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Kalitta's American International Top Fuel dragster Kalitta's crew working on his dragster in the pits. 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.
Blaine Johnson's last appearance at Denver Johnson dragster. Blaine Hiram Johnson (May 22, 1962 – August 31, 1996) [1] was a professional drag racer.. Blaine, along with his lifelong crew chief and brother, Alan, were competitors in the NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster Series, a series which they entered in 1988.
Race A broken spindle caused the car to crash and burst into flames [6] Norris Abbott (USA) 1958-07-19 Drag racing Paradise Mesa Drag Strip: Race Transmission exploded, car caught on fire, Norris lost control of car and was ejected [7] Bill Abell (USA) 1940-08-23 Stock car Fulton Fairgrounds: Race Lost control and car left the track [8]
Robert Miller III was convicted of vehicular homicide in a Des Moines drag-racing crash that killed a 4-year-old boy. The other driver awaits trial.
An Arlington man has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of manslaughter in a 2022 drag-racing crash that killed two teens who were on their way to visit their grandmother ...
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He is the father of racer Scott Kalitta, killed in a drag racing crash in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, in 2008. [6] He is the uncle of racer Doug Kalitta. On November 14, 2016, Kalitta was honored at the season-ending Mello Yello Awards Ceremony with NHRA's first ever Lifetime Achievement Award. [7]
A Des Moines man convicted for his role in a drag-racing crash that killed a 4-year-old was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday after the boy's mother took to the witness stand to make a ...