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Scott D. Kalitta (February 18, 1962 – June 21, 2008) was an American drag racer who competed in the Funny Car and Top Fuel classes in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. He had 17 career Top Fuel wins and one career Funny Car win. At the time of his death, due to an accident during race qualifying, he was ...
The head-on collision was the deadliest incident involving drunk driving and the third-deadliest bus crash in U.S. history. Of the 67 people on the bus (counting the driver), there were 27 fatalities in the crash, the same number as the 1958 Prestonsburg bus disaster, and behind the 1976 Yuba City bus disaster (29) and 1963 Chualar bus crash (32).
Always at the forefront of driver safety, in the wake of Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta's fatal crash and numerous other engine explosions and resultant fires, occurring in the last 300 feet of the quarter mile, Garlits declared "I am 100 percent in favor of it", regarding NHRA's proposal to trim the race distance for Top Fuel and Funny Car ...
Marco Gomez. MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee valet driver accused of taking a hotel guest's car, driving drunk and causing a fatal crash in July has reached a plea deal in the case. Court records show 23 ...
September 13, 2024 at 9:35 PM. Newly released body camera footage shows the arrest of a social media model accused of causing a fatal downtown Miami car crash last month she was on a concoction of ...
Updated September 19, 2024 at 4:59 PM. T his story was updated to add new information. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A district judge in southeastern Kentucky was fatally shot in his chambers on Thursday ...
Darrell James Russell (September 20, 1968 – June 27, 2004) [1] was an American National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racer. He was the 2001 NHRA Rookie Of The Year. [2] At the time, he was the third driver to win in his Professional class debut. Before becoming a driver in NHRA's Professional class of Top Fuel Dragster, he competed for ...
00:40. A week and a half after a highway shooting spree and an ensuing manhunt for an “armed and dangerous” suspect, officials in Kentucky have found a body they believe is that of the ...