Scott Kalitta Crash Video

[AZSonicSnake]

from what i understand there is a street about 20ft behind where that wall is. and the wall is to prevent cars from going onto the street. just sounds like a horrible idea especially in light of this event, but thats what i have read...

[chewbaccajones]

from what i understand there is a street about 20ft behind where that wall is. and the wall is to prevent cars from going onto the street. just sounds like a horrible idea especially in light of this event, but thats what i have read...

In that case, there should be on overpass for that street or something. Surely the NHRA will have that track make improvements.

[AZSonicSnake]

oh trust me, i can't understand why they would let it remain that way to begin with. that just seems like a heck of an oversight on thier part...

[chewbaccajones]

Well John Force is a crusader for car safety now after Eric Medlin was killed. Hopefully there will be a crusader for track safety now and maybe the drivers and team owners will boycott tracks like this.

[5.0Stanger]

Speaking as someone that's run at Englishtown: This is one of the oldest on the circuit. There are numerous houses built around the facility. The street that you turn off of to enter the facility is just beyond that wall. There is a sand trap and catch net, before the wall. It is a short runoff. If you look just before his car impacts the sand, there is a net stretched across the track. Most tracks have a setup like that.

[AZSonicSnake]

yeah...as seen in the video though, that net didn't help much..... i understand that at the speed he was traveling, not much coulda helped, but that run off just seems so short..... imust admit i am surprised its not been an issue before...

[5.0Stanger]

This is one of the oldest tracks that the pros run on. I wouldn't be surprised that they do something about it, if there's anything to do. I can remember back to when I would be taken to see the pros run at Bakersfield. For one reason or another, they no longer race there. But, that was like 20+ years ago.