# Sad day in NHRA

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sad-day-in-nhra/237420>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [June 21, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sad-day-in-nhra/237420 "2008-06-21T18:09:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Hank1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hank1/32/6329_2.png) [@Hank1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hank1)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sad-day-in-nhra/237420/1 "2008-06-21T18:09:51Z")

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Scott Kalitta died at E-town

[http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/8269208?MSNHPHCP&GT1=39002](http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/8269208?MSNHPHCP&GT1=39002)

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**Author:** ![Mazdaspeed6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mazdaspeed6/32/6297_2.png) [@Mazdaspeed6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mazdaspeed6)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sad-day-in-nhra/237420/2 "2008-06-21T18:15:05Z")

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Thats awful even though so much time and effort is put into safety equipment your never gunna save someones life at over 300mph. the risk they take to do what trhey love :sad

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**Author:** ![Jimmerz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmerz/32/6370_2.png) [@Jimmerz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimmerz)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sad-day-in-nhra/237420/3 "2008-06-21T18:57:32Z")

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at least he went out with a bang. doing what he loved to do thats the way i would wanna go

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**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sad-day-in-nhra/237420/4 "2008-06-21T19:04:41Z")

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Damn…that was a srs bzns wreck.

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**Author:** ![lconrad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lconrad/32/6314_2.png) [@lconrad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lconrad)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sad-day-in-nhra/237420/5 "2008-06-21T19:23:02Z")

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i’ll be there tomorrow…sad but he died doing what he loved…

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**Author:** ![SBC427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@SBC427](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SBC427)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sad-day-in-nhra/237420/6 "2008-06-22T20:16:22Z")

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I saw that. Hell of a way to go. Dino Crescentini bought it today too.

> **[Vintage Racer Killed In High-Speed Crash At Mosport Raceway](https://jalopnik.com/396762/vintage-racer-killed-in-high-speed-crash-at-mosport-raceway)**
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> This weekend weekend of bad motorsports keeps getting worse. Yesterday, Scott Kalitta. Today, Dino Crescentini, a ten-year veteran of vintage racing, died at Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, when the Wolf Dallara Can-Am car he...