Scott Kalitta killed at NHRA race in NJ

top fuel funny car driver Scott Kalitta was killed a few hours ago in NJ and he will be missed i know this is for car shows and what not but quite a few of us on here follow NHRA and all drag racing but i jus wanted to let people know and also say RIP Scott Kalitta

Damn shame was a great driver. Maybe they will stop listening to the protestors and finally lengthen the tracks to allow drivers to run off further

Crazy Crash

Rest In Peace, Scott. You will be missed.

hey bobby i know u and kim were fans of scott's jus like me and ive grown up around these guys my whole life at the nhra races all over the country and it jus has been a numb feeling i dont know if many of yall watch nhra racing but in respect of him why dont u jus turn ur tv to espn2 tonight and watch the races

Scott was killed in a fiery crash, doing what he loved to do.....we should all be so lucky. RIP Scott Kalitta.

it wasnt the fire that killed scott it was the fact that etown has no shutdown area, just a wall the impact of the wall is what killed him... i wouldnt race atg the track until that changed.

I was flipping channels this morning and saw dragracing on so I started watching that. They were talking about someone dieing and then they finally mentioned his name and I said WTF. Its sad to see someone die but he did die doing what he loved to do.

Originally posted by smithchassis



it wasnt the fire that killed scott it was the fact that etown has no shutdown area, just a wall the impact of the wall is what killed him... i wouldnt race atg the track until that changed.

Some guy was doing an interview this morning and he said the track was built a long time ago and was made for 200mph cars. Not 300mph cars

Edited: 6/22/2008 5:05:47 PM by xxbdydrpdnissanxx

I'll definitely be watching tonight.

Going back to the crash, I've only seen one angle that showed the entire crash, but from what I could see, it looks like he never made any attempts to slow down or hit the center of the catch net at the end of the track. In fact, it looks like he hit the wall to the far right that had no catch net in front of it, sort of like a guiding wall.

To me, it looked like he was either out or gone as soon as the engine blew. However, I do understand that in an explosion like that, many parts and pieces can also fail so he could have also be unable to steer. It will be interesting to see what the outcome is once the investigate it.