Scott Kalitta bad accident

SC1317 · 06-21-2008, 05:26 PM

Went through safety net. Not good. Very sad! Don't know details yet

TV said transported to Etown hospital. Word from track is that it is very bad. Top end explosion, tearing apart back half of car. Went through net and almost into trees

Our prayers are with him and his family

SC1317 · 06-21-2008, 06:09 PM

Racing cancelled for the rest of day

sean graham · 06-21-2008, 06:21 PM

just got on competition plus .com and it said kalitta fatally injured, got back on and that info was gone, i believe it was leaked before it should've been, r.i.p. scott

SC1317 · 06-21-2008, 06:30 PM

Heard the same from someone else. Sad day

slow dragster · 06-21-2008, 07:12 PM

Its still on there. Hope its not true.

bighead · 06-21-2008, 07:13 PM

Just showed the accidenton espn. bad.............

ss283 · 06-21-2008, 07:18 PM

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wsmracing · 06-21-2008, 11:00 PM

Gods Speed Scott & Are Prayers Are With Your Friends & Family

06-22-2008, 01:38 AM

RIP Scott Kalitta, may the angels hold you high and mighty in the Lord's arms. It's always a shock and sinking feeling in someone when they hear the news. I was at work tonight when I looked up and saw Ron Capps being interviewed on the TV and I said to myself someone died today at Englishtown and it put me in a rut the rest of the night. I was not one of the biggest Scott Kalitta fans in the pits or watching him on TV but, I honor him because he did something he loved. He died doing the one thing in life he enjoyed besides flying aircrafts for his father. He was a drag racer at heart and he had that grizzly demeaner of a Funny Car Driver. The one positive thing that may come out of this is for NHRA and JFR to look into working on a new parachute configuration for cars. Maybe something like a dummy chute that if the body gets tore off and the chutes don't deploy they have a option to have a backup just like skydivers. Anyways it's a sad day in drag racing and Scott will be missed......RIP SCOTT KALITTA

SC1317 · 06-22-2008, 02:56 AM

We are at 320 plus, need longer shut down for those guys

06-21-2008, 05:26 PM	#1
SC1317 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NY Snowbelt Posts: 113 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Scott Kalitta bad accident Went through safety net. Not good. Very sad! Don't know details yet TV said transported to Etown hospital. Word from track is that it is very bad. Top end explosion, tearing apart back half of car. Went through net and almost into trees Our prayers are with him and his family __________________ Michele Corigliano Last edited by SC1317; 06-21-2008 at 05:48 PM. Reason: update

06-21-2008, 06:09 PM	#2
SC1317 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NY Snowbelt Posts: 113 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scott Kalitta bad accident Racing cancelled for the rest of day __________________ Michele Corigliano

06-21-2008, 06:21 PM	#3
sean graham Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: columbus ohio Posts: 44 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scott Kalitta bad accident just got on competition plus .com and it said kalitta fatally injured, got back on and that info was gone, i believe it was leaked before it should've been, r.i.p. scott

06-21-2008, 06:30 PM	#4
SC1317 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NY Snowbelt Posts: 113 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scott Kalitta bad accident Heard the same from someone else. Sad day __________________ Michele Corigliano

06-21-2008, 07:12 PM	#5
slow dragster Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Spring Hill, TN Posts: 143 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Scott Kalitta bad accident Its still on there. Hope its not true.

06-21-2008, 07:13 PM	#6
bighead Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Waxahachie, Texas Posts: 244 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scott Kalitta bad accident Just showed the accidenton espn. bad.............

06-21-2008, 07:18 PM	#7
ss283 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 34 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scott Kalitta bad accident ... Last edited by ss283; 10-23-2008 at 01:14 AM.

06-21-2008, 11:00 PM	#8
wsmracing Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NEW JERSEY Posts: 170 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scott Kalitta bad accident Gods Speed Scott & Are Prayers Are With Your Friends & Family

06-22-2008, 01:38 AM	#9
BKRacing 1198 SG Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Scott Kalitta bad accident RIP Scott Kalitta, may the angels hold you high and mighty in the Lord's arms. It's always a shock and sinking feeling in someone when they hear the news. I was at work tonight when I looked up and saw Ron Capps being interviewed on the TV and I said to myself someone died today at Englishtown and it put me in a rut the rest of the night. I was not one of the biggest Scott Kalitta fans in the pits or watching him on TV but, I honor him because he did something he loved. He died doing the one thing in life he enjoyed besides flying aircrafts for his father. He was a drag racer at heart and he had that grizzly demeaner of a Funny Car Driver. The one positive thing that may come out of this is for NHRA and JFR to look into working on a new parachute configuration for cars. Maybe something like a dummy chute that if the body gets tore off and the chutes don't deploy they have a option to have a backup just like skydivers. Anyways it's a sad day in drag racing and Scott will be missed......RIP SCOTT KALITTA

06-22-2008, 02:56 AM	#10
SC1317 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NY Snowbelt Posts: 113 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scott Kalitta bad accident We are at 320 plus, need longer shut down for those guys __________________ Michele Corigliano