Comments about "the wall" and was scott kalitta killed on impact? RIP <3 comments welcome.?

Question

i was at the races friday and sunday. we chose not to go on saturday...it's really creepy how it all happened. there one second, gone the next. sunday was a very sad day and walking past his pit area it was hard not to stare and just wonder how difficult it must be for his crew, and everyone really. i know that there's comments about there being a wall at the end of the track but literally less than 100 yards from the end of the track is pension rd....a main road...and a parking lot. the wall is there to protect past the end of the track, obviously not the driver. it is a trade off that englishtown and all the racers that race there must make. its hard to imagine he would have survived impact with anything, including the trees that lie behind the wall and any oncoming cars.

i am wondering, however, how come they took him to the hospital as espn2 reported before they announced he had died? was he really already dead as i have been hearing? were they just saying they took him?

Answer 1

I couldn&#039;t believe that there&#039;s a wall there but I understand why. At my hometrack, Gateway, theres no wall. Just a fence then a road(on track property) then a creek.

I dont see how he could have been alive for a trip to the hospital. I was at Gateway when Darrel Russel died.

I knew he was gone because after the helicopter took off, the pilot turned off the emergency beaker. If a patient is still alive they leave it on.

They didn&#039;t announce that he died until after the races were over but I already knew. I think they do that so fans dont get upset during the race. Better to let them enjoy there day then tell them afterwards. As they say, &quot;what you don&#039;t know cant hurt you&quot;.

Answer 2

They have to have a doctor pronounce him dead. but that wall sticking out there. It isn&#039;t that way on the other side. They should be allowed to run there if they cant fix that