United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a federal grand jury in Greenville, South Carolina returned Indictment(s) against the following: Foreign Nationals Charged with Illegal Re-Entry.
Kalitta was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Less than two weeks after Kalittaâs devastating and tragic wreck, the NHRA shortened track length for both Top Fuel and Funny Car races to 1,000 feet â a distance that remains in effect today. Fortunately, we have not seen any deaths in the nitro ranks since Kalittaâs.
It was not purposely built for motor racing, however. It started as a one-mile (1.6 km) horse-racing track in the 19th century. The first closed-circuit automobile race was held on July 25, 1899 at the Branford Park horse track in New Haven, Connecticut, and was won by Hiram Percy Maxim in a Pope Columbia.