edit: copy paste following link into new browser

http://www.motorsportmediamulti.com/Tetsuya_Ota_1998_Japanese_GT/TBK_FAMEFLAME_DK_Tetsuya_Ota-1998_Japanese_GT_Championship_at_Fuji_International_Speedway.mpg

probaby one of the worst accidents I've seen on video...

thankfully the dude lived - but his limbs are disabled news links below

http://www.japantoday.com/gidx/news277270.html

Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 03:40 JST
TOKYO — The Tokyo District Court ordered a group of race promoters Wednesday to compensate a driver injured in an accident in 1998, dismissing a pre-race written pledge obtained from the driver not to seek compensation over crashes.
Fuji International Speedway Co and other defendants were ordered to pay 90 million yen in damages to Tetsuya Ota, whose limbs remain disabled after sustaining burns in the accident in the May 1998 "Japan GT Championship." (Kyodo News)

http://insiderracingnews.com/headlines/110603.html

NASCAR followed through with a good idea by curtailing all racing back to the yellow flag. From the land of the rising sun, and that really odd beverage called Saki, comes a story that could have happened in America. 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. Even though NASCAR is still honing their response format, the Cup sanctioning body is miles ahead of other racing groups.

 

Attila, I can't get the link for the vid to work.

 

gahh, thanks for the heads up. the post keeps messing with the link adding breaks to it and whatnot... i'm trying to figure out whats up.

edit: ok, I got the web address to be right - but it's not clickable - but for some reason it still splits the words. just take that URL and paste it into a browser - should work.

 

Holy Crap, what a video!!!

 

It took me a few tries to get the link correct in the address bar.

That's a pretty amazing video, I'm surprised the guy lived through a fire like that

 

I cant get it to work


This should work under most all circumstances, but doesn't ......


Video

it is because of these two area's in red that come into the link:


www. motorsportmediamulti.com/Tetsuya_Ota_1998_Japanese_GT/TBK_FAMEFLAME_DK_Tetsuya_Ota%20 1998_Japanese_GT_Championship_at_Fuji_Internationa<br%20/> l_Speedway.mpg





I did see the vid though

 

i would like to see

any help?

EDIT:

holy sh*t

please tell me the sound is edited

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i cant see the vid

edit : ok i got it


HOLY SHI*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

Holy Smokes !!

 

TinyURL is your friend...

http://tinyurl.com/3o366

Terrible crash...