The kid was almost blocking the track. No way to swerve above him because of his car there. Stupid and regrettably fatal mistake.
It happens and idiots accuse just like the claim that Sterling Marlin killed Dale Earnhardt.
should have stayed in the car not walk into the track, wont do that anymore for sure.
Looks like Stewart didn't push his cart into the wall on purpose, but it's hard to tell from the video if Kevin Ward actually walked into his path after he did...
Either way, it doesn't look good...
He’s going to get arrested. No matter how you cut it...he killed him. Game over....
How many times is this going to be posted?
@Tony Stewart Aug 5
1 yr ago today my life changed. Thank you to everyone that worked so hard to get me back to where I’m at today. It’s your life, live it!
Bad stuff. Looked like he wanted to scare the crapola out of him and he cut the scare too close.
On Fox news they showed the driver killed did more than walk on the track, he stepped out in traffic to yell at stewart.
Another driver charged that stewart hit the gas which they know will swing the back out from torque. That’s what hit this young guy.
I watched the video many times and very carefully, the engine revs and the car jerks to the right apparently AFTER he clips the guy, so I am not sure he hit him on purpose.
The guy who ran into a race track full of speeding cars had a death wish. We’re being told he could have been angry. That kind of rage can get you killed. It did in his case. A totally pointless death.
In the video I can’t see or say that Stewart did anything intentional. The other guy sure as hell shouldn’t have been walking out in the middle of traffic. Stewart may have thought he was still in the car because another car just missed the guy prior to him getting hit.
He went after stewart. He got him!
Like taking a knife to a gun fight.
The kid was almost blocking the track. No way to swerve above him because of his car there. Stupid and regrettably fatal mistake.
The dead driver did something really stupid, and paid for it.
You don’t wander around on a race track during a race waving your arms, and try to confront another driver who was still in his car.
The hot head went looking for trouble and found it.
Watching (and listening to) the video, it seems pretty clear Stewart accelerated and veered right BEFORE hitting the other driver. That looks like intent.
And before anyone with a bruised ego lashes out at me, what would the comments on this thread be if Tony Stewart was black?
Looked to me like Tony saw his right rear was going to hit the kid so he steered right and gunned it to slide the rear end away from him.
But the kid was too close.
So much for wearing my Home Depot tee shirts. I bought like 30 of them for $1.00 each when they were getting rid of them. I might as well have Charles Manson shirts now.