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—the only getting any sympathy from me is Tony Stewart—
—when a flesh and blood human steps out in front of a metal device going at any speed, there will be only one winner-—
I just watched the full video. I’ve only been to sprint races on a couple occasions, so I am hardly an expert. What I see is the kid, first get out of the car and then move down the track into the path of the cars as they are coming out of a turn. Much like we see the black tire marks show the path of the cars on a concrete track, here, you can see the tire tracks in the dirt. He moved down as a second move into what is clearly the main groove for the drivers.
At the point where a driver is coming out of the turn on the dirt track, their path had already been determined based on how they entered the turn. At that stage it is force/momentum/friction coming out. I seriously doubt Stewart knew he was there until he was well into the turn.
I’m a little sick of the media desperately fishing for a sensational story that simply doesn’t exist.
Tony Stewart has a history of “incidents” but I could name those who don’t on one hand. Its like trying to single out a hokey player for fighting.
The kid did something stupid and paid with his life. End of story.
Kevin Ward, Jr. committed suicide.
The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarter's Expenses?
and now the progressive elites will try to smear nascar and its fans, marginalize, demonize...
How does the author know this? I looked at the video and the back end actually kicks toward the infield, in the opposite direction of what the author claims.
It’s totally ignorant to step out of your vehicle and cross the track while the race is in progress.
If he had stayed in his vehicle, he would not have been hit.
I’ve watched NASCAR for years and I can tell you .. you must have a death wish, if you’re willing to step in front of those vehicles.
It’s sad .. the guy was so young.
There are several different racing organizations each with their own sanctioning criteria
and rules. I suspect many will review their criteria and possibly changes will be made
in their applications.
This writer only mentions NASCAR but this was a Sprint race. NASCAR had nothing
to do with it.
You can see on the video the first car that passed Ward he jumped a little out of its way and then he even went further into the middle of the track when Stewart was approaching. Even if TS revved his engine it will still be hard to prove any intent of malice even if he did it on purpose.(Not to kill but to scare)
Tony Stewart has blood on his hands, through either the pressure of his foot on the throttle or the impact of his example on his sport. In a way, Tony Stewart not only ran Kevin Junior down, he also put him in the track in front of him.
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The 20 year old did what 20 year olds tend to do - think they’re invincible and act impulsively. THAT has nothing to do with Tony Stewart “putting him on the track”. Plus, doing it on a dirt track, at night, dressed in a black racing suit and a black helmet ..... tragic as it was, Ward paid the ultimate price for his lack of impulse control and common sense. “Smoke” may be a hot head in his own right, but he had no control over Ward’s actions.
Bottom line for Tony, he was driving the car that hit Ward & killed him, even though it was accidental. Although Ward put himself on the track in a position to be hit, Tony will forever be haunted by this and yes, he’s probably lost his peace of mind.
I do think as a result of this fatality that there will be a new rule in the event a driver’s common sense is not operating .... you do not get out of your car unless it is on fire.
This is a good example of, “if you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.”
Never get into a gunfight with a knife.
Never get into a fist fight with a car.
As usual the people who know the least about a subject have the most to say about it.
Now we are going to have a persecutor (prosecutor) salivating over the fact that he will have the opportunity to try a celeb and have his name all over the news. He is right now sifting through experts, expert?, to find one that will give him what he wants.
We will also have a televulture hounding the family with promises to get them monetary resolution for this tragedy. This article starts this process/.
Nope.
Kevin Ward Jr.’s choice to exit his car and walk across the track was insane
Yep.
It was the cause of his death.
It was night and the kid was dressed in black, as well.