FReepathon day 42.
Two percent a day keeps the 404 away.
Posted on 08/12/2014 5:37:04 PM PDT by lifeofgrace
Tony is ruthless, just like Dale Earnhardt Sr and look what happened to him. I have no doubt Tony COULD HAVE avoided hitting Kevin if he wanted to.
Didn’t see any video, but for my part, I don’t/won’t walk in to traffic moving on a slippery track with cars going “x” mph. Was the young man angry at Stewart? Did he feel like he needed to confront/call out a “major” racer? Sadly, poor judgement can get you killed. Prayers to Mr. Wards family and to Mr. Stewart for bearing the weight of what happened.
Much testosterone and adrenaline on the track.
Easy to understand how this stuff can happen.
“winning at all costs” didn’t cause this. Getting out of the car and jumping in front of traffic did.
Lots of adrenaline in a race and after a crash. I can see wanting to get out of the car, and I can see having the adrenaline to carry it out. But there is no common sense in walking on a race track with a bunch of speeding cars - it’s like walking on the freeway.
I finally watched the video. If Ward had been standing there and been hit, I might agree. But he was moving aggressively into traffic.
Seems like a lib argument that could just as well apply to football.
Make life too safe, and more and more people do riskier and riskier things. Leftists want to channel all that machismo into a violent revolution.
Good Read,
thanks,,,
For someone who hasn't watched the film, at least up to moment of impact, you have expressed way too much opinion. If you take the time to watch it, you'll see Kevin get out of a car where he's safe and start charging toward the inside of the track where the traffic is looking for Tony so he could take him and his car on. He nearly gets hit by the car ahead of Tony's and then he charged right at the side of Tony's car like he was going stick his fist in the side opening and prove something. Hard to believe you found so much to write about without even watching what happened...What if the car ahead of Tony had hit him instead? Should that guy be brought up on charges? Watch it! It's like watching a dog chase cars on the interstate. The only way Tony could have avoided him would have been to get off the track instead of going another lap. That wasn't winning at all costs, it was paying the ultimate price for proving you don't belong there.
And I think you're wrong.
” But there is no common sense in walking on a race track “
Especially when the guy that just intentionally put you into the wall is coming around the track again
One does not let emotion get the best of you. Mr. Ward could have settled this behind the stadium in private with Tony. Like the old ways. Instead we have this. Some bizarre form of road rage on a crowed race track in the dark.
Darwin won again...
Heck, we tell children not to play on a busy freeway. ..
How will Stewart live with knowing that it was his car, under his control, that hit Ward?
-PJ
Have you ever driven a sprint car on dirt? Have you ever driven any vehicle fast on dirt? Do you have any idea what a car with slicks handles like at 50 mph on wet dirt?
Sprint cars are designed to turn left and have the rear end slide out to the right.
Approaching one from the upper side of the track is a really bad idea, because just about any action the driver of the car takes pushes the back end of the car out to the right.
I don't think so. The more I look at what went on and think about the history of these two drivers, I am coming to the conclusion that the young buck was out to make a name from himself. His first mistake seems to have caused him going into the wall and the second cost him his life.
This animated video claims that Stewart pushed Ward into the wall. But, in the animation and other real footage it looks like it was Ward who came down into Stewart's line, maybe to block him, and mistimed or misjudged his position. The video points out vision is impeded by wind spoilers on sprint cars. What it doesn't mention is where a driver's eyes are trained when they are negotiating turns.
Later in the same video a claim is made that Stewart is heard accelerating "before" the impact with Ward.
However, this video seems to show that although Stewart's view was obstructed (and Ward was wearing black on a shadowed track) he may have seen him at the last second and tried to swerve. That move which could him to break traction and jump in rpm coincides with the appearance of Ward at his right front, not as he approaches him.
The more I think about a young driver with an aggressive reputation having the opportunity to take down one of the greats in the sport, also with an aggressive reputation, I have a hard time trying to accept Stewart as being at fault in any way.
this is bs. you are an idiot if you run across a track with these cars coming at you, especially around a curved area. warning lap or not. it didn’t help hjis uniform was black and it was a night race either, harder to see him out there when you’re trying to watch the cars around you.
ward is dead b/c he exited his car and was charging around the track. i can undestand being pissed. i’d have saved charging the other guy, if necessary, after the race was done.
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