# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/scott-kalitta
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:32:52.141Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/scott-kalitta"
name: "Scott Kalitta"
slug: "scott-kalitta"
description: "Scott D. Kalitta was an American drag racer who competed in the Funny Car and Top Fuel classes in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. He had 17 career Top Fuel wins and one career Funny Car win. At the time of his death due to an accident during race qualifying, he was one of 14 drivers to win in both divisions. He was the son of veteran NHRA driver and crew chief Connie Kalitta."
tagline: "American racecar driver (1962–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ScottKalittaDragster.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1962-02-18"
deathDate: "2008-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.97
  momentum:             3.84479271991911
  historical:           5.197172
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Scott Kalitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kalitta"
    title: "Scott Kalitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kalitta"
    title: "Scott Kalitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kalitta"
    title: "Scott Kalitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kalitta"
    title: "Scott Kalitta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q957955"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump