Tony Stewart hits, kills driver in sprint car race
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The video of the accident is on YouTube. It looked intentional to me. The other driver had bumped Stewart several times and Stewart is known to have a bad temper. I'm not saying he tried to kill him, but Stewart didn't look like he tried to avoid him on the video I saw.
I watched the same video, and since the camera is zoomed on Ward, you really can't tell what Stewart is doing or not doing to avoid hitting him. You can see Ward aggressively maneuvering on foot to try to stop or block Stewart though.
I just feel like a skilled driver such as Stewart would have seen and could have avoided him. I may be wrong but those are my thoughts at the moment.
This guy wanders into the middle of the track in a black firesuit, Stewart's windshield is likely filthy, and these cars don't handle like a Toyota Camry on asphalt.
I have a hard time blaming Stewart.
There were plenty of other cars who didn't hit him. I'm just saying that TS has a history of a bad temper and the driver he hit, TS had beef with. Was it intentional? We'll never know...
This is like getting road rage and jumping out of your car on I65 and being surprised a semi plowed you over. The guy used bad judgement and paid for it. If he would have stayed in his car he would still be alive and could beat Stewart down in the pit area.
The kid was hanging around up by his car for the majority of those. Watching the video he stepped out too darned close to two cars. Number 45 in the blue car saw him and swerved slightly to avoid him.
Fwiw, looking at the track from a still camera sitting up on a pole is a heck of a lot different from that from behind the wheel of a winged Sprint car racing a bunch of others, and at what we consider interstate speeds no less, on a dirt track at night.
This is jmho, but I think ample consideration should be given to the situation before castigating a driver for his role in what was most likely an unfortunate accident.
It's absolutely impossible to tell from the video posted overnight anything other than Ward put himself in an extremely dangerous situation and was being very reckless. We can't see what TS is doing to avoid him and can only see just as KWJ is being hit. It is likely Stewart thought he was past when he accelerated and then stopped just up the track when he realized he had actually hit him.
Pure speculation on my part, but I wouldn't be the in the least surprised if Stewart saw him, and tried to get absolutely as close to him as possible, maybe even bump him, but miscalculated a little bit.
However, from the initial cell phone video that I've seen, it's impossible to say for sure. We'll see if other videos that might be
out there are any more conclusive.
However, from the initial cell phone video that I've seen, it's impossible to say for sure. We'll see if other videos that might be
out there are any more conclusive.
That's pretty much what I was saying earlier. Not saying TS tried to kill him but as you say wanted to nudge him and/or get as close to him as possible. The guy was an idiot for getting out of his car though..
Yea TS history would say otherwise. Several articles just like this one. He has a severe anger management issue. http://nascar.about.com/od/drivers/a/tonyanger0604.htm
How long before someone from ESPN gets suspended for suggesting Stewart be charged with manslaughter?
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