1998 Tetsuya Ota Crash @ JGTC...RE Amemiya FD Came to the Rescue!!!
 

Thought I'd share this w/ my fellow 3rd Gen owners, as I'm sure you'll find this a moment of pride as well... :)

I'm sure we've all seen the video of the horrible 1998 Tetsuya Ota Crash @ JGTC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS2k0JbOpDQ). But today, I had a few min to relax, and was watching the full video of the race...footage I had never seen before. And guess what? The footage clearly shows that the FIRST on the scene to the rescue - in the middle of a race mind you - was...you guessed it...the RE Amemiya (Asparadrink) JGTC FD3S. If you watch the video, SECONDS after the fiery crash, the FD makes a CRAZY fast stop on the side, right next to the Ferrari - which is now in flames. The action starts @ 3:55. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZGyyWQcGD8&NR=1

All I gotta say is, I'm even MORE proud of RE Amemiya and their staff. This is what it's all about... My hat's off to them...

~Ramy

PS: For those who aren't familiar w/ the crash, Tetsuya Ota (driver of the Ferrari that crashed & burned) not only survived (thank God), but also went to win a lawsuit for 90 million yen against the racing organizers for gross negligence...

Ramy...both the first and second half of that clip are really really old..even I know that :-)

But, I'd wadger most guys who frequent this section don't go to the lounge often enough to have seen the second half...

Well I've only seen the first... And I dunno about others, but I do my best to stay as far away from the forum Lounge as possible lol

TFL is a very very bad place...the rx7club lounge is slightly better(namely, TFL, AKA illstreet, was formed by the people who were banned from the rx7club lounge)

and :rofl: smart move avoiding the lounge in any event...it's like a mini 4chan with less intelligence.

quoting wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Ota)

"The first aide was another racecar driver. He was able to extinguish the fire with an extinguisher."

:mad: they mention the other guys cars but not the fact that the hero drove a Mazda RX-7??

nice videos. ive seen the porsche/ferarri crash in a compilation video didn't ever think that was a JGTC race or that any of the drivers survived. !

Hey Guys,

What was even worse... they said he was driving a corvette at the end of this clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOGtU...elated&search=

D7