And here's the video

http://www.wrxfanatics.com/videos/Si...sic%20350z.avi

Enjoy... he didn't

RotaryStalker

 

wow, that sucks

the z was just on the cover of super street
atleast they got one cover before this accident happened

 

i saw the video last month...it was sad.."Dai san" took it to the salt flats to compete in the k&n challenge... then after like 300 something kilometers an hour the motor blew or something went wrong...he then tried to downshift, he made it to like 3rd gear then the car fishtailed a little bit then lost control...the helicopter finally came and saw him just standing a few feet away from the wreck..he was okay though...but poor car...=(

 

I heard he blew a tire. LOL, probably the front tire wear problem.

RotaryStalker

 

what codec do i need to view this? i have k-lite codecs installed but still can't view it...

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Divx..

He crashed somewhere at 160-170 mph.. still hurts though..

 

Damn Divx codec

 

old but good wit video, ty, i was happy at 1st, but these guys must have worked their asses off with this car so i feel bad for them

 

It wasn't the motor, a tire blew out.

 

lucky guy still alive,.... he should go buy lottery

 

strong rollcage

 

The physics of a high-speed crash always amaze me... it looks so wierd because he had slowed down so much it looked like he was almost in control, then all hell breaks loose. Nice to see he wasn't hurt.

 

I like it

 

kinda hard to tell...the whole video was in japanese...thanks for the correction professor..

 

Maybe now he can buy a Rx-8

 

I agree.

He did a great job at keeping the car straight for as long as he did. He gracefully downshifted again and again......trying to maintain what little traction he had.

It is amazing to watch. If you don't get ejected from a vehicle....its usually much better if the vehicle rolls to slow it down and expend all of its energy rather then strike something abruptly. In this case....it appeard the vehicle rolled several times from where it left the asphalt to where it landed.

The telephone poles ( Icant remember seeing any) would be a real danger. Other than that...it lookes fairly safe for "non track" racing. Flat desert terrain as far as you can see.

-and...holy crap was that z fast!

 

 

That was not the salt flat, it was the K&N golden state challenge.

FYI Dai san (driver) has been doing top speed runs for many years and still alive. Amazing, oh also he is the owner of Option magazine.

 

I just watched the video....it was the tire that blew...

Hanzo...Takuya from Best Motoring was doing the reporting.

 

Damn 404 error!

 

can someone post the link again as the one on the this thread does seem to work anymore!

 

okay smart guy...here's a cookie... thanks for your infinite knowledge of this..i'm sorry that i didn't have the facts straight..maybe you can give me some japanese lessons cause i saw the video a month ago..way before it made the magazine pages...so keep reading your super street magazines and feel free to hound me everytime i make a mistake... FYI... your not the only guy on here that knows about dai san... so here's another cookie...

 

Wow, ease up there guy, who are you? And I am not Japanese, I am Chinese.

BTW I saw this video more than a month ago and it was on SpeedTV as well. I didn't even know it was on Super Street Mag.

Chill out buddy, we are just making sure we know what we are looking at.

 

then don't criticize if you can't back yourself up....done

 

Where did you see I criticize? I am just stating the facts. What do I have to back myself up with? My facts are correct. LOL when did I ever said I am Japanese? You watch too much Japanese cartoon, initial D….