Posted on 08/10/2014 5:04:09 AM PDT by CaptainK
NASCAR star Tony Stewart hit and killed another driver who was walking on the track in a sprint car race on Saturday night.
The other driver, Kevin Ward Jr., had collided with Stewart on the previous lap, leaving Ward’s car with a flat tire and pushed into the wall. As officials threw a caution, Ward left his car and began walking down the track — gesturing angrily toward Stewart — before being clipped and dragged 50 feet by Stewart’s car.
Several spectators told Bob Pockrass of The Sporting News that Stewart appeared to throttle his car before colliding with Ward.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
Tony Stewart will not race in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race after he struck and killed
sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr., who had climbed from his car and was on the track trying
to confront Stewart during a race in upstate New York on Saturday night.
Greg Zipadelli, the competition director for Stewart-Haas racing, announced the decision
Sunday morning. Regan Smith will race in place of Stewart.
No words.
I saw your post, you’ve repeated it enough times.
I still remember that horrible year of the Indy 500 when a guy was stuck and killed by an ambulance going the wrong direction on the racetrack.
Looks that way...
Doesn't mean Stewart aimed for him...
sorry about that, just think it’s an important detail.
OK, I watched it. The young man is clearly at fault.
Don’t be a dumbass on a racetrack.
Look at the picture in post #94, car turning to the left, tires turning to the right.
Young guy learned a hard lesson. RIP.
got a link to the video? All I’ve found have been pulled.
Getting out on the track and gesticulating at your rivals is a punkass move and taken from “professional wrestling”. Gets you on TV which is the main idea
No he doesn't. The engine revs and the tail kicks out after the point of contact.
Well, it worked.
FWIW, Ward did walk out onto the track towards Stewart. Terrible accident either way...
Several spectators told Bob Pockrass of The Sporting News that Stewart appeared to throttle his car before colliding with Ward.
***What!? I hope the reference to a collision is actually describing the collision that took out the decedent’s car and not the actual man himself. With what passes for journalism these days, who knows?
Of course it’s important, and I’m sure the investigation will take that into consideration.
But it’s really hard to figure out what really happened based on that one low quality video.
If Stewart really had a GoPro camera on his car or helmet, that would be crucial evidence.
It’s best that Stewart stay off the track for now, for the safety of all concerned.
That's exactly what I see. That, plus the guy who was killed was aggressively moving toward the car.
Damn. Back in the late 70’s my girlfriend, her dad + stepmom used to go to Toledo Speedway. One week we didn’t and that was the week the hotdog man tried to get across the track to the infield. Didn’t make it...
“It’s best that Stewart stay off the track for now, for the safety of all concerned.”
Yeah, I’m not trying to pass judgment on a home vid. Anyone who follows nascar knows he has always had a bit of a confrontational personality, not that that had anything to do with this.....just sayin.
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