VIDEO: Drag Racer Scott Kalitta Dies in Drag Car Crash
Two-time Top Fuel World Champion, Scott Kalitta, died at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals on June 21, 2008.
The first half of the run was normal until Kalitt'a Toyota Solara funny car burst into flames at approximately 300mph. The fire had prevented the parachutes for deploying, and the vehicle went into a tumble coming to rest at the end of the track.
The NHRA released the following statement:
On behalf of everyone at NHRA, we are deeply saddened and want to pass along our sincere condolences to the entire Kalitta family.
Scott shared the same passion for drag racing as his legendary father, Connie. He also shared the same desire to win, becoming a two-time series world champion. He left the sport for a period of time, to devote more time to his family, only to be driven to return to the dragstrip to regain his championship form.
Scott was a terrific driver and perhaps more importantly a better person and a great father to his two kids. He will be truly missed by the entire NHRA community.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife, Kathy, sons Corey and Colin, his cousin Doug, and his father Connie.
Now, you may race with Angels in Heaven... See you, driver.
looked like there wasn't any emergency stopping zone @ the end??? i didn;t see any tumble! he hit the concrete wall @ the end of the track!!! to me it looked like poor safety on that track...
ouch..a concrete wall at the end of a track seems like a bad idea.
Exactly! They should change it into something that can easily absorb the impact!!.
Exactly! They should change it into something that can easily absorb the impact!!
Ooh, a snuff movie on World Car Fans. I think this should be removed immediately as being in very bad taste.
RIP, i didnt saw anything funny but ok, to some people it was funny, but now he's dead :/
Funny car crash? What is funny here? What an iiidiot wrote this!
The type of car is a funny car not a funny crash. These types of cars that drag race are called funny cars. There is nothing funny about this. everyone is very sad about this. This guy had a family. Atleast he was doing something he loves and my heart goes out to his family, his loved ones, and his crew.
There should have been a sand trap at the end of that strip. It could have cooled down the fire and I thinnk he would still be alive. That is a stupid design.
oh sry i made a research and i found out that the name funny it is not an adjective to qualifie the crash but the name of the car, and thats why there is the name 'Funny Car' Crash
WCF's webmasters should add quotation mark to "funny car" in the title. R.I.P. :/
The title has been edited to reflect "Drag Car". Thanks!
RIP :(