*anese motorcycle racer

Yasutomo Nagai (永井 康友, Nagai Yasutomo) (October 29, 1965 – September 12, 1995) was a motorcycle road racer, born in Koshigaya, *an.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Accident and death
• 3 References
• 4 Photographs

Career

Nagai raced in *an's All-*an Road Racing Championship for many years, spending seven of them with Yamaha Motor Company. He was also a member of the 1994 Bol d'Or winning Yamaha France team, with Dominique and Christian Sarron.

Nagai took two pole positions in the Superbike World Championship. He was the first *anese racer to take a Championship pole outside *an (in Austria in 1995). He achieved four podium finishes.

Accident and death

Nagai died two days after crashing at *en, the Netherlands during the 1995 Superbike World Championship race. Riding a Yamaha YZF750, he rode over oil spilled on the track by a Ducati 916. As he fell, his Yamaha landed on top of him. Nagai's injuries left him in a coma from which he never regained consciousness. Nagai died in a nearby hospital at the age of 29. Despite not taking part in the final two rounds, he was 5th overall in the 1995 standings.

References

Photographs

• http://www.highsider.com/textlager/*an_textlager/Nagai.htm
• http://www.highsider.com/textlager/*an_textlager/Nagai_95_01.htm
• http://www.highsider.com/textlager/*an_textlager/Nagai_95_02.htm
• http://www.highsider.com/textlager/*an_textlager/Nagai_95_03.htm