R.I.P. Scott Kalitta
 

I love watching drag racing. All the power you could ever want. Today is going to be a day I might not forget for a while. One of my favorite Funny Car driver lost his life. I was almost crying my A$$ off when Tony Pedregon was talking to one of the reporters from ESPN when he mentioned what his son told him. I don't know what else to say.

Lutach.. i drag race Jr Dragsters, and my dad has an 8 second dragster...

We usually race at Atco Raceway in Atco NJ... but we decied to go watch qualifying at English town (where we occasionally race)...

I saw it happen.

Today I had the guts to hit the "Submit New Thread" button. I used to drag down in Florida's Moroso Motorsports Park. All for fun though. My cousin used to help out a guy who races go karts at English Town and we were talking about going. It was just a sad event.

where u live?

Sad Day Indeed.
 

Yeh the news spread pretty quickly. He is being mentioned in every sporting event on the tube. He was a great competitor and a good man in the racing scene. He will be sorely missed. It brought me back to the day when Dale died at the Daytona speedway NASCAR race. This was another accident that up front just did not look like it was going to end like that. We have seen much worse crashes for sure, but you just never know what will happen. :eyes:

Kearny, NJ.

Nice..
Im in Mount Holly outside of burlington

With the config of the motor in front in funny cars, I thinks its time to consider adding a safety capsule like hydroplanes use to try a better protect the drivers. Either that or change the rules and bring speeds down and I don't like that option.

Driver in a funny car is just too vulnerable sitting behind the motor even partially exposed. The sport lost a great one yesterday.

not necisarily, i dont think the engine placement is the problem. it was a mechanical failure that could have happened to anyone, and a saftey capsule wouldnt not help because it would just slide and not have anything to cushion an impact

R.I.P Scott

I'm an older Rc'er..so I know the dad better than the son...it's a sad day for NHRA

it is indeed, the track i was at took an intermission when they hurd the news...

hey larry how far are you from Lockheed Martins assembly plant?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvcu9ne9zMI
that was the run robert hight made to honor scotts memory.

Yep. Rob really out did himself with that..