Scott Kalitta killed in qualifying race

Aerotech · Post by **Aerotech** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:50 am

Englishtown, NJ earlier today.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mSn94ZoLlQ0

Kelly · Post by **Kelly** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:26 pm

Wow. Thats horrible.

At least it was quick I suppose.

86ruguy · Post by **86ruguy** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:17 pm

HOLY F"ING SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

quicklook · Post by **quicklook** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:19 pm

sad to see.

in racing 'pooh' happens.

James614 · Post by **James614** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:49 am

Kelly wrote:Wow. Thats horrible.

At least it was quick I suppose.

Didn't they say he was transported to the hospital?

I've never seen a crash were the car kept straight the whole way down the track as a fireball. I always thought the area after the 1/4 mark was fairly long, but seeing a car shoot through it 300mph it suddenly looks really, really, really short

Post by **Legacy777** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:34 pm

Damn.....that's crazy.....anybody have another link to the video....youtube took it down.

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:03 am

same thing?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=o2A1l_zx05k

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:05 am

wow.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nOVklN9FQpc

Aerotech · Post by **Aerotech** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:39 am

We were doing an informal frame-by-frame analysis at work here, it looked like he was in control of the car, but the brakes were obviously inop, chutes burned away, and when he hit the sand trap, the car nosed in hard and vaulted right over the stop net... looks like he landed right on the cherry picker parked behind the wall.

Brutal crash...

James614 · Post by **James614** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:10 am

Looks like the lawyers at ESPN are having a good time, enforcing their copyright agreements and whatnot.

Reiji Dorifuta · Post by **Reiji Dorifuta** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:01 am

Back in the day this wouldn't have happened... or at least, been as bad. I remember as a kid, my Dad told me stories about the way Englishtown used to be setup;

There was no wall there. A car whose chute didn't pop would end up running right off the track and careening through miles of farm crops. I guess with the housing developments that are/will be there within 20 years, that retaining wall had to be built.

Still, you have to wonder the outcome if the wall wasn't there.... R.I.P Kalitta.

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Scott Kalitta killed in qualifying race

Scott Kalitta killed in qualifying race