Scott Kalitta Fatal Life Ending Crash 6/21/08 R.I.P.

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Don't want to see that again.

Good article here, especially what Don Prudhomme had to say.

geeez, speachless. R.I.P

listen to some prick in this vid say it'e exciting

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I love drag racing. NHRA Funny Car is some of the most exciting racing in the world. BUT! They are stuck 20 years behind in terms of saftey. Eric Medlin was shook to death by his car after it hit the wall. Now a car races head on into the wall. No catch fencing before the wall. The cars are still steel framed (not carbon fiber monoque we see in F1 and sports cars).

oh my god that's horrible. rip

I know that most fans on here don't care or know much about drag racing, but anytime a racer loses his life racing, it affects all motorsports fans.

Every year, for the past few years I have taken underprivileged and at-risk youth to see the drag races here in Pomona, California. Twice a year, the first and last race of the season, the NHRA drag racing series has a joint program with YES (Youth in Educational Services) to expose youngsters to careers in motorsports. They provide thousands of tickets for kids and allow them to visit the pits and hospitality tents of drivers, and expose them to job shadow all careers relevant to racing. The drivers come out and speak with the youngsters and tell them about their craft and how they got started. Every year, Scott Kalitta always made it a point to be very open to these visitors and encouraged his mechanics and staff to answer any questions the kids asked. Not only has the drag racing community lost a great racer, but motorsports in general has lost an ambassador for all forms of racing.


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At very least, he died doing what he loved...still very tragic.

Drag racing is the most purest racing form. I love it for that. My thoughts are with the family, but like I said in the other thread, NHRA and it's tracks are 20 years out of date. Short run offs and faster and faster cars do not work. The cars are a decade old and can still run because of the rules. A NHRA Funny Car would not make it past tech in a SCCA sanctioned race.

seen it on utube.R.I.P. scott...and peeps flaming in comments..on utube.no respect

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Jun 24 2008, 12:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I know that most fans on here don't care or know much about drag racing, but anytime a racer loses his life racing, it affects all motorsports fans.

Every year, for the past few years I have taken underprivileged and at-risk youth to see the drag races here in Pomona, California. Twice a year, the first and last race of the season, the NHRA drag racing series has a joint program with YES (Youth in Educational Services) to expose youngsters to careers in motorsports. They provide thousands of tickets for kids and allow them to visit the pits and hospitality tents of drivers, and expose them to job shadow all careers relevant to racing. The drivers come out and speak with the youngsters and tell them about their craft and how they got started. Every year, Scott Kalitta always made it a point to be very open to these visitors and encouraged his mechanics and staff to answer any questions the kids asked. Not only has the drag racing community lost a great racer, but motorsports in general has lost an ambassador for all forms of racing.


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At very least, he died doing what he loved...still very tragic.
you really are a bit of a dark horse jumkie, but well done to you and people like the late scott for putting out for these kids.