this is a pretty weird crash, no blood no gore, just craziness!


here it is

[ComputerGuy]

Looks like he won't have the guts to do that again!!

[nytkrew]

Wow...that is an amzing video...can't imagine what was going through the people's minds in the vehicle.

[SanDiegodeathhag19]

im thinking its a police chase, maybe drunken driving, i dont know but i think a passenger flew out the car? and got ran over? thats crazy, and very sad.

[onehunglow]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSf7x...related&search=


Looks like Phoenix. The guy with the flags is no longer with us.

Be warned this is not for the weak.

[Nik]

I do wonder about the people commenting though, I can barely read any of it!

[onehunglow]

Up in smoke. Watch a flagman burned to death! Now That' well done!!!

[Danny62]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSf7x...related&search=


Looks like Phoenix. The guy with the flags is no longer with us.

Be warned this is not for the weak.

Serious this is not for the weak. Was that the guy on the tower I saw for a second in flames??

I really wish I had not watched that!!

Oh well, life of a death hag!!

[Kathyf]

Guy probably never saw it coming.

[onehunglow]

Serious this is not for the weak. Was that the guy on the tower I saw for a second in flames??

I really wish I had not watched that!!

Oh well, life of a death hag!!

Like I said "well done". Add a side of lettuce and you've got dinner.

[Danny62]

Like I said "well done". Add a side of lettuce and you've got dinner.

I think I will pass on dinner!!!

[PvN73]

did he die though?

I know that the a few years back here at the Melb Grand Prix, there was an accident on the track (I think it was Villnerve) anyway a tire flew off the car and hit one of the marshalls and killed him

[lulubaines]

Yikes.

[Death Hag Chris]

ehh, that wasn't THAT bad. i've seen worse.

[Danny62]

ehh, that wasn't THAT bad. i've seen worse.

The music made it much worse for me for some reason??

The older i get the harder it is to watch this kind of stuff...

[Death Hag Chris]

The music made it much worse for me for some reason??

The older i get the harder it is to watch this kind of stuff...

oh, I had it on mute. what song was it? Ring Of Fire?

[W Axl Rose]

Death right before your eyes. Up in smoke

No one died.

Looks like Phoenix.

It's the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture.

The guy with the flags is no longer with us.

The guy with the flags was nowehere near the accident. Watch how far the Porsche travels backwards before being hit by the Ferrari.

[Danny62]

oh, I had it on mute. what song was it? Ring Of Fire?

No kind of like funeral music!

[Death Hag Chris]

No kind of like funeral music!

too bad. Ring Of Fire, or Disco Inferno would have been kinda cool.

[Danny62]

too bad. Ring Of Fire, or Disco Inferno would have been kinda cool.

Ring of fire would be a good song for a hemroid commercial!

[Death Hag Chris]

Ring of fire would be a good song for a hemroid commercial!

after a night of spicy chily and beer, that's my theme song.

[SueWahoo]

No deaths at all but the full-version of events is hideous to watch. The driver's name was Tetsuya Ota.

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kck5_Fos4y8

Part 2: just after the crash:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy_nrCnuEgc

If you find the full 8-9 minute version, you'll see that he sat in the burning car for FAR too freakin' long and it was another driver that saved him. I've never seen such inept track workers. The driver that saved him got so angry at their stupidity and kicked the pace car. Ota has no nose now and wears glasses with a fake nose attached.

[neilmpenny]

That shot is using extreme depth of field, that flag marshal was close to the accident but not close enough to get fried.

Watch the intro to The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman running towards the camera for a few minutes and he seems not to be getting closer.

One of the first tricks you learn in film school.

Nice try though One Hung.

[neilmpenny]

No deaths at all but the full-version of events is hideous to watch. The driver's name was Tesuya Ota. (snip) Ota has no nose now and wears glasses with a fake nose attached.

After the drag him out of the car, you see the smoke coming out of his helmet (well so it appears hehehehe)!!!!

Btw, great piece of research!!!

[onehunglow]

That shot is using extreme depth of field, that flag marshal was close to the accident but not close enough to get fried.

Watch the intro to The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman running towards the camera for a few minutes and he seems not to be getting closer.

One of the first tricks you learn in film school.

Nice try though One Hung.

I'll find a few burned ones here or there. Looked cool when I 1st saw it.

[neilmpenny]

I'll find a few burned ones here or there. Looked cool when I 1st saw it.

Very cool for sure, pity about the driver though.

[SueWahoo]

After the drag him out of the car, you see the smoke coming out of his helmet (well so it appears hehehehe)!!!!

Btw, great piece of research!!!

Thanks! I goofed slightly, it's Tetsuya Ota. If you google image his name (in quotation marks) you'll get the helmet and a picture of him. His visor is a melted roll on the bottom of the helmet opening.

I'm a fan of road course racing (i.e., no ovals!) so I watch tons of racing like FI, BTCC, DTM (German Touring Car), Aussie V8s, Champ Car, ALMS, Rolex racing, SCCA Speed World Challenge and RALLY (which they never show in the US ). I'd love to see some Japan Touring Car action.

[geekygirl]

after a night of spicy chily and beer, that's my theme song.

You know you are hungry again when your butt stops burning.

[SanDiegodeathhag19]

so what exactly happened can someone let me know? im at work heavily watched and i dont want to wait till im off!

thanks in advance

[neilmpenny]

Thanks! I goofed slightly, it's Tetsuya Ota. If you google image his name (in quotation marks) you'll get the helmet and a picture of him. His visor is a melted roll on the bottom of the helmet opening.

I'm a fan of road course racing (i.e., no ovals!) so I watch tons of racing like FI, BTCC, DTM (German Touring Car), Aussie V8s, Champ Car, ALMS, Rolex racing, SCCA Speed World Challenge and RALLY (which they never show in the US ). I'd love to see some Japan Touring Car action.

You are right into it!!!!

I get F1, Kart?, MotoGP and rally highlights (now those guys know how to crash). The rest is soccer. Sports tv here sucks bigtime!!!

[geekygirl]

Thanks! I goofed slightly, it's Tetsuya Ota. If you google image his name (in quotation marks) you'll get the helmet and a picture of him. His visor is a melted roll on the bottom of the helmet opening.

I'm a fan of road course racing (i.e., no ovals!) so I watch tons of racing like FI, BTCC, DTM (German Touring Car), Aussie V8s, Champ Car, ALMS, Rolex racing, SCCA Speed World Challenge and RALLY (which they never show in the US ). I'd love to see some Japan Touring Car action.

If you can guess the punchline, you win a prize.

[geekygirl]

so what exactly happened can someone let me know? im at work heavily watched and i dont want to wait till im off!

thanks in advance

No one died but it sure looked like one hot night at Benihana's.

(and no, this is not the punchline for the post above).

[SueWahoo]

so what exactly happened can someone let me know? im at work heavily watched and i dont want to wait till im off!
thanks in advance

I'm going from memory here, I haven't rewatched the whole thing:

A racetrack in Japan: The weather conditions are abysmal and the spray is so terrible that you can't see anything. Apparently, the pace car was traveling too slowly so you had cars coming up behind it and flying out of control. You see a Porsche shoot off the track and crash just past the flagman's perch. Another Ferrari flies out of control, hits the Porsche and explodes into a fireball. It rolls across the straightaway and stops. Then, in an incredibly uncomfortable wait, it just sits there and burns like a freakin' blowtorch.

Medics and track workers should've been on the crash immediately but nothing happens until another driver stops and uses his fire extinguisher to try and put out the flames in the cockpit. Finally, some track workers show up, one helps pull Ota out of the car and then the worker wanders away and Ota is just lying there steaming. It is just a total clusterf*ck. The driver who stopped is yelling at everyone and he finally kicks the just-arriving pace car. Ota comes out of it and it's just freakish to watch him. No one is helping him and he sits up on his knees and then just slams backwards into the pavement HARD. His head bounces. He's jerking all over the place. Ew.

Ota sued them for $2.5 million but settled for $800,000.

[Keyser Soze]

Oh poor dude!

[W Axl Rose]

I'm going from memory here, I haven't rewatched the whole thing:

A racetrack in Japan: The weather conditions are abysmal and the spray is so terrible that you can't see anything. Apparently, the pace car was traveling too slowly so you had cars coming up behind it and flying out of control. You see a Porsche shoot off the track and crash just past the flagman's perch. Another Ferrari flies out of control, hits the Porsche and explodes into a fireball. It rolls across the straightaway and stops. Then, in an incredibly uncomfortable wait, it just sits there and burns like a freakin' blowtorch.

Medics and track workers should've been on the crash immediately but nothing happens until another driver stops and uses his fire extinguisher to try and put out the flames in the cockpit. Finally, some track workers show up, one helps pull Ota out of the car and then the worker wanders away and Ota is just lying there steaming. It is just a total clusterf*ck. The driver who stopped is yelling at everyone and he finally kicks the just-arriving pace car. Ota comes out of it and it's just freakish to watch him. No one is helping him and he sits up on his knees and then just slams backwards into the pavement HARD. His head bounces. He's jerking all over the place. Ew.

Ota sued them for $2.5 million but settled for $800,000.

The damages were awarded due to the safety car causing the accident by originally going too fast. it then braked hard, I think from 100 mph down to approx 40mph , that's where the discrepency in speeds comes from.

[Death Hag Chris]

You know you are hungry again when your butt stops burning.

I am a glutton for punishment. just give me an ice pack for my butthole and i'm ready for round 2.

[SueWahoo]

The damages were awarded due to the safety car causing the accident by originally going too fast. it then braked hard, I think from 100 mph down to approx 40mph , that's where the discrepency in speeds comes from.

Thanks. I knew there was some type of speed discrepancy but I didn't know that it had gone too fast and *then* slowed dramatically. Just complete ineptitude all the way around.