Posted on 08/11/2014 6:27:28 AM PDT by shortstop
When my stepdad got pissed at us he used to tell us to “go play on the freeway!!”
Darwin award winner if you ask me.
If one decides to step in front of 1000# machines moving at high speeds on a slippery track that person can expect to die.
Once again, Lonsberry shows his idiot side.
I agree with you that Stewart’s vision might have been impaired - due to the vehicle itself, plus the dim lighting on the track. I’m not that familiar with this style of vehicle - regarding the driver’s ability to see more than just a small front view of the track. That track really needed much better lighting.
It’s funny, but on the NASCAR tracks - the one nighttime race they have is lit up like it’s daylight.
The limited view is a good point. I drove stock cars for several years and a driver really can’t see that well, especially at night. You have mud on your shield, your wearing a helmet, and you’re surrounded by a roll cage. There are a lot of blind spots. In addition, you are told in every safety meeting to remain in your car until the emergency crew gets on scene unless the car is on fire. You never run onto the track. Cars have even hit emergency vehicles with flashing lights because of poor visibility. It’s not surprising that the driver got run over.
‘targeted sports: football, hockey, auto racing
accepted sports: baseball, basketball, golf, tennis’
Under ‘accepted’, you left out soccer.
AMEN.
I am 74 & have been around racing since I was 17.
I have known a great many drivers in many types of auto racing.
I have NEVER know a single driver who expected to have to deal with a PEDESTRIAN on the track.
Especially with a Winged Sprint car-—the wing cuts off the view to the side.
I am sorry this kid is dead.
However, Tony Stewart isn’t one bit responsible for hitting him.
The kid chose to walk into traffic—something we all have been warned about since we could toddle.
IF this writer thinks that this kid was trained & raised under the tutelege of Stewart—had he lived, would he have done the same thing to a PEDESTRIAN on the track????
Crucifying Tony over this is just plain wrong, IMO.
You are correct-—
I think USAC is the sanctioning body for these cars & tracks.
Very few people making all these comments against Tony have ANY idea how many of these tracks are all across America & are a big piece of entertainment for the small towns they are in.
Also- These tracks are where new drivers get their start. NO ONE steps into a NASCAR car, an Indy car, of a Formula One car out of the gate.
I think that’s sort of the point of the article. NASCAR has had a hint of professional wrestling to it in the last few years..”””
Did you EVER watch NASCAR in the years when David Pearson—Fred Lorenzen—Cale Yarborough & others were driving?
Today’s driver’s are poufs by comparison.
Don’t forget that the pedestrian SOUGHT OUT Stewart’s car. This wasn’t a guy trying to get across the track to escape harm. Other cars were able to avoid him because he didn’t want to get in their faces. He wanted to get in Stewart’s face.
The pedestrian was an experienced, proficient racer with 3 or 4 years experience in these cars on these kind of tracks.
And we STILL have professional sports talkers proudly demonstrating their ignorance on the subject, even after plenty of time to do homework.
It’s funny, but on the NASCAR tracks - the one nighttime race they have is lit up like it’s daylight.”””
And that track is a very expensive track, where the races that run there charge alot of money.
The small ‘bullring’ tracks all over the USA are no different than the one that involved this death.
This is where drivers get their start-—after doing Go-Karts, etc, for years. The small towns run an event almost every Saturday night. The money that goes into that small town keeps everything running.
Any legal action could endanger those small town tracks. I think Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, has been open since the end of WWII. Many outstanding drivers have come out of thee. I think Jimmie Johnson got his start at El Cajon small track.
I understand that .. don’t assume I don’t.
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