As many of you know Scott Kalitta was killed yesterday in the last round of qualifying for the race at Englishtown. I had the privelidge of meeting him twice and the man loved racing even more than i have. This man loved racing and was truly one of the nicest guys you could meet. This is truly a great loss for the drag racing community.

prayers can be sent to Condolences@kalittaracing.com

 

Atleast he died doing what he loved the most.

 

Saw it on ESPN, its unfortunate

 

woww.. this is very very sad, me and my buddies were going to go yesterday but didnt. RIP

 

driven down that lane a million times very scary....kind of freaks you out...very sad.

 

Very sad day.
Scott Kalitta RIP.
Condolences to his family and friends.

Don Prudhomme view.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...70/1048/SPORTS ....

Don Prudhomme, a legendary figure in drag racing, witnessed the crash and said Kalitta's car "went into a million pieces."

"I haven't witnessed anything like that in a number of years," Prudhomme said. "The car didn't slow up enough, got airborne, and he happened to hit a post that's virtually impossible to do. ... I would've never thought that you could get airborne and hit that guardrail and hit that post."

The concrete post, Prudhomme said, serves as support for the safety net that's designed to catch cars veering off the strip. Because Kalitta's parachute never deployed, Prudhomme said the car "never had a chance" once it hit the post at such high speed.

Moments before the crash.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPPRD_zj3kk

Two views of the crash.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_QT93WUaQM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DziJdGwFQjU

 

sad day... rip

 

Prayers to his family.RIP.

 

His car blew up right in front of where i was standing. It was definitely a sad day in the racing world. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends

 

God rest his soul and prayers go out to his family and friends from mine. RIP Scott!!

 

are there any reports yet as to what happened...as in why the car blew up