Anyone know the story behind this crash?

[SimpleS14]

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/SimpleS14/Cars/header-img.jpg

When I saw this picture I was like "DAMN". I'm lost at how that happened...its just crazy.

Looks like it took place in Japan....anyone know more about it? or possible video?

[zerooath]

HOLY FUCK!I wonder what happened. Any pics of the aftermath?

[blueshark123]

ouch i feel bad for the drivers and cars. Luckily it was a rhd s14 if not that wold of hurt alot more.

[getsideways]

Good thing is was in Japan. RHD may have saved both of them from a nasty trip to the byooin! Sucks about the cars though.

[ESone3]

http://www.7tune.com/?p=136

[SimpleS14]

http://www.7tune.com/?p=136

I skimpped through it...and didn't find much.

[Koopa Troopa]

Good thing is was in Japan. RHD may have saved both of them from a nasty trip to the byooin! Sucks about the cars though.

Shit, you ever seen JDM nurses? I wish someone would drive through my car so I could have an extended stay at the hospital :rawk:

However with my luck I'd get stuck at Lester Navy Hospital and die the next day from an improper blood transfusion :( Gotta love that free medical. Oh, he's A+, not A- oh well no biggie...

[stiizy]

Jdm nurses haha. yea they are hot i saw a few when i went to japan at an after hours bar geezuz!!!

[HyperLeafBlower]

Holy crap, they sell nurses in japan?

[Flybert]

I saw a video of a similar crash in japan recently on youtube. I'm pretty sure the crash happened just the same.

The leader most likely went wide and hit the tire wall going really fast. Tire walls tend to grab the car and spin it in the air. Then the car spun and hit the guy who was following. The video I saw resulted in similar damage. It may have been the same crash that I saw on video but the red car looks a little too high in that pic. I'll see if I can find it when I get off work.

[jackjack]

holy hell........... thats crazy.

[HyperLeafBlower]

I saw a video of a similar crash in japan recently on youtube. I'm pretty sure the crash happened just the same.

The leader most likely went wide and hit the tire wall going really fast. Tire walls tend to grab the car and spin it in the air. Then the car spun and hit the guy who was following. The video I saw resulted in similar damage. It may have been the same crash that I saw on video but the red car looks a little too high in that pic. I'll see if I can find it when I get off work.

There was that really scary crash from D1 floating around on youtube, was it that one?

[Pink Slut]

and the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpzVg5rgrKw&e

[j0hn-0h]

it's not nearly as bad as it looks in the picture.

[JRas]

dam, that's a bad drifting crash

[MADE]

Im sure he was drifiting again by the next week.

[ROUGE180]

Im sure he was drifiting again by the next week.

Next week? I bet they had a back up car gassed and ready to go lol. That would suck though. Picture looks much worse. At least he could get up and walk around. Could have been worse. I'd be 1 happy mofo

[azndoc]

Damn......

I thought the one where Yoshioka crashed into the tires in his orange hachi was pretty badass.

I asked him about that crash too and he still remember about it.

[ROUGE180]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM5uQLOfK7M

rain!!!!!!!

[DaPCWiz]

Wow. Picture looks way worse than the video... but still... daaamn...

[LongGrain]

haha, the drivers in that rain video must be having a blast.

[dragon_x330]

Damn japanese. LOL they're soo hardcore even rain won't stop em from drifting!!

[slow40sx]

looks like it hurt

[HyperTek]

driftin accidents happen everyday who cares..
just that someone caught that incident at the right time to take a pic, its pretty intense

accident didnt look too bad, just sucks it had to take out his b/c pillars, thus totalling his car.. if maybe it was some quarter panels his car would be repairable..

Just like some fags tho to make a website banner out of this mishap.. =(

[aziankingz]

that mr2 in the rain drifting was good at avoiding the crash..go mid engine lol

[Tops*]

There was that really scary crash from D1 floating around on youtube, was it that one?

I think you're referring to the Kawabata vs. Saito crash at Fuji.

You can hear the nitrous leaking in Kawabata's S15 after the crash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-pkTmOpjtQ

Pretty ridiculous.

[bigOdom1]

these are the reason that my tool box for track days includes a change of underwear

[slider2828]

Damn you know your car is jacked when you gotta get forked lifted.... THat is bad....

But man Kawabata took the brunt of the whole thing.... That sorta stuff just scares you sh!tless.... roll cage for win for competitive drifting....

[an_orange_s2k]

damn that pic is hella crazy but makes it look wayy worst than the vid.. that kawabata crash is just damnnn...

[Ian]

I'm sure there is a picture of the Kawabata crash that was taken at just the right moment that's 100x scarier than that pic

[jstn]

i watched that d1 crash clip before but i never realized that the photographer behind the tire wall almost got his head chopped off from the mark ii's flying carbon fibre wing.. watch the slow-mo reply at 1:53ish it's intense

[INeedNewTires]

subscribing...

[besTint]

now you know where our SR's come from! lolz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM5uQLOfK7M

rain!!!!!!!

[DaPCWiz]

i watched that d1 crash clip before but i never realized that the photographer behind the tire wall almost got his head chopped off from the mark ii's flying carbon fibre wing.. watch the slow-mo reply at 1:53ish it's intense

damn I didn't see that until you pointed it out. He ducked down like JUST in time. wow.

[HyperLeafBlower]

I think you're referring to the Kawabata vs. Saito crash at Fuji.

You can hear the nitrous leaking in Kawabata's S15 after the crash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-pkTmOpjtQ

Pretty ridiculous.

Yeah, that was the one. Wow, completely different scenario, my bad. I watched that twice and didn't want to go for a drive for the rest of the day.

[SimpleS14]

The vid doesn't make it seem as bad as the pic...but it's still a horrid wreck.

The Kawabata is just plain crazy/scary.

[Pink Slut]

i watched that d1 crash clip before but i never realized that the photographer behind the tire wall almost got his head chopped off from the mark ii's flying carbon fibre wing.. watch the slow-mo reply at 1:53ish it's intense


It's Zaku ;)

[Poida]

Article is here: http://www.7tune.com/?p=148

[Wykydtron]

Good god, that last video...

And the damn rain video, it looks like the techs inspected the car, "does it still roll? tape off and zip tie anything that hangs, your good to go!"

[just1pepsi]

[QUOTE=SimpleS14;1969286]

.. I'm lost at how that happened...its just crazy.

[QUOTE]

Gonna go out on a limb and guess that excessive speed and loss of control contributed to the collision.
:D

[nevaland9]

thank god for rhd huh..
having the steering wheel on the wrong side prob saved his life, let that be a lesson to all..being jdm is stylish and functional..

[Sileighty_85]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM5uQLOfK7M

rain!!!!!!!

now you know where our SR's come from! lolz

damn I didnt see his post

I miss those days lol

[happy408]

nvm. its fun to drift in the rain minus the crashing


(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpzVg5rgrKw&feature=related)

[Locko]

now we know where our Sr engines are comming from lol