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06-21-2008, 06:26 PM
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scott kalitta killed
at englishtown today. i just turned on espn2 and heard about it. got to get back to watching it to find out more info.
RIP SCOTT
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06-21-2008, 06:35 PM
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Hooooly crap! I jus turned it on...
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06-21-2008, 06:42 PM
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RIP Scott.
Sounds like he popped a motor near the finish line and the car ran out to the end of the track, through the sand trap, and flipped over the catch fence. Pronounced dead at the hospital just before 5:00pm.
From the Star-Ledger:
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Spectators at the track watched as Kalitta's car exploded, hit a sand trap, then vaulted over a protective catch fence. A slow-moving ambulance took the driver away.
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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/200...sh_at_old.html
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06-21-2008, 06:43 PM
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Maaaan, thats horrible.
RIP Scott.
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06-21-2008, 07:02 PM
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06-21-2008, 07:15 PM
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RIP very sad 
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06-21-2008, 07:21 PM
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That's a shame.......
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06-21-2008, 08:40 PM
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Wow, that sucks big time. I would've hated to be there and see it happen. Just when you think there's enough safety stuff something like this happens to shake things up again. NASCAR had a rough run but they've come through it in much better shape so hopefully NHRA will get past this as well. Accidents happen no matter how hard you try to prevent them.
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06-21-2008, 08:42 PM
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Ii did'nt see it happen but i found this on another site. i watched it once thats probally enough for me. but if your curious to what happened heres a link
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=030_1214097117
Last edited by baddest434; 06-24-2008 at 10:22 AM.
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06-21-2008, 08:51 PM
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I just saw a short bit on ESPN news and actually found footage on youtube of the incident, not a good scene. I am surprised youtube hasn't pulled it, and double surprised that ESPN replayed the footage (that were the youtube footage is taken from). Not sure there is a lot you could do to prevent something like that, unless you go to 1/8 mile competition.
There is roughly 2200 feet of paved shutdown, then the sand trap. (google earth estimation).
I hope he was knocked unconscious on the original blower explosion, I wouldn't even want to think of the alternative.
Thoughts go out to the family.
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06-21-2008, 08:52 PM
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Wow, that was a heck of crash. Either the explosion knocked him out or disabled the vehicle so he couldn't slow it down.
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06-21-2008, 08:57 PM
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it looked like someone in the camera booth caught a piece of the car
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06-21-2008, 08:57 PM
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RIP. That is really terrible.
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06-21-2008, 09:05 PM
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even news 12 is covering his death thats where i just found out about it
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06-21-2008, 09:11 PM
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RIP
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06-21-2008, 09:14 PM
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I hope he was knocked unconscious on the original blower explosion, I wouldn't even want to think of the alternative.
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Either way I think (and hope) he passed on pretty quickly. In the article I posted above they said the ambulance was in no hurry to get him to the hospital, and that usually means the worst.
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06-21-2008, 10:27 PM
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I was at raceway park yesterday and saw him. I wanted to talk to him, but I didn't. Its such a shame. He was a good racer and a great guy.
Little more about the crash:
According to ESPN, he hit the sand trap between 250 to 300 mph.
Because he never pulled the parachutes, people are speculating that he was knocked conscience because of the blast.
RIP Scott. You will be missed.
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06-21-2008, 10:53 PM
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wow that is terrible...my thoughts and prayers go out to the family..
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06-21-2008, 11:06 PM
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May he rest in peace.
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06-21-2008, 11:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cdacda13
I was at raceway park yesterday and saw him. I wanted to talk to him, but I didn't. Its such a shame. He was a good racer and a great guy.
Little more about the crash:
According to ESPN, he hit the sand trap between 250 to 300 mph.
Because he never pulled the parachutes, people are speculating that he was knocked conscience because of the blast.
RIP Scott. You will be missed.
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in the video it looks like the chutes came out, but melted immediately. they start pulling the chutes around 1000', which was before it exploded.
RIP Scott. Its another sad day in NHRA history.
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06-21-2008, 11:10 PM
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man... I dont bring my car to teh track to run , but ive talked to him . holy suck. He will be missed.
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06-22-2008, 07:59 AM
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Thats a shame. By the looks of it, he was knocked out during the first explosion and not the second. RIP
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06-22-2008, 08:01 AM
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i heard about it last night..... saw the accident on you tube and WOW
RIP
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06-22-2008, 10:20 AM
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Shut it off at 1000 feet. Past 1000 has been lethal.
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06-22-2008, 08:41 PM
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from a guy on another site i frequent:
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As some of you guys know I live in Jersey and run this track all the time. I was supposed to be at the supernationals but had a family party that didn't allow me to take advantage of the passes a friend of mine on the track rescue squad got. I did however get alot of info from her...
The car never made the wall and detonated before it reached the sand trap... So even a longer runoff (which is already almost a half mile) wouldn't have mattered. The blower popped at the finishline and basically soaked the interior with fuel causing major ka boom.
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