Instead of two, there was only one round of Full Throttle Championship qualifying on Friday due to rain.
Sat Mar 28, 8:00 am, Baytown, Texas: 44 degrees feels like 36, Clear, Winds WNW 19-30 mph, 62% humidity.
-- High 65 degrees, Sunny, Winds WNW 20-30 mph, 35% humidity.
03.25.09: NHRA Spring Nationals: Remembering Legendary Scott Kalitta
Jeff Arend and the DHL/Kalitta Motorsports Funny Car team have a little extra motivation to visit the winner’s circle this weekend at the Spring Nationals. In 1989, the late Scott Kalitta, drag racing legend and son of team owner Connie Kalitta, won the only Funny Car “Wally” (trophy) in the 50-year history of Kalitta Motorsports at the Houston event. Team Kalitta has over 50 Top Fuel class trophies on its mantle, but only one for a Funny Car victory.
Arend joined Kalitta Motorsports last year to assume the driving duties of the DHL entry after the tragic death of Scott as the result of injuries he suffered in a high-speed racing accident in June in New Jersey. “Getting a win in Houston this weekend would be very special to us and everyone that loves NHRA drag racing and Kalitta Motorsports,” Arend, a 46-year old resident of San Dimas, Calif., said. “Twenty years ago Scott took the Kalitta Flying Services Funny Car all the way to a win at HRP. It would mean so much to this team to be able to repeat that fete 20 years later for him. We’ll all have a little extra spring in our steps this weekend to try to make that happen.”
Arend and the DHL crew will also be part of a special event at the DHL Global Forwarding facility in Houston, Thursday, March 26. The DHL Funny Car will be on display to help celebrate the opening of the new and enormous facilities which house the DHL Global Forwarding group, as well as the DHL Industrial Projects group. - credit: Kalitta Motorsports
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2008 Spring Nationals Photos Video Cool video with Quite Riot . .Feel the Noise backing track.
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