Posted on 08/10/2014 5:04:09 AM PDT by CaptainK
NASCAR star Tony Stewart hit and killed another driver who was walking on the track in a sprint car race on Saturday night.
The other driver, Kevin Ward Jr., had collided with Stewart on the previous lap, leaving Wards car with a flat tire and pushed into the wall. As officials threw a caution, Ward left his car and began walking down the track gesturing angrily toward Stewart before being clipped and dragged 50 feet by Stewarts car.
Several spectators told Bob Pockrass of The Sporting News that Stewart appeared to throttle his car before colliding with Ward.
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How come you evade questions then ask them to be repeated?
BTW, I am not a race fan and find it quite boring.
Are you a race fan?
I don’t listen to a lot of sports radio but it’s a wild fire tonight, I’ll bet it comes up on some of the regular radio talk shows as well. Saddened this happened.
Are you suggesting this professional driver did not know a quick lap prior he had sent the victim vehicle into the wall?
Should this have not caused the suspect vehicle to proceed with extreme caution due to track debris, bodies, stalled vehicles etc, as he came around after this collision?
Why are you so evasive?
Are you a race fan?
Are you drunk?
My questions to you are completely credible and legitimate, you however are being extremely evasive to the questions.
Just my opinion, Dragnet2 is a regular poster here and I think good and sound. I think maybe I read a number of his/her comments in another thread, JFK? Can’t remember now. So let’s not get snippy here anyone.
Shall I list and number all the questions for ya to make it simple?
That pretty much sums it up...
No, you’re talking out your butt and appear to be drunk.
You write fiction and want it accepted as fact. yes I’m a race fan. No I don’t drive sprint cars but have been in them and grew up with a neighbor who raced them.
You don’t get out of your car on the track unless its on fire. period
Well, I didn’t come here for a fight. I made some comments based strictly on the video and it seems some don’t like the questions and repeatedly evaded them.
If I were an investigator, I’d have a whole lot of question for the driver of the vehicle who struck the victim, in addition to witnesses and track officials. My hunch other video possibly exists as well, possibly from the vehicle in question and or others.
I’ve seen you around FR for a fairly long time, and so I’m surprised at such a sophomoric reply. Maybe I shouldn’t be.
No surprise here...Ya remember what I said way back?
My comments are all unbiased here and I am not a race fan.
Ya see all my comments are based strictly on the video, not from a "Fans" point of view.
If you’re not a race fan then you don’t understand whats happening nor the limitations of the equipment.
Your comments are rooted in emotion and perhaps a love of argument.
BTW, I am growing a bit weary of your bullsh*t comments after I've tried to be a real nice guy to you here.
Just because your own comment make ya look like a moron, don't take it out on me.
You probably shouldn’t be. I mean a race track is a perfectly safe place to go running around in a fit of anger. Its obviously the guy who everyone loves to hate fault just because everyone loves to hate him.
Seriously, a guy runs up to within 1-2 feet of a race car going perhaps 40 mph on a slick surface and you’re blaming the driver???
After watching and listening to the video its clear that Stewarts car sped up just before impact. He might even have swerved into him.
Maybe there’ll be another video that will come out, or some analysis of this. But until then IMO, Looks like manslaughter.
You dont get out of your car on the track unless its on fire. period
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Curious. Where did you get that rule, idea, fact, tidbit?
Listen to yourself, you sound like one of those Penn State people deluded into thinking that their weird rationalizations rooted in emotion were logical.
Carry on. I’m done with you.
You’re nuts!
Ward was deliberately stepping into the path of the cars, and making wild gestures. He blew it.
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