Tony Stuart ordeal

[schmalts]

Wow... crazy stuff. What is your take on this? A lot of wrongs happened.

 

[JohnCushman]

It sucks that the kid died, but he got out of his car, at night, in a dark blue suit, and walked into oncoming traffic...that spells disaster

 

[schmalts]

Some people are saying that Stuart went to maybe try and throw a roost of dirt on him and lost control a little. I clearly heard the motor get gunned but only Tony knows the intension of why.

 

[the nikster]

The young man made a foolish mistake,
Time will determine if the old man did as well.

 

[ccc23454]

it happened not far from where I grew up and everyone is talking about it up there, sounds like a little bad-luck and wrong place at wrong time. obviously he didn't do it on purpose but he was probably trying to scare him or at least mess with him. I never understood why guys get out of their cars designed for impacts and stand on a track around all those fast moving cars. unless on fire they should stay in car until support vehicles arrive and block your car. shame!

 

[buckykm1]

After watching several video's of it, the kid pretty much ran into traffic, the car in front of Stewart almost hit him.
it is a sad deal, but from what I saw, it is the kids own fault. imo

Kevin

 

[JohnCushman]

I grew up about 20 minutes away from where the incident happened and opinions are all over my facebook feed

 

[mtmuley]

Ol Smoke does have a temper. mtmuley

 

[schmalts]

All I know is that open wheel tumbled that poor guy like a rag doll. The crowd must have been horrified.

 

[DRAFTSTUD]

As bad as it sounds I watched the tape and I heard and saw the gunning of the motor that spun the car into the you man. My take. John

 

[Redwood]

Shouldn't have gotten out of the car and clearly looked for a confrontation. Don't mess with the bull...

 

[Zach]

The young man made a foolish mistake,
Time will determine if the old man did as well.

The irony that young Mr. Ward was doing the same thing we've all seen Mr. Stewart do...

Stewart is a hot head & IMO he was going to show the kid up for getting out of his car and pointing at the "veteran".

NASCAR will now implement a new rule that you do not get out of your car, period.

 

[MtnWest]

He screwed the pooch. Engine rev and swerve on camera. Don't know anything about those guys but watched youtube when I heard about it. Will be interesting as it unfolds. Kid should have stayed put but it was Tonys foot ultimately mashing the gas.

 

[tarheel]

The increase in RPM was because he lost traction momentarily under acceleration, got a little loose, corrected and everything just ran together. In dirt track racing you're running right on the ragged edge of breaking loose half the time and broke loose the other half, not only with the rear end but the front as well. I don't think he's foolish enough or cocky enough to have been playing around on the track when someone's afoot.
No charges are to be filed so I have to assume that the Facebook warriors and Yahoo ninja's didn't see everything from one film clip from a bad angle; there must have been enough people on the scene who got another perspective to have determined it was just an unnecessary and tragic accident.

 

[junior88]

get out of the car and stand by the car and point your finger all you want. but don't walk into traffic for Christ's sake. the driver in front of tony damn near hit him. I want to hear from the driver behind tony, if there was one close enough to see what happened. the way the wing comes down on the right side of the car I wonder if tony could even see how close ward jr was to his car. just a tragedy and feel horrible for the young man's family

 

[gwhunter]

Based on the comments and talk I've been hearing about this it seemed as though Stewart was in the wrong. However, after watching the video it seems like the other guy was acting the same way as Stewart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwc8obMmv7o

Seems like the governing bodies of racing might start making some pretty significant rule changes.

 

[mr_steve]

Ultimately, the young man shouldn't have gotten out of his car and I feel it is his fault. I don't think Tony deserves any criminal penalty. With having zero dirt track experience it is hard to say what Tony saw and what his intentions were. Did he notice the young man too late and tried swerving late which increased his RPM from the tires breaking loose? Or did he try spray him? Only he knows...

Overall sad deal.

 

[putm2sleep]

Sux bad. Not sure why he runs that circuit - hell he broke his leg almost lost his career. Imagine to help the young guns come up and he loves it, like we love elk hunting!

Wouldn't surprise me to see him retire after this - vehicular homicide, period.

 

[LopeHunter]

You do not steer a sprint car with brakes and the steering wheel but rather you accelerate as you turn the steering wheel and the tires on the uphill side of a turn are where the traction is. In the straightaway on the level then the front tires barely touch from the power churning the back wheels so aggressive steering is not possible in most instances.

Driving on an active raceway while you have cars all around and you are driving straight at 100 mph is not how you go about running down someone. If Tony Stewart had driven into the pits and rammed Ward then that would be calculated and subject to criminal review. Darwin had a theory and sadly Ward took risks in his chosen career and is now not going to be passing along his genetics.

 

[WapitiBob]

Pretty hard to be vehicular homicide when the dip @@@@ runs out if front of you, knowing you're coming, at night.

"Darwin had a theory and sadly Ward took risks in his chosen career and is now not going to be passing along his genetics."

For better or worse, that theory is proven every day...