Scott Kalitta Fatal Crash

[GearGuy2001 10+ year member]

rip.......my question is , why would you put a concrete wall at the end of a 1/4 mile ??? especially when your car can do like 300 miles an hour?.>>> you would think that the end of the track would be open for the car to roll free off the track..........common sense would tell you that a concrete wall +300mph =death.........

I answer with this quote from wikipedia

The car continued down the track, went through the sand, over some dirt, through a fence, and hit the wall shooting the car into the air, breaking it into hundreds of pieces. An immediate fireball enveloped the car as part landed in the woods and part appears to land on the camera tower. Some of the trees in the woods were scorched by heated fragments

 

[MEMPHISFLEX 10+ year member]

Thats sad, its to bad, but i bet he never flet a thing, i hope anyways

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

Sad story, but at least he went out doing something he loved instead of getting hit by a drunk driver or some other dumb shit.

 

[connersdad19 10+ year member]

wow....

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Man, that was a crazy video. RIP!

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

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[jdc753 10+ year member]

That sucked to see an a major loss to the racing community. There is a lot of talk about the shutdown area at Englishtown not being long enough for 300+ mph cars, and the emergency sandpit/safety net not being big enough as well. If I remember right there is a public roadway not too far from the end of the track, hence why there would be a concrete retaining wall there.

RIP, Scott Kalitta

 

[RedlineAccord 10+ year member]

Actually heard it happen as E-town raceway is about 5 minutes from my house. You can hear NHRA Supernationals top fuel dragsters going on all day. Such a shame. RIP