Connie Kalitta, Date of Birth
TweetConnie Kalitta
American drag racing driver
Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1938
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Connie Kalitta
- Conrad "Connie" Kalitta (born February 24, 1938) is an American businessman and former drag racing driver, nicknamed "The Bounty Hunter".
- Kalitta is the CEO of Kalitta Air and the owner of Kalitta Motorsports.Kalitta was born in Michigan, grew up in Mount Clemens, 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.Kalitta teamed up with Shirley Muldowney as the Bounty Hunter and Bounty Huntress, in a pair of Ford Mustangs, hers a Buttera chassis, his a Logghe.Kalitta was runner-up at the 1963 Winternationals in Top Gas and at the 1965 Springnationals in Top Fuel.
- His first major event win was the 1967 American Hot Rod Association (AHRA) Winternationals in Scottsdale, Arizona, in a 427ci "cammer"–powered Top Fuel dragster.
- Though Kalitta had qualified in the middle of the field, he turned in steadily lower elapsed times (e.t.) throughout each round: a 7.28 second e.t.
- in the first round, then a 7.24, a 7.22, a slight increase to 7.23 to reach the final, where he ran 7.17 seconds at 218.43 mph (351.53 km/h) to win the event.Kalitta ultimately won a total of 10 NHRA national events, including the 1994 Gatornationals and U.S.
- Nationals - his final title. Kalitta was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1992.
- On the 50th Anniversary list of National Hot Rod Association Top 50 Drivers, 1951-2000, Kalitta was ranked #21.Kalitta was played by Beau Bridges, in a lead role, in the Muldowney biography film Heart Like a Wheel (1983). He is the father of racer Scott Kalitta, killed in a drag racing crash in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, in 2008.
- He is the uncle of racer Doug Kalitta. On November 14, 2016 Kalitta was honored at the season-ending Mello Yello Awards Ceremony with NHRA's first ever Lifetime Achievement Award.
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