Tony Stewart HITS and kills Sprint Car Driver

Exactly. Some people make snap judgements and then waste every ones time trying to defend them. You can't rationally make that call just from that crappy YT video. In fact, the video implies tragic accident rather than murder.

it was based on a report from another driver quoted in post #18, not the YT clip
i dont take much from that clip, appart from the fact the lad was damn stupid to get near the racing line

edit: reading the article back it makes no mention if Graves was at the track and watched it happen or if he was mearly commenting on the YT video, thought id best point that out as it makes a huge difference to the validity of his quote.
 
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it was based on a report from another driver quoted in post #18, not the YT clip
i dont take much from that clip, appart from the fact the lad was damn stupid to get near the racing line

edit: reading the article back it makes no mention if Graves was at the track and watched it happen or if he was mearly commenting on the YT video, thought id best point that out as it makes a huge difference to the validity of his quote.

Drivers after an incident are never a good point of reference either. A GP weekend will show time after time different views on the same thing.
 
I'm not saying the drivers input isn't vital here, just after the event (24 hours) the tone of the question and the surrounding bandwagons have too much influence.
 
From watching the video Tony Stewart looks like he has some explaining to do, his car sure looks like it accelerated hard before hitting the other driver, and seeing as the track was under yellows no other car should have accelerated at the same time as he looks to have, although it could be a coincidence that the sound of another car accelerating hard and his car getting sideways happened at the same time.
 
The place was supposedly swarming with police after, is that normal in a fatal accident or is that an escalated response?
 
Previous of what?

aggressive and dangerous behaviour on track.

Read his wiki page, he's got up to plenty of mischief in his career, one example being spinning someone in the pits deliberately and being placed on probation by NASCAR.

If you were drawing up a list of names of people who would have tried to 'give him a scare' rather than give him a wide berth, I wouldn't be surprised if Stewart featured on a few people's lists.
 
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Of course if Ward wasn't a pillock it wouldn't have happened but it's a hell of a price to pay for a moment of anger induced finger waving.

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From what little I have heard this hits the nail on the head for me.

No doubt Ward shouldnt have been still on the track at this point, surely he had more than enough time to get to the infield or somewhere off track.

Sounds like the driver was at fault too for potentially accelerating and definitely for even trying to scare a pedestrian on the track (even if he shouldnt have been there) by driving that close to him at speed.
 
There's really not enough evidence to conclude what happened. The car that hit him did appear to be travelling faster than others under caution, but I don't believe the engine revving was his. What on earth was Kevin Ward thinking, walking back on to a live race track?
 
The video has a cars length between the edge of the frame and where Kevin is stood, how can any conclusion be made to suggest he was accelerating!? :confused:

Either way. He was walking right across the racing line on the exit of a corner, the guy was clearly a hot headed idiot that walked into it. Its unfortunate he paid with his life.
 
So sad... what a shocking thing to do walking onto a live circuit nevermind the racing line. Unbelievable. RIP though he was obviously thinking in an extremely irrational state.
 
What must have gone through his mind to try and remonstrate with another driver in the middle of the track while other cars are going round?

It's terrible that a life was lost this cheaply, he should have taken it up with the relevant people off the track.
 
Yes I have watched the video, and to be honest, there is very little that you can tell from it.

From what I understand, there was no caution out at the time of the accident, and even if there were, sprint cars are extremely difficult to slow down (contrary to what most of y'all believe, with all your years of high speed dirt racing experience), furthermore, in most forms of motorsport, under a yellow flag, vehicles are still doing upwards of 60mph.

Sporting rules also state, that in the event of a crash, you remain in your vehicle until told to vacate it by a marshall, getting out and walking into the path of oncoming traffic, is simply stupid.

The whole "you can hear him accellerate" arguement is a load of rubbish too, there's upwards of 20 vehicles on the track during that race, and the video was taken across the track, the engine you hear is far more likely that of a much closer vehicle.

If this had been any other driver involved, most people put it down to a simple yet terrible accident. But since it is a three time Nascar champion, everybody wants a witchhunt.
 
Not so much because he's a NASCAR champ, it's because he has a history of doing dangerous and aggressive things on and around racetracks, from deliberately spinning people, to throwing his helmet at another car, to physically assaulting people.

He clearly has issues controlling his temper on track, so it wouldn't surprise me if he's gone to scare the guy and it's subsequently gone wrong and he hit him.
 
Not so much because he's a NASCAR champ, it's because he has a history of doing dangerous and aggressive things on and around racetracks, from deliberately spinning people, to throwing his helmet at another car, to physically assaulting people.

So has Danica Patrick and Schumacher but I'd never accuse them of intention like that based on that clip.
 
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