Scott Kalitta Crash Video- Old Bridge Township Raceway Park

[GHOSTGURUVJ0]

Like a drive them crazy like this!!! What is that's life!

[amishmike1]

OMG what a terrible crash.....was the car OK??????

[bigtimcny]

Notice the crowd of rednecks and bottles of beer.............bet the WalMart wasnt crowded this afternoon.

[BADASSED88]

i go here every year for the diesel drags and we park down near the end, i get the chills every time we go...

[miamad]

OMG, is he ok?

[BADASSED88]

he was killed on impact...

[Thalesss100]

he die idiot ¬¬

[samuelworksforme666]

@miamad he died

[VanOstenMotorsports]

Nitro is a very dangerous fuel....why do you think terroist use it in their bombs....

[MrChesterdog]

@VanOstenMotorsports the nitro they use in bombs is different

the bomb is nitro gliserin

and the fuel is nitro methanol

hope this helps ya out a bit

cheers

Chester

[ymmit182005]

My family had a A fuel Dragster a couple years back and now we run nostalgic front motor cars nitro need to be compressed like diesel but there are two spark plugs per cylinder to ignite the nitro thats how they run

[chevy475]

I love reading people's input about something they know nothing about! Did you people not see the EXACT same type of engine /body failure happen to Tony Pedregon at Pomona at the opening event of '08! Unhurt, besides minor burns on his brake lever hand. Besides, Scott had a handfull of brake at the top end trying like hell to shut her down! Knocked out my ass, he knew exactly what was goin on. Fact is, no one was gonna stop that car with NO body and NO chutes at over 300 mph!

[KBTwinProduction]

wow, you had a like a perfect view, ur lucky u had ur camera on

[DANMOLAS]

The hood go to moon...... rip Scott

[silverbullet831]

i am a drag racer myself and he when through the finish line at roughly 300 mph and the parashoots were damaged from the fire the drier was knocked out from the explotion, things like this happen all the time just better facilities and drivers staying concious prevent deaths

[mouloudo]

I thought you were a drag

[talismenF22]

and why was the rpms so high at 0:10 like the motor was red lineing right befor it exploded

[Prluvr4u]

The engine's sudden rise in RPM's, would indicate that more than likely it had leaned out{More oxygen than fuel}, which would have also caused the explosion.

[tonyhawk583]

unless im missing something when i listen, the cars rpm always is that high at the far end of the track. it was just unfortunate. the rpm reving so high didnt cause the explosion

[talismenF22]

man if that track had better stoping facilities like some of the other tracks that wouldent have happened. wheres the sand traps and syuff like that

[13bullitz]

he would have died anyway, nitro methane exploded in the cab and even if he did survive the explosion he would of died of the burns and no oxygen to breath

[DragsterGirl2]

I knew Scott Kalitta for about 6 years. Always went to the races when they came to the Pamona Raceway courtisy of my Uncle Bob Coffman. Scott was a good man, and a good racer. He went doing what he loved best. Connie, his dad, his cousin, wife and his 2 boys... and everyone was greatful for Scott. I, on behalf of the Kalitta Racers will miss him.

[osensei2987]

I doubt it! First of all, nitro methane only burns under many atmospheres of pressure. The explosion took place inside the engine compartment. There is not enough atmospheric pressure inside the cab to cause nitro to explode. So there was no explosion in the cab. Secondly his fire suite provides astronaught grade protection against fire/heat. And the accident was not long enough to suffocate a person! The flames you see is oil from the exploded engine that has caught aflame.

[13bullitz]

nitro methane is extremely flammable anyway!! and even a suit that good probably wouldn't stand up to that kind of direct flame

[osensei2987]

Wrong again my friend! Nitro does not burn at normal atmospheric pressure. you don't need to take my word for it. Just do the research. You can direct a lit blow torch directly into a jar fill of nitro and nothing will happen. Nitro has to be in a pressurized environment such as inside the cylinders of an engine block before it will burn. Many racers have endured much more flame than what you see here and escaped with only minor burns to the hands and such.

[emperorgrant]

well he didnt, so let it rest man

[osensei2987]

What are you talking about? The car went off the end of the track and hit a crane. Scott died from the impact of the collision, not the fire.

[jimmylayers]

Cool finally someone who like me knows about this stuff.  So many nit wits on here don't already know that or they THINK they know but don't.

[TVVewer]

so with all this aurguing what killed him. the initial fire or the explosion at the end?

[osensei2987]

There was no explosion at the end 0,o! There was a wall at the end of the track! I guess the idea was to prevent a crash from entering onto the public highway. There was also a crane that held up a big safety net that was supposed to stop a runaway racing vehicle. The net failed because he had too much speed since his shoots failed! He went through the net, hit the wall, went airborne and hit the arm of the crane while in the air! This collision killed him!

[jimmylayers]

This is false. Nitro is VERY HARD to make burn. Mike Dunn did a test on ESPN once where he took a small amount and tried to drop a lit match into it and it just put out the fire. Regular gas would have went off voilently in that same test so relativly speaking nitro is a very safe fuel.

[tonyhawk583]

they had those. a 300 mph firebolt busted through all of it. but with this death, tracks spent millions on extra stuff for the sand trap. such as water barrels, nets, hay bales, etc