I herd about it on 7tune yesterday! A real shame, the guys a legend, playing a big part in the making of the 2000GT, and helped with cars such as the Original MR2, the AE86 and the Legendry sporting Toyotas from the 60's to now, and also one of Akio Toyoda's personal test drivers!
I havent read the link posted on the first post, although I find it a weird crash...and all the drivers were wereing helmets. I'm not going to make a guess on whats happened and wait to see what's made of it. Also it was a LF-A Nurburgring Edtion, a special limited edtion of a limited run of cars, had a few body mods and power, heres a pic to show you
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z23/calster-17/Car%20Pictures/2012lexuslfanurburgringedition001-5.jpg
But its a real shame that he's gone, one of the motor industrys unknowen heros!:( RIP Hiromu