"One of the cars drawing the most attention from the crowd was a 2002 Nissan 350Z, which was specially built for ultra, high-speed competition. It was piloted by Daijiro Inada, publisher of OPTION magazine - a popular automotive publication in Japan. Inada has driven in the Silver State Classic Challenge before and on the Bonneville Salt Flats.

The Japanese top-speed driver has set a goal.

He plans to break the current top speed for a motor vehicle on a public highway listed in the Guiness Book of World Records. Inada has set a five-year program to improve his performance and eventually break the Guiness record. He plans to do that during a running of the Silver State Classic Challenge on State Route 318.

Race promoter Phil Henry told the Ely Times, Inada's first try at the record came close to being his last. Inada rolled the Nissan and didn't finish the race.

Henry said, after the accident, the driver told him he was traveling at 200 mph when he heard something go pop. Inada backed off the gas fearing something had broken. As the car slowed to about 150 mph, one of the tires suddenly shredded. That forced the speeding car off the paved highway. The car over-turned seven times.

Amazingly, Inada didn't appear to receive any serious injuries in the rollover - to compete, vehicles must be equipped with high-endurance tires, safety webs, seat belts and roll bars and the drivers wear fire-resistant body suits and crash helmets.

Nonetheless, race officials insisted Inada get a check up. His helicopter flew him to William Bee Ririe Hospital in Ely. Henry said the last time he saw the disappointed driver, he had left the hospital in a wheelchair and was shaking his fist at the heavens, vowing to return for next September's race.
" from ELY TIMES

 

are those wheels Volks Gram lights?

 

looks like them too me

those option guys have too much money. its only a z33. they have skylines in their garage

 

It looks like that's one part of the car that actually held up

 

So they slowed down to 150mph, then the title of this thread is wrong

 

What a crash.
Looks like the cage did it's job though.

 

found this for u guys

 

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oops...

 

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it says 600ps...

 

Apparently a HIGHLY-MODIFIED 350Z from JUN Auto @ 700hp Twin-Turbo (OPTION STREAM Z) is being raced by this Japanese guy.

As the car climbs past well over 300 KMH, there is loud clanking sounds (that can't be good!) and as he begins downshifting (which I would NOT have done) the car and he, eventually lose control.......

VIDEO IS @ 18.5 MEG...So needless to say: *right-click-andsave-as*

Also........I have ALL Video playback devices on my machine, but I'm pretty sure you need DIVX, which DEFINITELY will work!

Enjoy:
INSANE Modified 350Z Race VIDEO!

 

Not bad. JUN top speed car was a 300ZXTT at 400+kmh. I think it was ten years ago, has not been broken by the company since then.

 

Wow, a tire blowing at that speed really sucks.
Thank god for the safety cage.

 

wow