Tony Stewart-Kevin Ward incident

The right call. Would be interesting to know who made it.

 

Stewart intended to do SOMETHING, IMO. Did he mean to kill a guy? Of course not. But he did what he meant to do. It's the result that was unintended.

 

Good. Never understood why he would want to. Never understood why he would be allowed to. Sport demands a clear and focused mind.

Because the person is a jerk, and therefore all actions of said person are seen through that jerk prism. Silly, yes, but that's it.

 

Living your life as an asshole has consequences. You don't get the benefit of the doubt any more.

 

Yeah,
He's the first guy in the history of racing to get out his car and confront a fellow driver on-track.

Two wrongs don't make a right. A lot of bad decisions and bad consequences.

 

WTF does this even mean? Of course he intended to do "something", we all intend to do something nearly every moment of our lives. You're gonna have to be more specific about what something you're implying for this post to mean anything.

If you're suggesting that he meant to hit him but not kill him, then I think that's a ludicrous notion that defies all common sense. And, if he had virtually any other intent other than hitting him ...well, I'm still gonna have to lay blame on the guy running toward the race cards on the dirt track at night in a black suit.

 

Will ESPN hosts be allowed to offer their opinions on this, or will they get suspended for doing so?

 

Will this affect off day appearances by NASCAR drivers at dirt tracks?

 

He meant to scare him or he wanted to show his ass. Whatever. He meant to make the car act in a certain way. And it did. Because of his actions, the kid is dead.

 

I'll be the first to admit, I'm no expert on the ins and outs of dirt track racing. But perhaps that was downshifting while still going too fast? That would also cause the engine noise to kick up, at least in a normal manual transmission.

In either case, terrible situation in so many ways.

 

Watching this tape is kind of like looking at a close play at second base. From this angle, some things look bad. A different angle, which I am sure that they will have, it may look totally different.

What you can't see is what Stewart was able to see. Ward was moving into the traffic, but you can't see if Stewart saw him. The car ahead of Stewart was lower on the track but if Stewart was even four feet higher, he might not have seen Ward until it was too late.

On a dirt track, a fishtail happens with a hard turn. Stewart may have seen Ward at the last second, swerved hard to avoid, causing the fishtail.

What a dumb thing to do by Ward. Going on any track is dangerous, but on a mile-and-a-half NASCAR track, at least you have better site lines and lighting. Wearing a dark uniform in poor light on a track requiring tight turns is just asking for problems. Is it his fault? Not totally, but he put himself into a bad situation that proved fatal.