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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.
In 2001, the 50th Anniversary list of National Hot Rod Association Top 50 Drivers, 1951-2000, ranked Kalitta at #21. [2] Kalitta was played by Beau Bridges, in a lead role, in the Muldowney biography film Heart Like a Wheel (1983). He is the father of racer Scott Kalitta, killed in a drag racing crash in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, in 2008 ...
This 40-foot-long (12 m) sand pit has been placed to slow or stop a car. In the wake of Scott Kalitta's death at Englishtown, NJ in 2008, the sand traps have been made longer and deeper, going from three feet deep to six feet deep and from 40 feet (12 m) long to 80 feet (24 m) long. Anchors for any arresting netting must be buried underground ...
Scott Kalitta: Tommy Johnson Jr. Dave Connolly 2006 Melanie Troxel: Robert Hight: Greg Anderson 2007 J.R. Todd: Gary Scelzi: Greg Anderson 2008 Tony Schumacher: Robert Hight: Greg Anderson 2009 Doug Kalitta: Ron Capps: Jason Line 2010 Larry Dixon: John Force: Mike Edwards 2011 Morgan Lucas: Robert Hight: Jason Line 2012 Spencer Massey: John ...
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In 2004 at the NHRA Sears Craftsman Nationals at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois, near St. Louis, [3] he was competing in the second round of eliminations against Scott Kalitta when his dragster went out of control and crashed just past the finish line. When the NHRA safety team got to Russell, he was unconscious, but breathing.