We got this courtesy of our friends at 7Tune JDM Magazine! This is truly insane for a Drifting accident. First we will let the video tell you the story of what went down.

The image 7Tune was able to capture was pretty wild as well. The course they call YZ circuit out of Japan which I am not very familiar with myself. They have a brief description on the site here; “The circuit itself has been operating since 1997 and was originally a motorcycle track but these days anything with wheels can use it. Nowadays the majority of traffic is cars, with about 60% of the track’s use made up of ‘grip’ sessions and the other 40% for drift sessions. The circuit is open seven days a week and frequently holds a variety of competitions for different skill levels and anyone with a valid driver’s license or international driving permit can use the track.”

Here is what 7Tune gave as a review of the accident.

“Here were only a few teams participating in the challenge and the team I was looking forward to seeing most was the three ‘hachi rokus’ (AE86s). They put on a good show during the practice session, and let’s face it, the angry buzz of a couple of ‘hachis’ (hachi also means bee in Japanese) is music to any drift enthusiast’s ears.

Getting in close to the action is what it’s all about and I had a prime location to snap away from my position on the apex of the second corner but a few spin-outs by the AE86s only a few meters from where a few of us were standing had some of us searching for higher ground. It was from this new location that I was happily chatting away to another guy with a video camera when it happened. One of the teams came hammering into corner one with a red 180sx in the lead, a white S14 Silvia following close behind and a ‘Onevia’ bringing up the rear. The 180 drifted wide and had already hit the tire wall once by the time I had lifted my camera into position and was heading back into the tires by the time I pushed down the shutter release button. No time to zoom, just shoot away and hope I’d get a clean shot. The white S14 Silvia was so close the driver had no chance of avoiding what was to come next, things were happening all too quickly. The 180’s nose slammed into the tire wall and was thrown, twisting 270 degrees, into the air, all the while threatening to roll onto its roof. Half way through the twist it smashed into the side of the Silvia, right behind the door. The impact lifted both cars into the air and sent tires and shards of glass soaring in all directions.

Luckily, both drivers walked away from the crash with nothing injured but perhaps their pride and certainly their pride and joys. It might be a steep price to pay for an afternoon’s fun but as they say, that’s the price of drift.”

Big Drifting Accident - 7 Tune

Source: 7 Tune