I know a ton of people, after hearing the news of the tragic drag racing accident which took NHRA racer, Scott Kalitta’s life yesterday wanted to see what happened. I just want to say that the drag racing world will miss this man. Kalitta was only 46 years old, and had been active in the NHRA since he was 20 years old. He made his first win in 1989 at the NHRA’s premiere series by winning the Funny Car event in Houston Texas. From early reports and by viewing slow motion video of the crash, it has been determined that something was wrong with the engine from the start. The car reached over 300 miles per hour before the engine simply exploded, and then the car hits into the far wall at the end of the track. There was not a thing that Scott Kalitta could have done once the race begun, to save his life. This is a sad day for race fans worldwide.
Jun 22 2008
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