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  • Top Fuel driver killed in crash at end of run at Gateway

    06/27/2004 7:52:21 PM PDT · by TenthAmendmentChampion · 32 replies · 2,386+ views
    Kansas City Star ^ | 6/27/04 | DAVID POOLE
    MADISON, Ill. - National Hot Rod Association drag racer Darrell Russell died Sunday night from injuries suffered in a violent crash during the Sears Craftsman Nationals at Gateway International Raceway. Russell, a 35-year-old native of Hockley, Texas, had just lost to Scott Kalitta in the second round of eliminations when his Top Fuel dragster crashed while running about 300 mph at the end of the quarter-mile strip at Gateway International Raceway. The crash occurred around 6:30 p.m. Central time. Just less than two hours later Graham Light, NHRA senior vice president of racing operations, announced to the media that Russell...