Did Tony Stewart murder fellow driver?

Armistead · 08-10-14, 09:38 AM

Just caught it on the news, seems the talk it was an accident. Looks like murder to me...

Oberon · 08-10-14, 09:50 AM

Sounds like he revved up just before he hit him, bit hard to tell whether it was just before or as he hit him. One does have to wonder what Ward was doing walking across the track like that though, should have stuck to the barriers.

Wolferz · 08-10-14, 09:52 AM

I'd call it a good bet that there will be a manslaughter charge of some flavor.
Why did Ward get out of his car and run around pointing his finger like a crazy loon

?

Armistead · 08-10-14, 10:19 AM

Typical for drivers to get out of their cars like that when angry, but very dangerous in this type of racing and track. Maybe we'll see action regarding it, in that drivers that do will suffer penalty in some way.

Most say Tony's actions are somewhat common, a way of talking back, to pass a mad driver and rev the engine to say move on. Sort of like a driver on the road gunning the engine when passing some idiot walking too far in the road. Like certain neighborhoods here, people walking the road won't walk on the edge, but far out in the road, basically making you have to cross the line to get by them....I've often gunned my engine when going around them...

Sad, Ward looks like a kid, but I didn't check his age, no doubt a teen.

u crank · 08-10-14, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

Sad, Ward looks like a kid, but I didn't check his age, no doubt a teen.

20 years old. Very unfortunate accident. But yea, you see that kind of thing in most types of racing when one driver feels he was bumped intentionally. Hopefully some rule changes will come of this.

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Like certain neighborhoods here, people walking the road won't walk on the edge, but far out in the road, basically making you have to cross the line to get by them....I've often gunned my engine when going around them...

What we get in our neighborhood are people waking 2 or 3 abreast in your lane. If a car is coming the opposite way, it makes for a dangerous situation.

Buddahaid · 08-10-14, 11:20 AM

Stupid kid should have got off the damned track instead of trying to make a point by getting close. I thought the engine rev was an attempt to avoid contact actually.

Schroeder · 08-10-14, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by u crank

But yea, you see that kind of thing in most types of racing in the US when one driver feels he was bumped intentionally. Hopefully some rule changes will come of this.

Fixed that for you. Over here drivers get penalties when they cross the race track on foot and I've never seen an angry driver going after a still driving car here.

Wasn't there an incident like that in a NASCAR race not so long ago when a guy tried to stop another car and was dragged with it for a few yards?

u crank · 08-10-14, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

Fixed that for you. Over here drivers get penalties when they cross the race track on foot and I've never seen an angry driver going after a still driving car here.

Thanks. Actually when I think of it they were incidents that happened in the pits after the races. Confrontations for contact on the track. Good thing the drivers aren't armed.

08-10-14, 09:38 AM	#1
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Did Tony Stewart murder fellow driver? Just caught it on the news, seems the talk it was an accident. Looks like murder to me... __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

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Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	I'd call it a good bet that there will be a manslaughter charge of some flavor. Why did Ward get out of his car and run around pointing his finger like a crazy loon? __________________ Tomorrow never comes

08-10-14, 10:19 AM	#4
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Typical for drivers to get out of their cars like that when angry, but very dangerous in this type of racing and track. Maybe we'll see action regarding it, in that drivers that do will suffer penalty in some way. Most say Tony's actions are somewhat common, a way of talking back, to pass a mad driver and rev the engine to say move on. Sort of like a driver on the road gunning the engine when passing some idiot walking too far in the road. Like certain neighborhoods here, people walking the road won't walk on the edge, but far out in the road, basically making you have to cross the line to get by them....I've often gunned my engine when going around them... Sad, Ward looks like a kid, but I didn't check his age, no doubt a teen. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

08-10-14, 11:20 AM	#6
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,320 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Stupid kid should have got off the damned track instead of trying to make a point by getting close. I thought the engine rev was an attempt to avoid contact actually. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

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08-10-14, 09:50 AM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Sounds like he revved up just before he hit him, bit hard to tell whether it was just before or as he hit him. One does have to wonder what Ward was doing walking across the track like that though, should have stuck to the barriers.