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Improved safety measures failed to save Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta

By Terry Blount
ESPN.com

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Scott Kalitta didn't have to drag race a Funny Car. His life was good without it. The family air transport business was thriving. But Kalitta wanted back in the car. He missed it, he needed it, he loved it. That passion brought him back to NHRA drag racing after a three-year retirement. On Saturday, it cost him his life. Kalitta, 46, was killed in a fiery accident during qualifying at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J. With the help of John Force Racing, which worked ti ...

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