Scott Kalitta bad accident

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I got to meet Scott a couple of times while helping Chris Karamesines.
He was a good guy, never really craved the limelight.

I do not think the longer shut down would have helped in this case.
It looks like the car never slowed down, the shoots never blossomed and the car was not hopping like he was hard on the brakes.
I remember when Johnny West did the same thing.
I do think the older tracks are to short for the times and speeds they are running today. I like what Jim Head said "on the older tracks run to 1000ft.
or even half track" Most of the problems start at 1000 ft or passed.

We also heard a camera man was killed. Did any body at the track see that or hear about that too?

As long as Rt 66 is, they in the off season extended the sand pit by 30 foot. They moved the last turn off in closer and put in a bigger opening in the wall for the turn out. It is very nice now.

Over the weekend we had a Top Sportsman go into the sand with almost no damage. His shoots did not open ( they forgot to remove the safety pins) he scrubbed enough speed to just ease it in.
If it was a shorter track like some around here it could have been a lot worse.

I hope NHRA looks into the older and shorter tracks and some good comes of this. I do not believe less percent of Nitro or a gear change will solve the problem. The crew chiefs are too smart and will find away to get the cars back to speed again.

I hope we are not talking about another driver getting hurt or killed again soon. This needs to be looked at right away.

Rest easy Scott you have plenty of time till the next round.
We will miss you!