Scott Kalitta Crash from the stands

Rest in peace scott kalitta
2x champion

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[yoitsjoesmoe]

dude, have some respect for the dead, this video contained a man who lost his life. He shall never be forgotten by friends, family, and the racing community. R-I-P

[Johnsonkid950714]

dude shut the fuck up. you know nothing about drag racing

[WeezyFDazzy]

RIP Scott Kalitta and Headphone users at 1:47

[luisitoalgarete]

D!ablow...q mal pro scott kalita"s corria super duroo....!!!!!!

[monsterdrumworks]

thanks for putting this up , We all miss him down here in Florida , and love his mom and dad too.

[JapaneseModernist]

@yoitsjoesmoe He took a risk and lost it. There is nothing to feel bad about. He wasn't doing anything important or heroic anyway. Just a guy trying to have fun and make money dangerously

[thevmanvj]

The burst plate shut-off systems were mandated AFTER Scott's accident. Before then, only a couple of cars had them. The system was developed by the Worsham's.

(Happy Retirement, Del)

[tsharpmac420]

@thevmanvj not only did he lose the chutes the expolosion seperated the chasis from the car body, the brakes on those cars don't work for shit when there is no downforce on the chasis. He lost all his brakes that is why you do not see the tires bouncing.

[tsharpmac420]

@thevmanvj how would that have kept his engine from blowing to high hell? You even said it yourself "in the event of an explosion" that system would have closed the fuel lines and cut all power to the spark plugs after the engine blew up, how would that have helped him at all?

[thevmanvj]

I was referring to the carbon fiber brakes that were controlled by the handbrake. If Scott got on the handbrake the tires would've been bouncing...they weren't. As for a blown engine burning fuel that is not even remotely accurate. The compression is very low,no more than 7.25-1, with only 3 rings, so a fair portion of fuel (pumping 150+ gpm),blows past the pistons, and into the pan, diluting that thick SAE-70 wt oil with Nitro. If you kick out a connecting rod...you have a bomb!

[tsharpmac420]

@thevmanvj His chutes did deploy an instant before the engine blew up and they got burnt to shit an instant after the engine blew up. They did nothing to slow the car down from +300mph, If that is not a catastrophic failure of the breaking system then I do not know the definition of catastrophic failure. He was coasting down the track cutting off fuel and killing the spark would have done nothing to prevent this because a blown engine does not burn fuel.

[thevmanvj]

The brakes were fine. Scott was knocked unconscious by the concussion of the engine explosion, and was unable to deploy the chutes,or work the handbrake The improvements of safety didn't just stop with shortening the track for the Fuel Cars..a burst-panel shut-off system was also mandated. In the event of an explosion,the wiring on the burst-panels (either on the blower or on the body) breaks...this automatically deploys the chutes, kills the magneto, and closes the fuel valve.