WATCH: What Charges Could Tony Stewart Face?

KGUN9 ^ | August 11th | Jay Sorgi

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“then turn the vehicle in a different direction, hence missing the kid (Tony had hoped). Is this not correct?”

Ya know,,,, I admit I’m not experienced enough to say what happens when you turn your front wheels in the “not Normal” direction. I raced karts on dirt, and did 15 laps in a friend’s Sprint car on an empty track. Stalled it twice. Everytime I gassed it, the reared slid up track. I never tried to get it to slide down track

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Oh! And,,,, after 15 laps, my wrists hurt, and my forearms were just shaking! Gotta have much stronger arms than mine to drive Sprints! The ruts are murder! But dirt is so much fun!

[tacticalogic]

even if Stewart saw him (which I’m not convinced he did)

I wonder about that too. The kid was wearing a mostly black suit with some white details. The same color scheme as his car. The direction he was moving put him between his car and Tony. Did his suit make him blend into the background of his own car?

[hatfieldmccoy]

Posthumous note to Kevin Ward Jr.-—stupid can be fatal.....

[ThunderSleeps]

Yeah. In my youth I raced (yes on a track, not the streets) and crewed on a dirt track team. To this day I’m still an active volunteer in a local racing group. Rule 1 is stay off the track, stay in your vehicle unless it is on fire.

[ThunderSleeps]

Yeah, everyone in racing had incidents. Only we call them experience. Some good, some bad. That’s how you learn. I have personally been idiotic close to some cars going very fast. Had I gotten hit the fault would have been mine because I put myself there. On one occasion I stayed, in cover, because idiotic close was where I needed to be. In the other I got the h@ll out of there ‘cause dang, that was way too close.

[Cubs Fan]

I’m not a racing fan but I see you are a Stewart hater. Nuff said....

Bwa Ha. I'd never even heard of the guy before I saw the video. But hey, why argue the facts and evidence when you can just call someone a "hater" or a "racist" or a "sexist" or a "homophobe" and then declare the discussion over with a "Nuff said".

Have you ever considered working for Eric Holder or Barack Obama? they just love using tactics like yours.

[Cubs Fan]

Hard to miss the fact that Stewart gunned the engine as he approached the kid. I’ve no idea what was in his mind and we may never but it darn sure makes me question his intent.

Exactly

[Cubs Fan]

You don’t gun your engine and use a deadly weapon to veer into a living person. that’s the real LAW that applies here, and it’s called manslaughter.

[Cubs Fan]

I think Stewart lifted off the throttle momentarily, based on the moves of the car in front of him. In a sprint car on a dirt track, lifting off the throttle will make a car drift to the right, higher on the track. Steering correction in those cars depends on throttle, so Stewart tried to reverse his rightward drift by giving the car more throttle, too late.

I thank you for your civil response. I have to say that the other cars did not use throttle when they were near (although not as near) Ward. Also I would assume Stewart who is a champion would be more than enough of a competent driver to correct his car in the direction he wished it to go. But not only did it not take him to the left or keep him going straight, his supposed correction led him right into Ward. And that to me is hard to swallow.

[mountainbunny]

I didn’t read the article, but I’m going to go with “none”.

Running out on a dirt track at night amidst cars zooming by, driving by guys in vision-limiting helmets doesn’t seem like a very good idea.

[PA Engineer]

Video from the stands is far more likely to pick up an audio accelerator blip from a car closer to the stands.

Yep. I commented on the video last night too. There were numerous factors involved including the type of cars, lighting, "smooth bottom driving boots" and a somewhat sloped dirt track.

I have had some experience with Late Model and Legacy racing including set ups and spotting. The primary contributor to Ward's death was immaturity and testosterone. It is tragic for everyone involved including Tony Stewart.

Ward should have stayed in his car.

[PA Engineer]

I’ve seen people speculating that Stewart revved his engine and that he purposely steered into Ward, but the way it looks to me from the video, Ward walked straight into the SIDE of Stewart’s car AFTER the front end of Stewart’s car had already PASSED Ward, Ward perhaps trying to kick the side of Stewart’s car as it passed him.

It appears to me that Stewart’s car didn’t make a lurch until AFTER Ward had fallen under the rear wheels and the sound of Stewart’s car seemingly revving was because the rear wheels briefly coming off the track as they ran over Ward, causing the engine to rev because the rear drive wheels were briefly airborne, not in full contact with the track.

I agree and I think he slipped because of the type of boots worn by the drivers. They are bad enough when walking around the infield, I can only imagine what traction one would have on a sloped dirt track.

[jjotto]

I’m pretty sure there’s always a driver meeting before the race and that one of the points emphasized is “stay in your car”.

Young testosterone sure, but Ward had four or so years of sprint car experience.

BTW, Stewart had a close friend killed in a sprint car accident just last year.

[mabarker1]

said Stewart, allegedly, had his crew remove the right rear wheel and the left rear put in its place. What was Stewart thinking here? His intent? What might his crew say?

SOP to remove RR Tire and put a LS Tire on a Sprint Car to put on the trailer. There is a major size difference (diameter and width) between the 2 tires. This is done to make the car level and narrower to fit in trailer. This was nothing out of the ordinary. The Sheriff was there and aware of this.

There is no cover up, deceit or tampering of evidence going on here.

[miele man]

OK. Thanks. I didn’t know this. As I said, I was commenting on what others’ said but it did look out of the ordinary to me. Glad to have your input.

[mabarker1]

Your Welcome