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.
Nope, sorry. It turns out that it takes too long to run 500 miles on the relatively flat track so NASCAR got creative there and declared the official race distance to be 500 kilometers. So the Checker Auto Parts 500 in Phoenix is actually 312 laps and 312 miles long.