maico buncio fell a high speed accident on 15 may 2011 during the superbike qualifying race at the clark international speedway racing circuit. while passing a semi-straight right hand sweeper on the speedway, buncio's suzuki gsx-r 600 motorbike slid and crashed into the run-off section. he was thrown off his bike and landed on an unfinished barrier in the race track. buncio crashed onto a protruding steel rod of the barrier, which punctured his internal organs, fatally damaging his kidney and liver.