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Old 06-22-2008   #1
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Scott Kalitta Died (Funny Car/Top Fuel Racer)
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=...PHCP&GT1=39002

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Old 06-22-2008   #2
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Re: Scott Kalitta Died (Funny Car/Top Fuel Racer)
Wow...

The video says it all...
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Old 06-22-2008   #3
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Re: Scott Kalitta Died (Funny Car/Top Fuel Racer)
The video of the wreck gives me goosebumps...
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Old 06-22-2008   #5
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Re: Scott Kalitta Died (Funny Car/Top Fuel Racer)
thats horrible, the huge fire after it hits the sand trap is the worst.
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Old 06-22-2008   #6
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Re: Scott Kalitta Died (Funny Car/Top Fuel Racer)
R.I.P. Looks to me like debris from the explosion got caught in the chute. If that hadn't happened, he might still be with us.
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Re: Scott Kalitta Died (Funny Car/Top Fuel Racer)
Holy crap! Haven't they heard of run off area? RIP, he died loving what he does.
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Re: Scott Kalitta Died (Funny Car/Top Fuel Racer)
yeah thats pretty crazy for a track to put a barrier like that at the end of a place where cars go 250+ and have to stop. Shit, things always go wrong with race cars such as brakes failing, chutes failing etc.
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Re: Scott Kalitta Died (Funny Car/Top Fuel Racer)
They were talking about this on 93X this morining. They said this track was known to be a short one for them.
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Re: Scott Kalitta Died (Funny Car/Top Fuel Racer)
That wall at the end is messed up. If that would have been flat or a soft barrier of some sort, he would probably still be alive. What a fast way to go though..
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Re: Scott Kalitta Died (Funny Car/Top Fuel Racer)
Well, at least he went real quickly.
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Re: Scott Kalitta Died (Funny Car/Top Fuel Racer)
A couple of guys I work with said they saw pics of the chassis after the wreck, and basically, everything folded in around him. He had no chance to make it out alive. RIP.
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