The 450km Golden Week race was red-flagged on lap 59 of 100 after Nissan driver Mitsunori Takaboshi swerved to avoid a slow-moving GT300 car, the Arnage Racing Toyota 86 MC, and crashed into the guardrail along the start/finish straight at high speed.
Some pointed the finger at SARD Toyota man Yuhi Sekiguchi, who was leading the race at the time, for triggering the crash by seeking to use the slipstream of the ailing Arnage machine until the last moment, leaving Takaboshi unsighted.
