Full disclosure NOT a Tony Stewart fan.
Tony Stewart is a supremely talented, dangerously reckless, recklessly arrogant self centered moron who is never at fault - even when he clearly is.
When he intentionally ran I believe Kenseth off the road at Daytona, just turned left and tried to and did wreck him at full speed I couldn’t believe he wasn’t black flagged. At that point if I was running Nascar he would have been hauled off the track and suspended the rest of the year to think about the way he drives. He has little regard for human life, his temper takes precedent, screw Tony Stewart.
With that being said in no way shape or form do I believe he intentionally tried to hit or kill that kid.
Do I believe he might have gunned it to say FU kid or give him a face full of dirt and chuckle on his way by? Absolutely possible and in that case criminal.
Do I also believe he might have gunned it to avoid him? Absolutely, he’s a reckless horses ass but not a stone killer.
Only Stewart knows for sure and I’m sure his story will be he revved the car to avoid him, which I hope is true for all involved, even him.
Now if you asked me before yesterday who would be most likely to be involved in this kind of tragedy/accident without hesitation my answer would have been Tony Stewart.
I hope he wasn’t trying to scare the kid, but he might have been, and if he was I doubt he has the character to admit it and serve the time that it comes with.
Sympathy to Ward’s family!
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Having grown up with Bobby Johns, knowing Red Farmer, Fireball Roberts and Jim Rathmann and having done some minor racing myself, —it happens.
Fireball died because he tried to avoid crashing into two other cars that collided in front of him, __it happens.
No one involved in this sport does it to die but some do. Some peoples’ sport is fishing and sometimes in this sport people some die, __it happens!
Everyone does what they want and sometimes die, __It happens!
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My opinion(which is worth zero) is the video frame where some Freepers see Tony swerving is actually one frame that shows the car deflecting after contacting Ward.
As far as someone hearing Tony’s engine revving, HA!
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My opinion(which is worth zero); as is all others on this thread.