http://deadspin.com/reports-tony-stewart-ran-over-opposing-driver-during-1618893708/all
Video on the site.
Tony and Kevin Ward jr. got into an accident. Ward gets out of his car and starts walking around on the track pointing at him and then at his head. As in, Tony should use his. Tony ignores this advice and instead hits the throttle, and turns right (on an oval track designed for left turns) and runs Ward down, collecting him beneath his car/tires, and sending him flipping 25-50 yards.
Tony Stewart is known hot head and *******. Has been involved in many incidents over his career in which he acted like an ******* before, during, and after an incident/event took place.
While I don't know if Tony intended to run him down with his sprint car, I suspect he was trying to at least scare the kid with a fly by and instead, accidentally ran him over.
Sheriff's office is asking anyone with amateur video to send it in.
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Wow. Stupidity abound. That kid just earned his Darwin Award, RIP.
Tony's going away for a while.
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Tony Stewart is racing today too, I guess his conscious is clear already
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Deliberate or not, at least show some respect to the dead guys family.Tone_E, MikeHoncho and Ronnie Bass like this. -
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Unless this kid jumped in front of the car, how is he not in jail for vehicular homicide?
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It was a poorly lit dirt track and the kid was wearing a dark suit. He gets spun out, and then hops out of his car and RUNS into the middle of the track. Another driver almost hit him. The driver who hit him didn't swerve like some people said -- his sprint car fishtails after the kid goes under his right front tire.
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Pretty sure the caution flag was waved but... you can also ask yourself how smart was this Kevin Ward?
It's night time, it's dark, you're racing, the lights aren't very bright (very dim actually for a dirt track), and you're walking on the track in a dark suit..
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The account that got me was that of Tyler Graves who is also a race car driver and so he tried to explain what happened.
He said that as racers they know that when they're going low speed like they were under the yellow flag and then they throttle it suddenly, that causes the car to "set sideways". This is something they know. When Tony passed Kevin Ward who was gesturing at him angrily on the track, Tony throttled his car and so the car set sideways. This pulled Kevin under the rear wheel.
It is at the very least reckless endangerment. There is more than enough witness testimonial who know what it sounds like when a racer throttles his engine and identified that Tony specifically throttled his engine as he was passing Ward. That was an act of reckless endangerment, IMO.
The fact that NASCAR was going to let him race today is nothing short of despicable. Stewart made the decision himself not an hour ago (likely under tons of fire) not to race today. NASCAR should have made that decision for him. No wonder NASCAR is fading so fast.dolphindebby, Bumrush, Mainge and 3 others like this. -
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Horrible incident all around, but unless youve been to one of these dirt races at the local tracks at night it hard to pass judgement on Stewart...the kids actions were nothing short of grandstanding because of a Stewarts reputation and status im sure. Not a racing fan at all, but i ve been to few races on our local track that stewart even races at annually prior to the Brickyard......the young local racers here do the same stuff to real pros...but ive never seen any get so exaggerated and so close in those similar conditions.....hard to believe it was intentional. But hey ya never know
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the thing that bugs the **** out of me is you see the car right before stewarts slow down a lot due to the kid being around. My guess would be stewart was trying to **** with the kid but damn.
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Yeah thats the aspect in question for sure. I think it was probably his intention to mess witg him...but as legal manner im sure his attorneys. ..if need be...will successfully argue my point above. Just a horrible incident in every single way
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Intentional or not, its murder and he should do serious jail time.MikeHoncho and Mainge like this. -
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What I meant was intentional or not, he killed a man with reckless action anddeserves some jail time.sports24/7 likes this. -
I think wreckless endangerment is about right, just from what I saw. That said, I have a hard time seeing Stewart convicted here. There definitely is room for reasonable doubt here.
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Also, what precedent do we have for actions that occured during a sporting match? This is going to be a fascinating trial.
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criminally he will get off I suppose...but in civil court you might as well consider his wealth already gone. -
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I don't know about anyone else, but if I have something in front of my car that I need to dodge, I don't slam on the gas as I try and get out of the way.
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From a poster on Reddit some good stuff here.....
Youtube link to how bad visibility is on a mud track like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFaUdUyPkAQ&feature=youtu.be&t=5m7s
Not saying guilty or innocent one way or another, but to immediately point that Tony is a murderer or at fault here, is wayyyyy too quick.dolphindebby, Finfangirl, steveincolorado and 5 others like this. -
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Well I didnt say he should of hit the brakes.
Also, the "drifting" aspect is done at high speeds. You see the car before turn toward the inside of the track without "fish tailing" or "sliding" no problem.ckparrothead likes this. -
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Dim lit track, black suit, mud track, at night....just asking for something bad to happen.steveincolorado, jdallen1222 and A13OVEAVERAGE like this. -
Well obviously I would agree there. I am not saying he is guilty of murder. But I also think its ridiculous to rule it a complete accident right now as well. -
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"ohhhhh ****!!!!!!" and just casually let off the gas and sit there. No way a human would flinch and react by gunning it and turning left to miss this person he just saw.RickyBobby, steveincolorado and A13OVEAVERAGE like this. -
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On these type of qualifying races, are there camera's in the vehicles like a regular stock racecar would have? It would be interesting to see Tony's point of view from his car if video exists..
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