Facts:   - death place: englishtown , new jersey    - poles: 20    - death date: 21 june 2008      - year: 1994 , 1995    - titles: top fuel season champion    - birth date: 18 february 1962    - name: scott kalitta    - nationality: american    - birth place: mt. clemens , michigan    - wins: 18   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of scott kalitta .
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scott d. kalitta -lrb- february 18 , 1962 -- june 21 , 2008 -rrb- was an american drag racer who competed in the funny car and top fuel classes in the national hot rod association -lrb- nhra -rrb- full throttle drag racing series .he was killed at old bridge township raceway park , after an accident during qualifying .he had 17 career top fuel wins and 1 career funny car win , and at his death he was one of fourteen drivers to win in both divisions .kalitta was son of veteran nhra driver and crew chief connie kalitta , and cousin of teammate doug kalitta .