The two dozen crew members of Kalitta Motorsports are used to preparing their 11,000 horsepower Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars to fly down drag strips at 330 mph. But with all sports sidelined due ...

A Motorsports Hall of Famer and multiple world-speed record holder is helping quell the devastating wildfires burning in the foothills of Los Angeles, California — one air tanker drop at a time.

Contrary to some social media posts over the past week, Kalitta Airthe global cargo operation—that NHRA multi-team owner Connie Kalitta has operated out of Ypsilanti, Mich., since 1967—does not have ...