I know! We should ask the other driver who passed by just before Stewart...he veered towards the bottom of the track to avoid the kid...wonder why Stewart made a different decision? Must be lack of experience.
I must have watched that video 50 times last night and I am pretty sure Tony did not even see him until the car in front of him slowed and turned down the track, if he let off the gas quickly the car would automatically veer right. I swear I can see him turn the wheel to the right after the front of the car passes Kevin Ward and he burps the gas trying to get the back of the car to spin away from Kevin, but its too late at that point. Its damn hard to spin a sprint car out to the right... All the cars went past about the same speed and line on the track and he kept walking down the track to where there was no room to get past him. Being a driver himself, he knows that car is not stopping on a dime... with Tony Stewart or any other driver driving it... I read numerous articles from every source I could find and one of the reports said that Tony had a go pro camera on his helmet... I think this would show exactly what Tony saw so hoping he did.