Scott Kalitta
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Scott D. Kalitta (February 18, 1962 – June 21, 2008) was an American drag racer who competed in the National Hot Rod Association's Funny Car and Top Fuel classes. (NHRA) Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
He was killed in an accident during qualifying at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.
He had 17 Top Fuel victories and one career Funny Car win, and he was one of 14 drivers to win in both divisions at his death, as well as colleague Doug Kalitta.
Personal life
Colin and Corey were married on 10/1990) and his two sons, Snead Island, Florida. He was a resident of Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Career
Scott Kalitta's career began in 1982 at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. His first career number-one qualifier happened at the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, event in 1988. He got his first win in 1989 in Funny Car at the event in Houston, Texas.
He moved to Top Fuel during the 1990s.
The next two years were big for Kalitta, as he won the Top Fuel championship both years. In 1994, he became the first Top Fuel driver to have four straight event wins (Columbus, Topeka, Denver, and Sonoma), and he won five events that season. He won six events and 45 rounds of competition in 1995 to win the championship. His 1996 season had him win the $100,000 Budweiser Shootout at Sonoma en route to a second-place points finish. He had the top speed at a series-best eight races that season. Kalitta won the Topeka event for a fourth straight year in 1997. He retired in October of that season.
Kalitta came back in 1999, making one final round in 10 starts. Kalitta returned to Top Fuel in 2003 after a three-year layoff. He made two final rounds and set a speed record at 333.95 miles per hour (537.44 km/h), but did not certify the speed with a fast enough backup run to claim the national record. In 2004, he recorded one win in two final-round appearances. He was the top qualified at both Las Vegas events, and finished in the top five in season points. His 2005 season had him win two events.
For 2006, Kalitta returned to Funny Car in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, but did not have as much success as he had in Top Fuel the previous two years. In the season, Kalitta drove his Kalitta Air-sponsored Funny Car to a 13th-place points finish, well behind eventual champion John Force. Toward the end of the year, Kalitta switched from the Monte Carlo to the Toyota Solara, which he ran for the remainder of his career.
Kalitta's 2007 Funny Car season was rather uneventful, as he qualified for 16 of 23 events in his DHL-sponsored Solara, and missed the inaugural NHRA Countdown to the Championship. His best finish of the season was a semifinals appearance at Denver in July. In 2008, he made his 36th and last final-round appearance at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL, losing to Tony Pedregon in the final, two weeks before his death.