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Scott Kalitta Fuel Coupe hero killed in NHRA crash
This news hits the Australian Drag Racing fraternity very hard, as Scott Kallita had been a repeat visitor to our shores, racing a Top Fuel Dragster at Western Sydney International Dragway during the 2005 & 2006 USA Boxing Day Top Fuel Invasion events, winning on both occasions.
His qualifying tilt of 4.517 seconds, at over 332.82 miles per hour in 2007 at WSID, stands as both the quickest and fastest one-off runs in Australian Drag Racing history, with the Speed mark still standing as the National Speed Record in ANDRA Championship Drag Racing.
Kalitta’s official National Record mark of 4.567 at the same event in 2007 in Sydney, was only just bettered by Phil Read at the last event of the Championship a fortnight ago, during the Castrol Edge Winternationals.
Speaking of team Read, Western Sydney International Dragway board Chairman Jim Read, spoke emotively of Scott Kalitta and his accomplishments.
“The news of Scott’s passing has shaken me up as much as any tragedy has,” remarked Read in a very emotive tone. “Scott like his father Connie and his cousin Doug, is passionate about Drag Racing. As everyone knows, we had Scott and a lot of the Kalitta team here in Sydney and we got to know Scott’s wife and kids… having them at our home for Christmas dinner and so on… I really struggle to find the words to say how devastated I feel about this news…”
Like so many Drag Racing teams, the Kalitta team is all about family efforts and it’s these aspects that stick in Jim Read’s mind at this time…
“His young boy Corey (14) was already living the Drag Racing dream with his dad, grinding clutch plates and just being part of it all… it’s the effect on the family which really saddens me greatly.”
The loss of Scott Kalitta will have a heavy impact in Australian Top Fuel ranks, as the knowledge sharing with both the Jim Read Racing and Santo Rapisarda teams was valuable and significant and the friendships which result from these relationships.
“I know some people question knowledge sharing but the spectacle in ANDRA Top Fuel these days with 4.5 second passes is in no small part to data gathering and learning from all that and the generosity of the Kalitta Motorsports fraternity has been a real positive influence on a few teams here — including ours,” remarked Bruce Read the Crew Chief for current Australian Top Fuel Champion — brother Phil Read.
“What is more tragic, is we have befriended the Kalitta family and the team as a whole. I have already spoken to several members of the team and you can imagine how they feel right now and its one of the dark and cloudy days we suffer as human beings, where no words can adequately cover the pain and anguish that must exist for the entire Kalitta team and family. Our thoughts are all with them at this terrible time.”
In this authors’ own mind, images of what Scott Kalitta was all about come rapid and vivid.
When he came out for the first Boxing Day event in Sydney, he had a genuine smile on his face about racing for racing’s sake, he is forever the passionate Drag Racer…
“What I am loving about racing in Australia is we are concentrating on gettin’ down that quarter mile here. Many people know I am not the biggest fan of all the media stuff, entertaining sponsors and all that. I know we have to do that (sponsors and media) but for me, it is all about racing these cars. That’s what I love to do and down here we just want to race hard and put on a good show for the Australian fans here… and that suits me just fine. Racing in Australia is about pure Drag Racing, which sometimes we can lose back home…”
May we never forget that Scott Kalitta Drag Racing passion!
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WHY IN THE …
WHY IN THE WOULD ANYONE DO THIS FOR A LIVING?! Why would they want to put their families through the constant fear and after something like this happens?!
Do you realize how …
Do you realize how hard it is to stop the car with no chutes ?
actually, it was …
actually, it was the track owners fault, the police determined that…the sand trap was very short, AND was raised about 3 inches above the ground, so it acted as a jump when the car got there…then, they put a steel pole in the middle to hold the net up, and the car hit that pole, then a concrete wall, THEN a BOOM LIFT the owner gave TV the ok to put there…u take the pole or the boom lift out and scotts still alive.
umm yea im not …
umm yea im not meaning this mean but tere are sand pits at every track but going that fast nut that sand pit aint gunna do much dumbass, and its not the engineers fault or trck owner FREAK accidents happen
theres a sand pit …
theres a sand pit you fuckwit idiot. i laugh at your stupidity
would u rather hit …
would u rather hit a concrete wall instead of a sandpit?
There is a sand pit …
There is a sand pit there… He hit the sand so quick his car blew over and hit a concrete pylon top of the car first. That is where the least protection is unfortunately…
Fucking retards …
retards dont have a sand pit at the end of the track. The engineer of the track was a fuckwit and should lose his engineering license as well as the track owner for being wit as well plane and simple
is it ok for the …
is it ok for the fans to drink?
R.I.P poor guy
R.I.P poor guy
glaked23 you are a …
glaked23 you are a fu**ing retard. the fuel contain 10% alcohol, and thats why the most times the cars blow up. they were using 100% alcohol, but cause the cars get often blow up they had to use 10%.
Because of this, …
Because of this, Drag racing lost 320 feet of track. and most of my interest.
he wasnt drunk u …
he wasnt drunk u retarted the alcohol glaked23 is refereing to is the type of fuel they use.
Your a …
Your a asshole!
air bag will help.
air bag will help.
it will almost be a …
it will almost be a year since this happened what a tradegy that was I was at the race the day before. its so sad still. I do hope they have a moment of silence suring the race
I say that alcohol …
I say that alcohol and motorsports should never co exist and you call me “ignorant?”I don’t understand your logic, dude. By the way, I never said that he crashed because of the beer he consumed so get your facts straight before you call me ignorant. Alcohol has NO PLACE IN MOTORSPORTS! PERIOD! Thanks for the detailed play by play of the video I already watched, Capt Obvious.
Brin3535: 2 things, …
Brin3535: 2 things, first off that is one of the most ignorant comments I have ever heard.
Second do you know what happened? I assume you don’t judging by your comment. What happened is the parachutes were damaged and failed to open, then because he was going so fast the sand trap couldn’t slow him down, there fore he was left defenseless and his death had nothing to do with alcohol.
The ending was …
The ending was terrible looking I mean it looked like a plane crash but I guess a car traveling a 300 MPH is pretty fast. RIP to Scott
it was a blow over …
it was a blow over RIP Scott the whole racing community will miss you forever
R.I.P.Scott
R.I.P.Scott
^ Thats beside the …
^ Thats beside the point, I personally think Mr. Kalitta was killed when the motor detonated. Besides the chutes failing there are few other *logical* explainations for why he didn’t try to slow the car down.
Very similar in nature to Russell Philips’ 1995 crash at Charlotte, only he died on impact w/ the wall.
I don’t want to ” …
I don’t want to “argue” with you at all my friend. Don’t get me wrong, okay? I never said that his BAC is what caused this accident, because it didn’t. I said that drinking and motor sports DO NOT MIX! Get it! If this happened on the streets it would be viewed in a very different light. What if this (NOT A FAN AT ALL) happened in a NASCAR race? Would the reaction be the same? I think not! I love this sport but at the same time beer has no place in it. It would be foolish to say otherwise.
Correction….one …
Correction….one drop of “nitro” and this sport just don’t mix. However, there are heros in this sport that defy the odds. Ask John Force. Sadly, in the case of Scott Kalitta, Darryll Russell, Blaine Johnson and Eric Medlen, the odds caught up with them. If you chose to blame Scotts death on .02%, then I would indeed be foolish to argue with you. It would be pointless.
1 beer is 1 too …
1 beer is 1 too many. What would you say if a truck driver ran over your family and killed them only to find out his BAC was .02%? You might change your tune. One drop of beer and this sport just don’t mix. Thats just how it is, and to try and argue my point is foolish.
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