doug kalitta dead

[Snarley Bill]

anyone who is a dragracing fan that has'nt heard doug kalitta was killed saturday in a funny car crash. i think he was 46 and had a wife and two kids. i remember seeing his dad and don garlits at alton dragway back in the 60's. this was a real shock.he switched from fuel dragsters to funny cars recently and was driving a toyota. bill

[VTirelli]

I think it was Scott Kalitta who was killed, saw a vid of the wreck and it was terrible. A guy I work withs father was at the track and saw the whole thing. He thinks he was knocked out when the blower blew so hopefully he didn't suffer. May he rest in peace.

[Tartan Terror]

Yes it was Scott Kalitta and the video was shocking!!! Prayers for the family. Nascar has the deaths undercontrol but NHRA is having way too many. I guess those are the risks you accept to compete in the sport.

[Snarley Bill]

you are right my mistake. it was scott kalitta. i alwys get the two mixed up. bill

[dr.nemo]

Very sad to see......RIP..

[Venturous Randy]

The impact looked like a plane crash there was so much smoke and flames. He hit a concrete wall. Now thay are going to a sand pit and net from what I heard today. This was a shame.

RandyA

[berg]

It was at Raceway park , they have a sand pit and a net, he became air born after hitting the sand and went into the pole that holds the net.

[BurgyMon]

That was terrible. But when you're doing 300 MPH and things go wrong, your options aren't much. One announcer had made a statement he had retired twice, but loved it too much to stay out of it. It's a terrible tragedy.

[BOO]

Yeah, bummer, at 300 MPH a lot of things can go wrong and do. There have been several accidents in recent years, some survive some don't.

 

Yeah Bill I've seen Connie race many times back in the 60's but I was just a little kid back then.

 

Jerry

[flb_78]

It was at Raceway park , they have a sand pit and a net, he became air born after hitting the sand and went into the pole that holds the net.

 

The sand pit at that track is way too small for the speeds that are reached in todays machines.

 

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Edited June 24, 2008 by flb_78

[IH Truck Guy]

The sand pit at that track is way too small for the speeds that are reached in todays machines.

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=I__YaTWXU1w

 

Englishtown and other tracks that have short run off area's are going to have to rebuild or reconfigure to handle 330 mph runs.The only current track that can handle these speeds is Brainerd..IMHO

[Pappa Bear]

Prayers to the family, I believe the track in Norwalk, Ohio, Summit Motorsports Park can handle it, nothing but county airport runways at the end. Very nice set up