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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
During safety evaluations in the wake of the fatal crash of Scott Kalitta on June 21, 2008, in Englishtown, N.J., the NHRA reduced the distance of Top Fuel and Funny Car races to 1,000 feet effective July 2, 2008. Pro Stock and sportsman classes still race to 1,320 feet.
3 (serious) Survivors. 3. American International Airways (AIA) Flight 808 was a cargo flight operated by American International Airways (now Kalitta Air) that crashed on August 18, 1993 while attempting to land at Leeward Point Field at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. All 3 crew members on board survived with serious injuries.
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 ...
Fact checked by Sarah ScottFact checked by Sarah Scott. A fatal crash involving a teenager whose parent warned him repeatedly not to speed—may end with charges being filed against the teen's mom ...
2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash. On 30 March 2008, a Cessna 501 Citation crashed into a house in Farnborough, London (UK), near Biggin Hill Airport, from where the aircraft had taken off a short time before. There were no survivors among the five people on board, which included former racing drivers Richard Lloyd and David Leslie.