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August 10, 2014 at
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02:40:24 PM by cubicdollars
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Posted By: aschmies_w20 on August 10 2014 at 07:30:36 AM
Cubic dollar is a f$$$ing douche bag know it all. Good riddance you POS. You must have missed half of the drivers stating that the lighting in 1-2 is horrible as you can see in the video. I hate to see this happen, but the Ward kid is just as responsible for this happening as Tony is. I will never see your post again dollar so don't bother replying. Blocked!
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Still racing today at the Glen is what looks like a d-bag move to most people?
Ward kid is definitely partly at fault for going out in the track. He already paid for his part in it. Will Stewart?
Stewart really gunned it just as he reached him, perfect timing, sped up and went down the back stretch before ever slowing down. It looks bad.
"People said the guy got out of his car and was gesturing angrily at Tony Stewart when Tony Stewart came by during the next lap under yellow," Willis said in a phone interview. "He approached him and evidently when he was driving by the guy standing on the track gesturing at him, he gunned his engine."
http://deadspin.com/reports-tony-stewart-ran-over-opposing-driver-during-1618893708/all
They don't even know how to spell sprint car
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com
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August 10, 2014 at
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Rickey Craven is on ESPN right now talking about how the spotters for Tony duing the spint car race should have warned him. What an Idiot.
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August 10, 2014 at
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Posted By: cubicdollars on August 10 2014 at 09:12:14 AM
Still racing today at the Glen is what looks like a d-bag move to most people?
Ward kid is definitely partly at fault for going out in the track. He already paid for his part in it. Will Stewart?
Stewart really gunned it just as he reached him, perfect timing, sped up and went down the back stretch before ever slowing down. It looks bad.
"People said the guy got out of his car and was gesturing angrily at Tony Stewart when Tony Stewart came by during the next lap under yellow," Willis said in a phone interview. "He approached him and evidently when he was driving by the guy standing on the track gesturing at him, he gunned his engine."
http://deadspin.com/reports-tony-stewart-ran-over-opposing-driver-during-1618893708/all
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??????? Get your facts straight. Tony's not racing today.
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August 10, 2014 at
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Posted By: ArtD on August 10 2014 at 09:05:02 AM
After wading thru all the posts its pretty easy to see who the real racers are, not to mention who the TV/Utube "experts" who have never been to a race in their life. Glad to see that most folks here could view the video and see the obvious: That Ward literally ran in front of Tony's car; how the hell could Stewart or any driver for that matter possibly anticipate that?? Not to mention coming in from the blind side.
There is no-one, anywhere, who loves the sport of racing more than Tony Stewart. No-one has given back, and continues to give back more than he does. No-one feels worse about this than Tony. To even hint that this terrible event was anything more than a series of tragic coincidences shows both ignorance and the 'tar and feather' mentality that permates much of the internet.
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I'm with ArtD on this one. Has anyone considered that maybe Tony was trying to spin the rear tires so the stagger would take over and turn the car left to avoid Mr. Ward? It appears to me that Tony saw him at the very last second after the 45 car just missed him and was trying to take evasive action.
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August 10, 2014 at
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This is a black eye for racing period. Never been stewart fan but always admired what he did for sprint car racing and admired his spirit. However, after this I have changed my tune. He is likely to end up with criminal liability and will certainly pay out some hefty civil damages to the family which is proper. I would imagine all of his sponsors feel like pulling the plug on him which is what should happen. I think he's done in the racing business and quite frankly he should be.
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August 10, 2014 at
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It's definately tragic that Kevin Ward lost his life, but to sit here and be the judge, jury and judgement on a forum is insane. I am definately not a Tony Stewart fan but I am sure Tony had no intentions of running over a fellow driver. My questions are how much visability does a driver have when an individual approaches from the right side of the car? Did he know he was there? Whatever the outcome of the investigation, I hope other drivers will learn to stay in there cars and take their frustations out in the pits one on one. Besides making a scene what is ever accomplished by running accross the track pointing a finger? And yes I know Tony is as guilty as anyone. This is a scenario that I think most fans would have to agree could have happened many times before, unfortunatley a young man lost his life this time. This makes for a very sad day in Sprint Car racing my thoughts and prayers are with the Ward family.
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August 10, 2014 at
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our prayers for kevin and his famkily, let them grieve...
Ascot was the greatest of all time..
West Capital wasn't half bad either..
Life is good...
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August 10, 2014 at
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Posted By: darnall on August 10 2014 at 02:22:39 AM
Anybody whos ever driven a winged car will come to the same conclusion I did.....Tony never saw the guy until he was on top of him...black suit, black groove, dust in your eyes, 90% of the right side cockpit opening blocked by a wing panel and full containment seat... when the yellow comes out you are opening your visor, wiping out your eyes, adjusting your belts, looking at the guages and trying not to hit a car slowing in front of you while not brakechecking somebody behind you. You don't even consider that theres already a guy out of his car running at you from your blind side. The blue car in front of Tony almost hit the guy and that wasn't even who he was running at.
I hope many drivers who gave up posting on here long ago will choose to chime in on this one
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so when you're involved in accident with another driver and coming around to the scene for the first time...you have no thoughts of the driver being out of the car to throw something, flip you the bird? nothing like that? you pay no attention to it?? you are busy whiping your eyes and burping on the throttle when coming up to an accident scene?
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August 10, 2014 at
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Posted By: sprint85 on August 10 2014 at 09:33:48 AM
I'm with ArtD on this one. Has anyone considered that maybe Tony was trying to spin the rear tires so the stagger would take over and turn the car left to avoid Mr. Ward? It appears to me that Tony saw him at the very last second after the 45 car just missed him and was trying to take evasive action.
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Thats the first thing I tought when I seen the video! He most likely hit the gas to get around him!
The second thing I thought was since the cars didn't appear to touch, Tony may not have known what happen or that the guy was mad at him.
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August 10, 2014 at
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Posted By: ArtD on August 10 2014 at 09:05:02 AM
After wading thru all the posts its pretty easy to see who the real racers are, not to mention who the TV/Utube "experts" who have never been to a race in their life. Glad to see that most folks here could view the video and see the obvious: That Ward literally ran in front of Tony's car; how the hell could Stewart or any driver for that matter possibly anticipate that?? Not to mention coming in from the blind side.
There is no-one, anywhere, who loves the sport of racing more than Tony Stewart. No-one has given back, and continues to give back more than he does. No-one feels worse about this than Tony. To even hint that this terrible event was anything more than a series of tragic coincidences shows both ignorance and the 'tar and feather' mentality that permates much of the internet.
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Well said ArtD.
To think, and then suggest, that this tragedy was the result of something intentional is just plain crazy.
Beware of anything that's free, including free speech.
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August 10, 2014 at
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It's a bad deal.....A racers mentality dictated alot of this. The driver he was following had to yank the car to get away from the man on the track. I don't know of a sprint car driver that would ever hit the brakes that risk stalling the car and having to start in the rear in a situation like that, as bad as it sounds. I ASSUME he actually hit the throttle after her struck the man. When the impact occurs you stab the throttle to get away from it.That happen's ever night at tracks across the country. Maybe, not even knowing what caused the car to jump to the right.
Steward had no reason to be aggressive toward him. The incident happened behind him and he never knew it.
Some of you need to climb in a race car and understand what all goes on in that cockpit.
I don't always agree with what Stewart does but he still is a human. He has to answer to himself what actually did and didn't happen.....How would you feel is you killed a man in that situation?
He caused a man's death .....Wheather he saw him or not. I doubt if he's having a very good day and will live with that moment for the rest of his life.
A tragic thing that will hurt and cause many unimaginable feeling and emotions for everone involved for the rest of their lives......
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August 10, 2014 at
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They did have it reported that he was Racing & I just came in & it said he wasn't. Maybe the media needs to get thier facts straight.
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August 10, 2014 at
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It looked like an accident to me.
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Posted By: ArtD on August 10 2014 at 09:05:02 AM
After wading thru all the posts its pretty easy to see who the real racers are, not to mention who the TV/Utube "experts" who have never been to a race in their life. Glad to see that most folks here could view the video and see the obvious: That Ward literally ran in front of Tony's car; how the hell could Stewart or any driver for that matter possibly anticipate that?? Not to mention coming in from the blind side.
There is no-one, anywhere, who loves the sport of racing more than Tony Stewart. No-one has given back, and continues to give back more than he does. No-one feels worse about this than Tony. To even hint that this terrible event was anything more than a series of tragic coincidences shows both ignorance and the 'tar and feather' mentality that permates much of the internet.
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Well said, particularly about the so-called experts!
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August 10, 2014 at
02:32:51 PM by cubicdollars
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Posted By: sprintcarfanatic on August 10 2014 at 11:15:07 AM
They did have it reported that he was Racing & I just came in & it said he wasn't. Maybe the media needs to get thier facts straight.
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He changed his mind and decided not to race.
"WAS AT SPEEDWAY AND RIGHT NEAR TONY STEWARTS RACE HAULER. AFTER HE CAME IN HE HAD THE CREW CHAGE HIS RIGHT REAR TIRE. THEY ENDED UP PUTTING A LEFT ONE ON. COPS WERE TOLD ABOUT IT SO HOPEFULLY THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. HE ALSO HAD A GO PRO CAMERA ON HIS CAR HOPEFULLY THEY CONFISCATE THAT ALSO BEFORE THAT GETS DESTROYED. HEARD THE YOUNG DRIVER DIDN'T MAKE IT AND I HOPE IT'S NOT TRUE BUT THEY WOULDN'T BRING TONY OUT UNTIL ALL OTHER HAULERS WERE GONE. ALOT OF POLICE AROUND HIS HAULER ALONG WITH HIS PERSONEL SECURITY. HOPE IF THIS IS ALL TRUE WHAT HAPPENED ON THE TRACK THAT HE DOESN'T GET AWAY WITH IT. HE FINALLY LET HIS TEMPER GET THE BEST OF HIM........"
http://deadspin.com/reports-tony-stewart-ran-over-opposing-driver-during-1618893708
They don't even know how to spell sprint car
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com
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According to ESPN, the investigation is not criminal. Stewart made the decisions not to race this morning. His team officials stated earlier that he was going to race. Regan Smith was called in the early morning hours and left NC at 9:30pm according to his interview.
From Espn:Ontario County Sheriff Philip Povero said his department's investigation is not criminal and that Stewart was "fully cooperative" and appeared "very upset" over what had happened.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?seriesId=99&id=2489141
http://www.indianaopenwheel.com/showthread.php?t=66842
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August 10, 2014 at
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Posted By: 3milesfromEagleRaceway on August 10 2014 at 08:02:27 AM
I have never seen a good outcome of someone upset unstrapping and walking into yellow traffic upset on the offensive. I am not saying TS could not have got down away but tracks need to do more around tangible rules against it. The intensity is too high out there to not have something looming over a drivers mind around his actions when he decides full of adrenalin to get out of a car and aggressively enter traffic. It should have some impact on points, next race starting draw, etc. This is the quantification it can’t remain "best effort". And yes Tony was full of addrenalin too and as a man looked to have "stood his ground". It all happened in seconds and I am sure Tony regrets not steering down the track. It is too bad for the sport in general.
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I agree...
Tony Stewart charging Kenseth and throwing his helmet at Kenseth's car 2 ft away...
http://youtu.be/wwc8obMmv7o
They don't even know how to spell sprint car
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com
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Posted By: darnall on August 10 2014 at 02:22:39 AM
Anybody whos ever driven a winged car will come to the same conclusion I did.....Tony never saw the guy until he was on top of him...black suit, black groove, dust in your eyes, 90% of the right side cockpit opening blocked by a wing panel and full containment seat... when the yellow comes out you are opening your visor, wiping out your eyes, adjusting your belts, looking at the guages and trying not to hit a car slowing in front of you while not brakechecking somebody behind you. You don't even consider that theres already a guy out of his car running at you from your blind side. The blue car in front of Tony almost hit the guy and that wasn't even who he was running at.
I hope many drivers who gave up posting on here long ago will choose to chime in on this one
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100 percent agree...
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August 10, 2014 at
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I would have to agree with Darnall and ArtD. As for Cubic, lay off the finger pointing and trying to play judge, everybody that has read your past posts know that you hate TSR. Show some respect for all involved, it used to be you were innocent until proven guilty. Let the investigation determin the verdict.
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