Tony Stewart

[torogmc81]

This story is crazy. I don't know it's a good thing or bad that I don't have cable/satellite to watch the coverage and analysis. I know one thing, I am truly shocked that the video hasn't been taken down yet. Very surprised.

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http://www.motorsport.com/sprint/news/y ... ole-story/

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/st ... in-ward-jr

If it was anyone else but Tony Stewart, would the reaction be a lot different??

 

[dun]

I read the original story, haven;t watched the video and won;t. Haven;t read an discussion because I know the haters will hate. Sad day, that;s for sure.

 

[greybeard]

Ward shouldn't have gotten out of his car--period, but then too, ya see that little jerk to the right Stewart makes just as he gets to Ward?
They're under a yellow and everyone else is down low and slower--except Tony........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTyC467RKjs#t=50

 

[3waycross]

3 things strike me and I will be the first to admit I do not follow racing of any kind other than horse racing.

#1 sure looks to me like he put him in the wall........I thought that was part of the game?

#2 If the guy stays in his car or at the very least doesn't walk out into the middle of the track during a race..........he is unscathed.

#3 Could Stewart have avoided him. Hard to say since all they show is the part where he gets hit, not what Stewart did coming into that part of the track.

 

[Brute 23]

Ya I don't know any details but at the end of the day... racing or just in life... when you try to escalate the situation it just doesn't end well for any one involved.

Very sad situation for every one.

 

[Bigfoot]

It's so unfortunate, I couldn't weigh in either way. I do know it is a dangerous sport, that attracts a lot of type A personalities.

 

[tom4018]

Very sad thing. Saw the video, things would have been better had he not walked down the track. Looks like two tempers came together and the outcome was not good, one lost his life and the other has to deal with it the rest of his life. Only Tony knows for sure what he did.

 

[greybeard]

Even if the law don't charge him, the sanctioning body doesn't censure him, the sponsors will.
$$ talks and poop walks. Companies are not going to want to be associated with this.

Here's Tony (out of his car) throwing his helmet at Matt Kenseth's car after the two got in a wreck at Bristol in 2012.

 

[Bigfoot]

I read a little here and there about the accident, and what you actually see on video. Again, I know nothing about racing. According to some, the rear end is full positive trac. When you here him gun it, if you look the back end swerves down the track. Apparently, that was an attempt to miss the guy. When I first watched it, I had different take on it.

 

[greybeard]

Uh yeah--right..
Did you also notice no one else had any problem missing the guy? Just a coincidence I guess, that the only guy that can't miss him is the same guy that put him into the wall to begin with, but all his loyal followers are just going to declare "Haters gonna hate" but this time, a man is dead. Yes--DEAD.
He should have been thrown out of racing here:
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Or here, where he's the imbicile that leaves his car and walks down the track:
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He's a moron. I realize he doesn't realize he's a moron and can't help being a moron, but neither of those statements changes the fact that he IS a moron.

 

[ousoonerfan22]

I thought the same thing the car right in front of Stewarts slowed down and didn't hit him. I read comments on another site from dirt track guys in that situation who tap the gas and throw dirt on the guy raving at them but this time the guy was too close. I agree the guy shouldn't have climbed out of his car on the track and should have settled it off the track but sometimes we make stupid mistakes when we are pissed off. Whether Stewart tried to miss the guy or throw dirt on him...he will have to live with his actions.

 

[JSCATTLE]

It looks like he put him in the wall but ts had him beat going into the turn . When you set your car up in the turn it drifts to the wall . Ward was back a half a car or so and should have checked up . If he stayed in his car instead of trying to be a hot shot he wouldn't have gotten hit . Sprint cars are direct drive . No clutch you don't just slow down to desired speed . Dark track along with a dark suit mud on his tear offs . Not to mention its hard to see out of a race car set up to turn left . It was a tragic accident .

 

[Bigfoot]

I read a little here and there about the accident, and what you actually see on video. Again, I know nothing about racing. According to some, the rear end is full positive trac. When you here him gun it, if you look the back end swerves down the track. Apparently, that was an attempt to miss the guy. When I first watched it, I had different take on it.

Quoting myself-------seems -------absurd--------Wish I hadn't passed that speculation on. It's not like me to talk, when I don't know what I'm talking about. Seemed plausable when I read it. I pull a 28' cow trailer thru Nashville about once a month. That's about as close I come to road rage/rubbing/ and racing. It ain't for the faint of heart.

 

[Alan]

First off I also know zip about racing other than what I hear on the radio and see on highlights in TV. It is a sad deal, from what I read from GB's links the kid was only 17, sad deal all around. I did watch the video and the only thing that comes to mind is the kid should have stayed out if the middle of the track, he's the only one to blame and Tony Stewart will live with this until he dies. Looks like the kid had to dodge the first car and the next one got him.

 

[greybeard]

It looks like he put him in the wall but ts had him beat going into the turn . When you set your car up in the turn it drifts to the wall . Ward was back a half a car or so and should have checked up . If he stayed in his car instead of trying to be a hot shot he wouldn't have gotten hit . Sprint cars are direct drive . No clutch you don't just slow down to desired speed . Dark track along with a dark suit mud on his tear offs . Not to mention its hard to see out of a race car set up to turn left . It was a tragic accident .

And no brakes, steering wheels and in this case, no brains behind the steering wheel evidently. To see so many cars get by Ward without hitting him, then see the only other guy that was involved with the wreck, a driver with as much or more experience than any or all the other drivers combined come up high under a yellow and hit Ward?? It was just as dark for all the other drivers as it was for Stewart--and they all had the same set up as Stewart, but only he ended up that high and hit Ward. Go figure.
Buy in to it if you want to--I'm not.
Circle the wagons and call out the damage control troops.
By tomorrow morning, everyone will be calling Stewart a hero--or at least a victim. :roll:
The wreck itself is inconsequential--it happens 1/2 dozen times per race at the sprint races held about 8 miles from me every Sat night--that's one of the draws for the fans. It's simply part of dirt track racing.
And yes, Ward definitely should have stayed in his car, and he would be alive today. Then again, if he hadn't been at the track, he would also be alive.
There is no excuse for a driver of Stewart's caliber and experience to NOT be able to avoid running over when all the rest of the drivers were (miraculously?) able to drive under him, but all the Stewart fanboys are conspicuously ignoring that fact.

 

[Kingfisher]

Looks like the video is gone for now.....to me it looked like Ward got to the rear tire about the time Tony blipped the throttle to either steer the car clear or throw dirt on him. Ward might have stepped into the tire. It's not like Tony hit him with the car as much as Ward and the rear tire got tangled up with a really bad ending. You can bet on some rule changes to keep drivers from confronting others on track and makes me wonder how often these dudes run each other over as many dirt track/modified racing happen every season.

 

[TexasBred]

Ward shouldn't have gotten out of his car--period, but then too, ya see that little jerk to the right Stewart makes just as he gets to Ward?
They're under a yellow and everyone else is down low and slower--except Tony........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTyC467RKjs#t=50

That' little jerk is him gassing it. Those little cars are set up to turn left. The outside wheels are much larger than the inside. The one in front of Stewart dam near hit him too. These guys are told in the drivers meetings to "stay in your car". Of course Stewart has stepped on the track a time or two andthrown a helmet or anything else he could find (your pics) but please don't pass judgement on him just yet. Yes Stewart can be a jerk but he's no idiot. Why do something to destroy the very thing he supports so much with his very presence and much of his money.

Bottom line, hte young man made a mistake and it cost him his life !!! His fault !!

 

[TexasBred]

It looks like he put him in the wall but ts had him beat going into the turn . When you set your car up in the turn it drifts to the wall . Ward was back a half a car or so and should have checked up . If he stayed in his car instead of trying to be a hot shot he wouldn't have gotten hit . Sprint cars are direct drive . No clutch you don't just slow down to desired speed . Dark track along with a dark suit mud on his tear offs . Not to mention its hard to see out of a race car set up to turn left . It was a tragic accident .

And no brakes, steering wheels and in this case, no brains behind the steering wheel evidently. To see so many cars get by Ward without hitting him, then see the only other guy that was involved with the wreck, a driver with as much or more experience than any or all the other drivers combined come up high under a yellow and hit Ward?? It was just as dark for all the other drivers as it was for Stewart--and they all had the same set up as Stewart, but only he ended up that high and hit Ward. Go figure.
Buy in to it if you want to--I'm not.
Circle the wagons and call out the damage control troops.
By tomorrow morning, everyone will be calling Stewart a hero--or at least a victim. :roll:
The wreck itself is inconsequential--it happens 1/2 dozen times per race at the sprint races held about 8 miles from me every Sat night--that's one of the draws for the fans. It's simply part of dirt track racing.
And yes, Ward definitely should have stayed in his car, and he would be alive today. Then again, if he hadn't been at the track, he would also be alive.
There is no excuse for a driver of Stewart's caliber and experience to NOT be able to avoid running over when all the rest of the drivers were (miraculously?) able to drive under him, but all the Stewart fanboys are conspicuously ignoring that fact.

Don't get so riled up man.....what about Juan Pablo Montoya running into the jet dryer on a track that was 100ft. wide in broad daylight and the jet dryer had yellow lights flashing all done UNDER THE YELLOW CAUTION FLAG?? Truck caught fire. Fortunately injuries to workers were only minor.

 

[Hook]

I'm in the camp that says he was trying to throw some dirt on the guy and misjudged his track and laid a tire over the dumbazz who got out of his car to fight a 1500# machine going 90mph with his bare hands and a helmet.

 

[JSCATTLE]

It looks like he put him in the wall but ts had him beat going into the turn . When you set your car up in the turn it drifts to the wall . Ward was back a half a car or so and should have checked up . If he stayed in his car instead of trying to be a hot shot he wouldn't have gotten hit . Sprint cars are direct drive . No clutch you don't just slow down to desired speed . Dark track along with a dark suit mud on his tear offs . Not to mention its hard to see out of a race car set up to turn left . It was a tragic accident .

And no brakes, steering wheels and in this case, no brains behind the steering wheel evidently. To see so many cars get by Ward without hitting him, then see the only other guy that was involved with the wreck, a driver with as much or more experience than any or all the other drivers combined come up high under a yellow and hit Ward?? It was just as dark for all the other drivers as it was for Stewart--and they all had the same set up as Stewart, but only he ended up that high and hit Ward. Go figure.
Buy in to it if you want to--I'm not.
Circle the wagons and call out the damage control troops.
By tomorrow morning, everyone will be calling Stewart a hero--or at least a victim. :roll:
The wreck itself is inconsequential--it happens 1/2 dozen times per race at the sprint races held about 8 miles from me every Sat night--that's one of the draws for the fans. It's simply part of dirt track racing.
And yes, Ward definitely should have stayed in his car, and he would be alive today. Then again, if he hadn't been at the track, he would also be alive.
There is no excuse for a driver of Stewart's caliber and experience to NOT be able to avoid running over when all the rest of the drivers were (miraculously?) able to drive under him, but all the Stewart fanboys are conspicuously ignoring that fact.

I'm no fan boy . He'll I don't even like racing. Just spent quite a few years on a friends pit crew at the dirt track . I don't care one way or the other. We can blame it on whatever but the guy is still dead unfortunately .