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Tony Stewart runs over and kills other driver who was trying to confront him

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Re: Tony Stewart may be charged with murder...

Double post, please delete.
 
Re: Tony Stewart may be charged with murder...

on a side note the whole is Stewart gonna race thing is a good example of how twitter works

-mass reports Tony is gonna race
- Mass indignation attacking stewart
-confirmation that Tony is not only not gonna race but Tony decided he wasnt racing.

A.Tony had no intention of racing or B. Tonys pr team leaked he was gonna run to gauge feedback.


on the media side ESPN has been showing the video of the accident after choosing not to show the paugeorge injury.

makes me wonder if one of the parties involved asked for it to be shown or if ESPN made this decision based on the the obvious controversy thats forthcoming on this matter..
 
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those cars pull when they accerlate. tony could of been trying to get away from the guy. who knows. its a pretty sad event although the i dont think the sensationalist headline on the thread is needed.

I agree and I made thread. Last night at 2am word was "murder". Today not so much...if someone can change it, go for it.
 
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I saw the clip.

The problem is 3-fold.

First what idiot gets out of their car and goes that far onto a track to confront someone? Do it in the pits or after the race (Or chuck your helmet at their car).

Second on a dirt track your back tires slide in the opposite direction of the way you are turning (if you turn left your back tires go to the right).

Third, you cannot see squat out of those racing helmets when it comes to peripheral vision. That is why you have spotters they need to tell you what is on your left or right. I have raced before. Those helmets you cannot see too much on either side. Include the Hans device and you are really screwed. (The Hans device is to help restrict whiplash and skull fractures in the event of a crash. It can be cumbersome and can (not supposed to but can) restrict the movement of the neck to the left and right).
 
Re: Tony Stewart may be charged with murder...

on a side note the whole is Stewart gonna race thing is a good example of how twitter works

-mass reports Tony is gonna race
- Mass indignation attacking stewart
-confirmation that Tony is not only not gonna race but Tony decided he wasnt racing.

A.Tony had no intention of racing or B. Tonys pr team leaked he was gonna run to gauge feedback.


on the media side ESPN has been showing the video of the accident after choosing not to show the paugeorge injury.

makes me wonder if one of the parties involved asked for it to be shown or if ESPN made this decision based on the the obvious controversy thats forthcoming on this matter..

The reports on Tony racing surfaced when a NASCAR executive, who had been in communication with Tony's team, said the plan was for him to race today, but commented it is also only 9:30am.
 
Re: Tony Stewart may be charged with murder...

The reports on Tony racing surfaced when a NASCAR executive, who had been in communication with Tony's team, said the plan was for him to race today, but commented it is also only 9:30am.

yeah those are tidbits twitter-verse seem to lose. it wasnt that he was going to race it was that he hadnt made the call not to race. hopefully they leave the ward family alone
 
Re: Tony Stewart may be charged with murder...

looks like involuntary manslaughter to me. Tony knows how cars react on dirt. My guess is he was trying to get close to scare him, and obviously got a little too close. Doesn't change the fact that the other driver is an idiot for getting out of his car (though a somewhat common practice in racing).
 
Re: Tony Stewart may be charged with murder...

looks like involuntary manslaughter to me. Tony knows how cars react on dirt. My guess is he was trying to get close to scare him, and obviously got a little too close. Doesn't change the fact that the other driver is an idiot for getting out of his car (though a somewhat common practice in racing).

I think we need another angle. I would like to see the track angle from the other side of the track. Tony seemed to be the first one taking the "high line". Caution speeds are (I believe) 55-60 mph and when a person is wearing black on a dimly lit track they are difficult to see.

That said where the heck was his spotter...
 
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First of all very sad to see a young man lose his life because of lost tempers.

I'm curious to see how this effects not only Tony's career, but also his race team. Stewart-Haas might be looking at some angry sponsors, not only on Tony's car, but also for Harvick, Kurt, and Danica.
 
Re: Tony Stewart may be charged with murder...

First of all very sad to see a young man lose his life because of lost tempers.

I'm curious to see how this effects not only Tony's career, but also his race team. Stewart-Haas might be looking at some angry sponsors, not only on Tony's car, but also for Harvick, Kurt, and Danica.

Tony may be done. As for his other cars I think that someone else buys them out and Stewart "retires"
 
Re: Tony Stewart may be charged with murder...

Tony Stewart has gotten out of his car but nobody ever swerved to hit/scare him. You can hear his engine rev up moments before the kid is struck. Not exactly someone trying to slow down to avoid an accident.

Let's remember this was during a caution after Stewart pinched this kid into a corner just moments before and caused him to wreck. People want to nail this kid for getting out of his car but he could have been seriously injured due to Stewarts dirty driving.
 
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The car right in front of Stewart had to swerve to avoid the kid as well, or else he very well may have run him over.
 
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People really think he would run over someone on purpose like that? He's not a psychopath.
 
Re: Tony Stewart may be charged with murder...

Obviously I don't think he intended to kill the guy but he definitely made a point to drive really really close to him. I think he realized he was too close right as he was about to hit him which is why he turned toward the driver trying to make sure his back end didn't hit the guy.

However, no one but Stewart knows what his true intentions were and I don't know that that fact will ever change. A better camera angle may make it easier to tell exactly what happened but I don't know that we will ever get that either.
 

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