NHRA Accident

A TopFueler and a ProStock bike both ended up in the sand pit last night, no one was injured though. Havent heard anything today
 
Seems to be true...The state police have shut down the track and I heard that a camera man was also killed.
If it true Godspeed to both
 
Hey guys I was just on another forum and a user posted this....

Kalitta was on a good pass until there was a huge engine explosion as he neared the finish line. The explosion shredded the rear of the body, sending pieces high in the air. The car continued through the shutdown area at high speed, into the sand and through the net, still at high speed. We could not see what happened after that, but there was a big ball of flame well past the sand pit, near the trees at the far end of the property. Then came the long wait for information from the accident scene, bad or good. 5:04 p.m. Still no word on Kalitta's condition. Race officials announced that it will take at least another hour to repair the damage at the top end of the track and the remaining cars have headed back to the pits. We'll let you know when or if we get official word on Kalitta's condition or if racing action is ready to resume.
 
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - 6 p.m. - The remainder of Saturday's schedule has been cancelled/postponed due to repairs needed following Scott Kalitta's crash during Funny Car qualifying. Specifically, the poles for the safety net were destroyed and have to be replaced.
Qualifying is complete, the fields are set and racing will resume Sunday morning at 11 a.m.

NHRA also made the following official release at 6 p.m.:

"Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta, 46, was transported to Old Bridge Township Hospital after his car went out of control and crashed in the fourth and final round of qualifying Saturday at the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals.

"More information will be provided as it becomes available."
 
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