RIP Scott Kalitta
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Yea I saw it - absolutely horrible.
Not an uncommon occurance a fire, or explosion, like that - there's always a few at each major event - just seems to be down to bad luck, didn't seem to slow or stop so probably knocked unconcious (or already dead) when it went up - debris or something...horrible. Parachutes were damaged too and the speed too high to be caught by the various safety devices.
There's a wall at the end because there's no space to expand the track - there's a road just behind it
Not an uncommon occurance a fire, or explosion, like that - there's always a few at each major event - just seems to be down to bad luck, didn't seem to slow or stop so probably knocked unconcious (or already dead) when it went up - debris or something...horrible. Parachutes were damaged too and the speed too high to be caught by the various safety devices.
There's a wall at the end because there's no space to expand the track - there's a road just behind it
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I have no idea, I thought they used a series of catch nets since the 1970's but a solid wall seems completely insaneWhy is there a concrete wall at the end?
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There were catch nets apparently - and a gravel trap - but because it hadn't slowed much they were to put it bluntly, ineffective - and it skipped through the whole lot of them.
For the wall see above...
For the wall see above...
An American friend emailed me overnight with this. RIP
I have to agree with Johnny - I can't recall a bigger impact. He must have been unconscious from the blowup.
I've often wondered why such an incident hasn't happened before at some merkin tracks...Not all have a ****load of runoff at the end and a sand trap.
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I have to agree with Johnny - I can't recall a bigger impact. He must have been unconscious from the blowup.
I've often wondered why such an incident hasn't happened before at some merkin tracks...Not all have a ****load of runoff at the end and a sand trap.
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Maybe just one of those situations where every safety measure is negated by a sequence of unfortunate events There is, after all, only so much you can account for or do.
Still horribly tragic though, especially the after shots of the crew and crowd
There is, after all, only so much you can account for or do.Still horribly tragic though, especially the after shots of the crew and crowd
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Terrible news indeed, RIP Scott, you will be missed in the motorsport world.
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There was one net by the look of it, sand and a wall. I thought walls at the end were outlawed, no matter what, back in the 70's and replaced with a series of catch nets. Obviously not. There is no way that run-off area is long enough in my opinion.
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Horrible accident
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Looking at it that way it ain't so bad. I suppose he'd rather go that way than jibbering rubbish and weeing himself at 97 years old.