Scott Kalitta...dead at 46!

[Norm reynolds]

Trust me I AM NOT trying to start a fight here
I just can not for the life of me know why they did not fix the track and make it safer
( Ummm...doesn't that wall *have* to be there? There is a public HIGHWAY beyond the end of the track...can't imagine anyone would wanna accept the possible liability of a car leaving E-town property and t-boning someone in traffic that just happens to be passing by? The racers sign a waiver, not the folks commuting on Pension Rd.).. THEN THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY but a cement wall is just dumb and NOT the answer
if this was the case and if I was the owner I would fix this before any more cars going 300 + heading for a cement wall This is just plan stupid and I still feel that this all could have been avoided if some one had some common sense A friend of mine is a New Jersey state trooper
we talked about this this morning and his take was the track was at fault As he put it. it is like having a cement wall at the end of run way and a plane lands and slams in to it the wall. He feals that the wall should have never been there I am ending this because this will not bring back Scott I just hope some one learned from this
tragic accident

[Casey Marks]

I think the sandbox at the end of the track is too short. Just my opinion.

Regardless, when talking to my Mac tool guy when he came to the shop yesterday, he said that the memorial at Norwalk was very moving and a great tribute to Scott. And he said that John Force was the most somber he'd ever seen .......

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Thanks for the link to the NHRA site, it mimics the statements made by NHRA evp of ops yesterday at Norwalk.

[69hurstSC]

Brainerd International Raceway is my home dragstrip. BIR is the longest dragstrip and also has a 200mph corner at the end of the straightaway. It boggles my mind that there are cement walls set up to stop cars!?! NHRA is more to blame than the dragstrip. There should be mandates set with minimum sandtraps lengths and additional safety devices.

[bowtie3168]

Gentlemen I understand that you are trying to make sense of the loss of a great racer. You all do not understand the design of the shutdown area and how it works, I do not say that in a condecending way but all of the second guessing is not appreciated. Andrew Hinckley

[Chateau Slate 66]

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Gentlemen I understand that you are trying to make sense of the loss of a great racer. You all do not understand the design of the shutdown area and how it works, I do not say that in a condecending way but all of the second guessing is not appreciated. Andrew Hinckley

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It obviously did not work very well in this case.

While myself and others may not be experts on the "design of the shutdown area and how it works", we are still entitled to our own opinions, right or wrong. To think that your opinion is the only one that matters is "not appreciated" either.

[bowtie3168]

YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE CONCLUSION YOU HAVE REACHED! "It obviously did not work very well in this case." Were you there? You do have the right to your opinion. Make sure that you understand before attacking.