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07-12-2005, 05:37 PM
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I used to have a nice car
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07-12-2005, 05:55 PM
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thats simply amasing....... just goes to show just how good a race suit is
he must have been wearing his balaclava though else he'd be pretty well burned.... you can see he's pretty well stuffed but, when he tried to get up but colapsed etc |
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07-12-2005, 07:13 PM
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the helmet melted to his face and very recently successfully sued the organisers of the race, he looks fine now, you wouldn't ever know that he had been in such an accident
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07-12-2005, 09:08 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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07-12-2005, 09:26 PM
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Right out sideways
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wow
i have always wondered if he really did die unbelievable though !!!! thanks for posting it up
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07-12-2005, 11:54 PM
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If that's the incident I was thinking about, the driver was recently awarded compensation because of the long delay in any kind of rescue response. Bloody lucky he walked away from that one!
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07-12-2005, 11:59 PM
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Well done!
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08-12-2005, 01:09 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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He turned around and sued the track owners - apparently the pace car was going too fast in the wet then hit the anchors, causing the chaos.
So intense his nose burnt off I believe :( 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. |
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08-12-2005, 10:54 AM
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Location: Driving my Tickford T3 Wagon in Sydney
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The respons from the "supposed" medical officers was crap. He is stumbling around, dazed , no real idea of what has just happened the medical officers picks him up then lets him fall to extinguish the fire. Very pathetic. Then they quite literally throw him in a van, 50 seconds later. In the words of Darren Hinch "SHAME, SHAME, SHAME".
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08-12-2005, 11:01 AM
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Adapt or perish...
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I remember seeing that other vid and thought that he died.
But the response from emergency crew was p*ss poor at best.
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