If he turns the wheels to the left, the car spins and hits him for sure.... if he turns them to the right and burps the gas as he did, possibly it spins the opposite direction away from Kevin. It looked to me that is what happened, he made the only evasive move possible, after the front wheels passed Kevin, you could see the wheels twitch to the right.I know its hard to understand, but these cars drive opposite from what you think. When racing at speed, they go around the corner sideways with the front tires turned all the way to the right, but the front tires are not really directing where the whole car goes, just stabilizing the front end... the driver is controlling where the car is on the track with the throttle, the right rear tire is bigger than the left rear and if the car is going around the corner and your not turning sharp enough and headed for the wall, you keep those wheels turned to the right and you hammer the gas pedal... When riding around at the slower speeds under caution it is much harder to aggressively turn the car to avoid anything...
stewart gunned his engine just as he hit the guy, that sure doesn’t look good.
Look at the picture in post #94, car turning to the left, tires turning to the right.
Young guy learned a hard lesson. RIP.
Thanks for the good info. I did not know that?
Think I’m not taking any side on this. I’ll let the experts sort it out. Both sides have made good points, and honestly I really do not know.
From Kalle Oakes, sports writer for the Lewiston Sun Journal, posted on FB, “It’s the people who don’t like Tony because they might have seen him in an interview where he came across as an a-hole. I get it. If you’re in the public eye and you’re not universally popular and you don’t live a perfect life, people are going to jump all over any reason to destroy your name. It comes with the territory. Someday someone is going to die in a hockey fight or from getting hit in the head with a 98 mph fastball and we’re going to have this same silly discussion. It’s a part of the game gone horribly, horribly wrong. And if you’re not really immersed in the game, it is hard to understand.”