BY RICH SCHAPIRO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
A champion hot rod driver was engulfed in flames in front of scores of spectators Saturday when his car exploded at 300 mph and hit a barrier at a New Jersey raceway.
Scott Kalitta, 46, was barely clinging to life when he was pulled from his charred car after the stunning wreck at the Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.
Kalitta, a two-time Top Fuel champion, was pronounced dead at a local hospital a short time later.
"I haven't witnessed anything like that in a number of years," Don Prudhomme, a former top racer, told the Asbury Park Press.
Scott Kalitta killed in fiery race crash....
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