In fact for all kinds of reasons, you think the track would have had at least have 4 or 5 cameras going, angled for each portion of the track itself.
It’s not a big track, and there were not many there watching the race, it appears..
If it was a track like Eudora, there would have been more people and media there.
Tony does this stuff, not to compete regularly, but because he loves to drive and he brings fans to these various small tracks to keep the tracks in business and the sport alive.
Neither He, or other driver that I know, or have ever known in the history of racing, would intentionally strike someone with their car, much less kill them. Sling some dirt on them, sure, why not.
There have been a number of incidents where two cars collide, and fists collide afterward, but not what some are accusing Tony of. That is totally ridiculous. What happened here was a accident caused by visibility and a purposeful act by the victim.
You can’t stop these cars on a dime, so you use the engine to slow them and that combined with the slow speeds at the time, made the situation worse as the car needs speed and room to maneuver.
The idea that Tony intentionally sped up to hit the guy with more force is total nonsense. If he did anything, it would have been to attempt to spin the car down into the infield or at least low enough to avoid the impact.
The view from the video does not show you the depth and positioning of the cars nor the obstructions to visibility. I have to fill that in from my experience.
The exact moves that were made by Tony just prior to impact are also difficult to ascertain because the move was never completed and only began some 20 feet from the impact.
For this reason, I don’t think he saw him or anticipated that he would be there, much less remain there. I will have to leave it up to Tony to explain what he saw, when he saw it and what he tried to do before the impact.
What I do know is that the death was certainly avoidable and it should not have happened. Nobody would expect that. The rule is that unless your car is on fire, you stay in it until the safety car is there.
But having said that, the accusations I see today on this forum are in keeping with the general social deterioration I see everywhere.
Everywhere......