Connie Kalitta

Connie Kalitta
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Conrad "Connie" Kalitta (born February 24, 1938, in Michigan) is the CEO of Kalitta Air and a retired American drag racing driver, once known as "The Bounty Hunter".

He grew up in Mount Clemens, Michigan, and was a 1957 graduate of Mount Clemens High School.

He raced from the 1950s through the 1990s. He was the first driver to hit 200 mph in an NHRA sanctioned event. He also helped Shirley Muldowney get started (in the "Bounty Huntress" car). Kalitta won 10 NHRA national events between 1967 and 1994.

He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1992. On the 2001 National Hot Rod Association Top 50 Drivers, 1951-2000, Kalitta was ranked #21.[1] He was played by Beau Bridges in the Muldowney biography film Heart Like a Wheel.

He is the father of racer Scott Kalitta, killed in a fiery crash in Old Bridge Township, N.J.[2][3] in 2008, and uncle of racer Doug Kalitta.

References

  1. ^ NHRA top 50 drivers - tribute to Kalitta
  2. ^ "NHRA driver Kalitta killed in horrific crash" Associated Press June 22, 2008. Accessed on July 7, 2009
  3. ^ "OLD BRIDGE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL COMBINED MEETING, November 10, 2003""BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Council of the Township of Old Bridge, County of Middlesex, State of New Jersey, that: WHEREAS, the license for Old Bridge Raceway Park, Inc. is hereby renewed for the year 2004 subject to the following:"

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