Posted on 09/23/2014 7:02:46 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
LOL
Thank You, Finally got in about 12 good hours split in 2- at this point I’ll take it.
No doubt.
Geeze- I’m surprised it took that long.
Things are going to get UGLY and this ill be drawn out for years in Civil Court.
They WILL have to change the venue for sure. Like maybe Fiji or something...
Credit to Mr. knarf for this link, Thank You Sir.
How long had Kevin been using pot?
How many other members of the team are/have been using pot?
How lucky are all the other competitors Kevin has raced against in the past ______ years that they were not injured by pot-loaded Kevin being in their midst?
Did the family know he was using pot?
Do other members of Kevin’s immediate family use pot?
How much time & money did this family spend to give their little darling a ‘chance at the big time’-—only to have this kind of disaster because the kid was IMPAIRED and didn’t belong anywhere near a racing event?
Where did the kid get the pot?
Who was his supplier?
Growing his own???
Did the family not pay any attention?
Anyone wonder why employers are giving drug tests???
Here is a perfect example.
The Ward family has to go home & quietly contemplate how & why their kid was driving IMPAIRED on drugs.
They also need to contemplate how they missed such actions by Kevin.
IF they decide to pursue a civil suit, Tony’s lawyers will have a field day digging up every speck of poor life style of this entire family & all of their friends.
How do you defend an offspring who is driving among others while IMPAIRED???
Shouldn’t they be apologizing profusely???
“Our son got out of his car during caution, while the race was suspended. “””
Caution is Caution.
I believe SUSPENDED is a RED FLAG & all stop.
I think just Your questions alone would win any civil case.
You are correct on ALL of them.
I am Praying for the Ward Family for their loss and for Tony to have “peace of mind” Daily.
This hole thing sucks for all involved.
I feel that the Ward Family is at this point just looking at Tony as a bottomless $$$$$$$$$ pit.
Money will not bring Kevin Ward Jr back.
YUP!!!!
CORRECT ON BOTH!!!
But we can’t let FACTS RULE.
TRUCK RACE PING!!!
10:00PM EST on FS1 in Vegas...
AND ON NOW:
REDBULL AIR RACES AT FT. WORTH TEXAS NASCAR Track!!!
FS2 CH618 on DirecTV
Stewart unsure if he'll race sprint cars again: For #14-Tony Stewart, there was no greater joy than escaping his everyday life and climbing behind the wheel of a sprint car. He loves the feel, the way they drive, the purity he finds at all the tiny dirt tracks across the country. When he broke his leg racing his sprint car a year ago, an injury that sidelined him for six months, he was almost defiant in his desire to never give up his hobby. But after the death of Kevin Ward Jr., who was killed when Stewart's car struck him as Ward walked on an upstate New York dirt track on Aug. 9, Stewart may never get back in a sprint car. "I would say it's going to be a long time before you ever see me in a sprint car again, if ever. I don't have any desire at this moment to get back in a car," Stewart told The Associated Press in his first interview since a grand jury decided he would not be charged in Ward's death. "If I had the option to go right now to a race, I wouldn't. I don't even know when I'll go to a sprint car race again to watch. I can promise you it's going to be a long time before you ever see me back in one." Stewart is addicted to the simplicity of sprint car racing, to racing at venues across the country where the crowd is starving for gimmick-free racing. He didn't care that a field full of drivers of varying ages and talent were racing for purses that rarely reach $5,000. He made it his goal to give back to the sprint car community at every turn, especially after his accident. He improved the part that broke and caused his broken leg, and spent $110,000 on firesuits and helmets for nearly 50 drivers who needed updated safety equipment. Stewart even paid for the embroidery on the firesuits. His only request? That his Tony Stewart Racing logo be placed in a position that would not be noticed during interviews.(in part from the Associated Press)(9-27-2014)
OK...
Where was the 6whine crew before this happened???
An act of SABOTAGE???
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pit Stall Selections
(NASCAR Statistics)
How are pit stall's chosen? by qualifying results, the 1st choose their stall and so on.
If a car/driver has to go to the rear of the field before the start of the race due to driver change, backup car,
engine/transmission change, etc they do NOT lose their pit stall selection
Qualifying Lineup LINK above is really linked to the STARTING LINEUP!
Experts would expect Stewart to settle: #14-Tony Stewart won't face criminal charges in the death of Kevin Ward Jr., and now it's likely up to Stewart whether the case ever returns to court. Stewart not being charged criminally, plus the fact that Ward had marijuana in his system at the time of his death, could mean that a civil suit is less likely. But the standards in civil cases don't match the criminal side, and New York law forces juries to determine a percentage of fault for each party in a wrongful death case, which means that Stewart could have incentive to settle. The Ward family has indicated that it will pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the three-time Cup champion. Stewart could settle any case out of court by writing a check to the Ward family with the amount kept confidential. Or he could fight in court over whether he was negligent at all in the death of the 20-year-old driver, who walked out onto the track and was struck by Stewart's sprint car under caution Aug. 9 at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park.
Greg Bloom, an attorney at the Miami firm Chase Lawyers who represents athletes and entertainers, said he would advise Stewart to settle, even though he believes it was an accident. "I think he will end up settling," Bloom said. "If I was to advise him, I would advise the same because he wants everything to be behind him. Everyone wants this whole story to be behind him, so he can move forward professionally and the memory of the deceased can rest."
John M. Hochfelder, a New York lawyer who runs a blog and database on injury case damages in New York, said it is not uncommon for someone who is not indicted or is acquitted of criminal charges to face a wrongful death lawsuit. "All the (criminal) acquittal means is that the prosecution did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt, according to the jury, that a crime was committed," Hochfelder said. "That standard is much, much higher than the civil standard, which is a preponderance of the evidence, a tipping of the scales. We call it 'the more likely than not' standard. ... (In this case), it's more likely than not that you should have been more careful and your lack of care, we conclude, caused an injury."
Michael McCann, a Massachusetts attorney who founded the University of New Hampshire's Sports and Entertainment Law Institute and also writes for SI.com, said because Stewart has a stake in preserving his reputation in order to earn sponsorship to race, he has incentive to settle this as soon as possible. "The likelihood that Tony Stewart reaches an adequate settlement is very high," McCann said. "He has reason to settle a case like this even if he believes he did nothing wrong."(Sporting News)(9-27-2014)
NO! NO! NO!This is wrong!
Tony Stewart has been cleared of Criminal Charges. If He "pays" them off then He admits guilt "legally".
He may feel guilty in the Human way but those are two different things.
If The Ward Family gets any $$$ out of this then they are nothing more than sleazy money grubbers ADMITTING that there is a "price" on Kevin Ward Jr. being stupid for walking into the path of a car.
(Just MY PERSONAL opinion)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
MY EARS!
YET ANOTHER BUTCHERING OF THE ANTHEM.
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