Tim Bergmeister survives nasty crash at Fuji

A testament to the strength of Porsche race cars, Tim Bergmeister survived this awful and bizarre crash during the second round of the 2012 Super GT at Fuji.

Tim is brother of Jörg Bergmeister who was in attendance at Fuji and added this update via Facebook

"Tims condition has stabelized. He has severe lung injuries and the doctors are trying to safe his left lung while the right side is in much better shape. within the next 2 weeks we will know how it goes. His brokes bones are no issue right now and the good thing is there are no head injuries nor damage to the spinal cord. Please keep your fingers crossed for him. Thank you for all the messages. I will keep you updated. Jörg"

Best wishes from Axis.

Fukushima Drift

While I'm sure disaster pictures bring lots of precious page views, as car guys we prefer to send our wishes remembering that, among many other things, our Japanese friends are leaders in car culture, innovation and passion.

Hang in there, Tracktards!

Remi Schouten of Okydokyo.com shot these two great clips last year, one is from a Drift matsuri in Fukushima, the second from the 2010 Nismo festival at Fuji Speedway. Enjoy them.



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Keihin Honda HSV at Suzuka


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3x Honda HSV-010 GT / 1 space=KURASSHU!

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Super SUGO!

Sporting enough graphics to make a NASCAR broadcast look minimalist and looking like a cross between a reality and one of those famous sadistic Japanese game shows, here is the recent Super GT race from Sugo.

At around 12 minutes when the leading Lexus has trouble firing up, one of the drivers looks more like someone had sneaked some nasty red peppers in his drink bottle.

Another amusing gimmick is an incar shot which fast forwards over the boring parts... All in all, this is very fun to watch even if you don't understand one word. 

Highly recommended entertainment from the land where even Ferrari 430 GT and Porsches GT3's are are made to look like they are out of a manga cartoon!

Sugo Super GT from Axis Video on Vimeo.




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More racing we never get to see: Super GT

Super GT is something like a Japanese DTM except with a lot more variety an excitement.  OK, cheering for a Toy Story Racing apr MR-S or maybe the Zent SC or the fancy Arta Garaiya may seem a bit unusual outside of GranTurismo 4,  but c'mon, just check out these race cars, they are insane!      

Couple that with some extremely dooshy driving (check out the end of part2) and you have the makings of great entertainment, or at least a fun highlight reel!!!  

Enjoy these two long clips summing up the 2007 season.   

(music was not my choice...I apologize to the techno intolerant out there)