Scott Kalitta F/C crash at Englishtown
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XxDarkSidexX
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WOW NORDY! It hurts to think you saw that in person. RIP, this is sad. MPH+ and we still use sand traps, can't we build something like what carriers use to stop the dragsters in case of emergency?
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There was a camera in a bucket that got sprayed with debris at the end of the track. I can't see if there was a person in the bucket or if it was remotely controlled.
It was an awful wreck. At Island, a small local track I go to, there is a sod farm beyond the sand pit. Unfortunately as civilization encroaches upon the drag strips they have to take measures to protect what lies beyond the end of the track like at E-Town.
Jim
Looks to me like maybe the sand is raised up higher than the race track.
I see this a lot and it happened to me once. If this is the case , if you hit it a a realatively slow speed it works ok. But if you hit it at a high rate of speed as Scott did , then it launches you upward!!! I had a chute failure once and basically launced over the whole sand trap
Looks to me that Scott launched upward and that exploded the fuel tank or he hit the arm lift with the camera which would not have been good. I see the arm lift with a person in it shaking after the initial hit , but Im not sure that it took a big hit or most likely was struck by some misc debri and sand. Reguardless RIP Scott. God bless the Kallatta family!!! Mike
I see this a lot and it happened to me once. If this is the case , if you hit it a a realatively slow speed it works ok. But if you hit it at a high rate of speed as Scott did , then it launches you upward!!! I had a chute failure once and basically launced over the whole sand trap
Looks to me that Scott launched upward and that exploded the fuel tank or he hit the arm lift with the camera which would not have been good. I see the arm lift with a person in it shaking after the initial hit , but Im not sure that it took a big hit or most likely was struck by some misc debri and sand. Reguardless RIP Scott. God bless the Kallatta family!!! Mikenordy racer
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Yes, myself, my dad and two fellow GN owners (Matt he is the MAGNA Prez, and Ryan he owns a 87GN).. we were at the top end right near the 1000ft mark in the stands.. the explosion shock from his engine shook the stands.. Right before this round we were right near the DHL team area and were talking to his team mate (top full driver) and took picks of the rail car.. we didn't see the funny car due to it being in the staging lanes
.. like i stated, when i saw this unfold, i know that he must of passed out due to the explosion and wasn't going to make it.. i'm still sad today that i witness his death..
