[kjam22]

The cars were going 35 mph under caution. When you think about it... a NASCAR legend, one of the world’s best drivers, ran over a guy on the track while driving 35 mph under caution.

[laffnatu]

If the cars were going 35 mph, according to this site, Hit by a car at 35 mph, five out of 10 pedestrians will be killed, if true and given a dirt track and the fact that Mr. Ward wasn't hit head on and was clipped..... I don't know but there just needs to be an investigation and interviews with the other drivers.

But interestingly, on this page this fellow had an intesting point, “I think Tony saw the kid coming at him and gassed the car to get on out of there … and it was a terrible, unfortunate accident,” Charles said.

and further on that page it states that

“Dirt sprint cars are the most radical form of race car in the world,” said Charles, a two-time Modified champion at Lakeside. “The power-to-weight ratio is incredible. They run that monster right rear tire, and you’ve got that teeny left rear tire. If you stomp the gas, that thing will spin like a top.”

The investigation needs to be completed.