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Kalitta Motorsports: As the bar rises, so does the passion to perform

  • All techs have their own work areas in an open room.

  • The reception area at Kalitta Motorsports has plenty of racing memorabilia.

  • Techs Nick Hoock, left, and Steve Minnick put studs in cylinder heads.

  • At left, Rachel Brunner, Jim Oberhofer and Bob Lawson oversee the assembly and maintenance work.

  • Brian Landry uses a vertical Bridgeport mill.

  • Tech Marla Weidenaar places rings on pistons.

  • Andrew Waits indexes spark plugs.

  • Tech Tom Davis inspects an engine with a small flashlight.

  • Tech Mac Savage demonstrates a wrench Mac Tools developed specifically for Kalitta Motorsports.

  • Mac Davis inspects a race engine.

  • A blower dyno is kept in a soundproof room.

  • A tech assembles a Funny Car engine.

  • The Kalitta Motorsports assembly facility is located in an industrial park in Ypsilanti, Mich.

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For the Kalitta Motorsports team, success is measured not only in the speed of the race cars and the number of winning Wallies (drag racing’s most competitive award), or the coveted trophy of the NHRA. The team enjoys the passion of drag racing and the family atmosphere instilled by company founder Connie Kalitta, and in the adrenaline-intensive, competitive world of drag racing, the bar rises every year. Kalitta Motorsports’ four race cars – two Top Fuel and two Funny Cars – now...
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