Daijiro Kato
Deaths at the track have included that of Honda RC211V racer Daijiro Kato on April 20, 2003, after the Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix race. He died of a brain stem infarction after spending two weeks in a coma. Dome Karasu driver Tojiro Ukiya died in a test run on August 20, 1965, Lola T92/50 (with Mugen Honda engine) racer Hitoshi Ogawa on May 24, 1992, while on the way to the hospital immediately after the Japanese Formula 3000 race; and American, NASCAR safety car driver Elmo Langley died on November 21, 1996. Langley suffered a heart attack while driving the safety car.