Witnesses told The Star-Ledger of Newark that Kalitta’s Toyota Solara was traveling at an estimated speed of 300 mph when the crash occurred. There has been a serious accident in NHRA funny car qualifying at Englishtown. , and the 8,000-horsepower DHL dragster also made a strong showing in Chicago with a quarter-final finish. It was Kalitta’s first trip to the final round in a nitro-fueled flopper since 1989.

The Palmetto, Fla. Grubnic, a 45-year old resident of Ennis, Mont. , “Everyone knows the struggles that our team has been through with our Funny Car. While trying to qualify into the event, Scott Kalitta’s nitro funny car exploded into a ball of fire, killing him.

Scott Kalitta died Saturday when his Funny Car crashed and burst into flames during qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. , in hopes of building upon their recent successes. “The runner-up finish in Chicago has breathed new life into our entire DHL team,” Kalitta, a 46-year old resident of Palmetto, Fla. “Grubnic is currently in 10th place in POWERade Top Fuel championship points, while Kalitta is in 18th place in Funny Car points.

At the previous national event in Chicago, Kalitta and the DHL Funny Car team posted a runner-up finish. , resident started his career at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in 1982. Hopefully we’ll be able to keep it up this weekend in Englishtown and continue to improve and move forward with our car and the DHL dragster as well. State police confirmed that the 46-year-old Kalitta, a two-time Top Fuel champion who had 18 career victories, was killed in the accident.

It’s been terribly frustrating for all of us not to see the performances that we know we’re capable of, so to finally turn a corner in Chicago was the shot in the arm that we needed so badly. His father, Connie Kalitta, was a longtime driver and team owner known as “The Bounty Hunter,” and his cousin, Doug Kalitta, also drives competitively. J. This weekend, June 19-22, at the annual running of the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals Scott Kalitta, driver of the DHL Toyota Solara Funny Car, and native Australian Dave Grubnic, driver of the DHL Top Fuel dragster, will put their bright yellow and red entries on the famed drag strip at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.

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