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.
NASCAR always rounds up so the Aarons 499 is 188 laps long and actually goes 500.08 miles. It's a nice marketing trick that 499 miles is exactly the same race distance as 500 miles at Talladega. One Vote For Laps. Bristol Motor Speedway measures 0.533 miles around. Because of the slower speeds of the short track it works out that 500 laps makes the best race distance. So the Sharpie 500 in Bristol is actually 266.5 miles long. As a rule of thumb, short track races are measured in laps, most everything else is measured in miles.