That was a nasty wreck, I can only imagine he never felt it.

Prayers go out to his family.

 

NHRA driver Kalitta killed in horrific crash - Yahoo! News

sad reminder of the price we may pay for this passion

 

the blast knocked him unconscious or killed him.........he didnt feel anything..........ive seen way too many racing accidents to know this unfortunately.......those big blower motors are ticking time bombs, it always made me uneasy when we dynoed them at 2500 horsepower up at school....... the same motor at 1/3 of the power those funny's are making.......and there is no real way to kill those motors except to kill the fuel cause at that point the sparkplugs have melted and all the motor is doing is firing off compression........but the fire still dosent go out cause by now its started to melt the tires, whats left of the body and usually the fuel cell........



remember Englishtown was designed waaaaaay back in the 50's and back then running 9's in a digger was insane..........

 

Mat you rest in peace Scott

 

wow, that was gruesome, again, whats with the short sand pit. i guess the finger pointing will start later on, it was just his time to go, i guess. my prayers go out to his family and team

 

Just watched it...... May God Be With Scotts Family


RIP

 

exactly what I was thinking. Why does there need to be a wall so close to the end of the track????

 

it looks to me that the chutes did deploy, rather it was from the blast or he pulled them but they got mangled with debris and didn't work. either way it is a sad tragedy.

my prayers are with Scott's family.

 

its a sad day. my prayers go out to his family.

 

It's definitely a sad day. May he rest in peace and my God look over his family.