NRR: Tony Stewart ran over a guy on a racetrack

Oh, and about the poor visibility, one of the other drivers said “I seen Kevin clear as day. Nobody else ran into him, either.”

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/driver-tony-stewart-crash-killed-kevin-ward-it-didnt-seem-n177951

No one ran into him because he already got hit.

The driver in front of Stewart avoided collision by turning left. That left Ward right in front of Sewert.

Have you ever been behind someone on the highway when they suddenly turn to avoid a pothole? Are you able to avoid the pothole too?

I hate to even use tired cliches like "Darwin Awardwinner," but this kid Ward was quite clearly one. All else is speculation.

Tony should be charged with reckless endangerment because he DIDN'T do everything he could to avoid this accident. I think he figured that if Ward was dumb enough to walk toward his car, yelling at him, he was going to put a little scare into him and maybe mud spray him in the process. (Even if this wasn't his intent, he didn't take steps to make the situation safer.)When you are driving a car, no matter what the setting, you have to take every step you need to to avoid hitting a pedestrian regardless as to whether they are jay walking, running into the road or even trying to get themselves hit.Ward clearly had some culpability, but Stewart was reckless and did nothing to diminish the chance of a serious accident. Stewart was negligent and felt no obligation to act more safely on Ward's behalf. Stewart acted in a careless and irresponsible manner. This of course has been his MO, his history of behavior. He should be charged or minimally banned from racing.

Wow, people are getting pretty wrapped around the axle about this whole thing.

My question to all Tony Stewart supporters, "Did he do everything he could do to avoid hitting a pedestrian?"

And, if you or any reasonable driver were driving that car, would you have done more to avoid hitting ward than Tony did?

Of course you would have.

Charge Tony, he is and always has been a dirtbag.

This ^ and I don't see how anyone can refute this logic.

Conundrum wrote:

My question to all Tony Stewart supporters, "Did he do everything he could do to avoid hitting a pedestrian?"

And, if you or any reasonable driver were driving that car, would you have done more to avoid hitting ward than Tony did?

Of course you would have.

Charge Tony, he is and always has been a dirtbag.

Yeah, we heard you the first time.

I wouldn't say that I'm a TS "supporter", but I don't see any way that he acted negligently.

yhrebray wrote:

I wouldn't say that I'm a TS "supporter", but I don't see any way that he acted negligently.

Did he do everything he could to avoid the accident? No not even close, so he is yes he was negligent.

Octa wrote:

There are lessons to learned from this incident but I have a feeling that to some, it is lost. There is a group that thinks the higher responsibility for Ward's life lies with Stewart and not Ward himself. In my opinion, whether Stewart could have stopped/avoided Ward or not is secondary to an angry man walking around a track with speeding cars. Also, arguing 'should/could have' 'saw him/didn't see him' 'intentional'deliberate' belongs to the theoretical world and that is where a good lawyer comes in.

The point here isn't at all who has more culpability, Ward or Stewart? The question is, "Was Stewart negligent by not taking steps to avoid the accident" So this is not "secondary" this is the main issue.

If a pedestrian runs into the road without looking and I decide not to brake or turn my car away, the pedestrian's reckless behavior no way absolves me from my responsibility of doing everthing I can to avoid hitting them with my car.

If I don't I should be charged. Tony should be charged.

Conundrum wrote:

The point here isn't at all who has more culpability, Ward or Stewart? The question is, "Was Stewart negligent by not taking steps to avoid the accident" So this is not "secondary" this is the main issue.

If a pedestrian runs into the road without looking and I decide not to brake or turn my car away, the pedestrian's reckless behavior no way absolves me from my responsibility of doing everthing I can to avoid hitting them with my car.

If I don't I should be charged. Tony should be charged.

Except that there is no reasonable expectation that there will be a pedestrian on an active race track during a race. Let alone one who is in the middle of the track moving aggressively toward your car in the dark wearing all black. That's where it all falls apart.

Captain Oblivious wrote:

The rear of the car drifts right from the throttle.

Unless the track is clockwise.

This is not about pedestrian walking onto the street without looking. This is more like a crazy guy rushing your car to do damage.

If some pedestrian decides to take on your car you do not have that responsibility. Nor should you endanger other people by swerving into them.

"If a pedestrian runs into the road without looking and I decide not to brake or turn my car away, the pedestrian's reckless behavior no way absolves me from my responsibility of doing everthing I can to avoid hitting them with my car."

There are some similarities in this case and the Dante Stallworth case. In Stallworth's case a man bolted out between cars and Stallworth hit him, causing the man's death. In the Stallworth case, I believe, it was early morning and the guy was trying to get to work and Stallworth was driving home and the sunrise glare may have been an issue and unfortunatley for Stallworth he still had enough alcohol in his system to be legally DUI. Stallworth immediately took responsibility, did a short prison sentence, some will bitch too short, but Stallworth set up funds for the man's kid(s) to go to college. Maybe he bought his way out of trouble but taking responsibility and trying his best to help the family certainly is better than having another non-violent offender in jail forever.

Now let's see how Stewart re-acts to the situation. We already know he at first was going to go on business as usual, so I'm not expecting too much more out of him. Hopefully his people get him straightened out.

Very easy to refute this because he is making statements of which he has no knowledge. He doesn't know that Tony was trying to scare the kid or send a message. He is making those things up based on interpretation of how he views the video.

Based on the FACT that the driver in front of Tony had to swerve supports the notion that the Ward was not visible until the last second. Or was that driver trying to scare Ward also?

F*** the police wrote:

Oh, and about the poor visibility, one of the other drivers said “I seen Kevin clear as day. Nobody else ran into him, either.”

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/driver-tony-stewart-crash-killed-kevin-ward-it-didnt-seem-n177951

^this

Tony definitely saw him. Even if Ward wasn't out of his car, it's still standard procedure to stay clear of a crashed vehicle. Tony was involved in the downed vehicle so he knew where the accident area was as well.

As far as the engine revving being from Stewarts vehicle. It doesn't really matter. Turn the sound off & pay attention to the speeds of the different cars. Smokes car is going much faster than all the others. He sped up & tried to make a statement to Ward.

Doesn't anybody follow NASCAR on here? If Stewart is in the wrong in an incident he always fires back anyways to put people in their correct place (according to him). He's always talking about respect & how the younger drivers need to earn their place (see Logano incident). Smoke calms down later in the week & usually makes peace with drivers a couple days later, but shortly after incidents, there's nobody with a hotter temper than Stewart.

Just watching him on TV the dude (Smoke) scares me with his reactions. Whenever one of the drivers I'm pulling for accidentally bumps into him, I just say ohhh $hit, now he has it coming for him. See 2006 Daytona when Kenseth didn't give Stewart enough room & Stewart retaliated by deliberately crashing Kenseth (one of the top drivers for the day) into a field of cars going 190 mph. Stewart did this without even hesitating.

I don't know what was going through his mind with this incident with Ward, but I wouldn't put anything past him. Anything

If Tony was going MUCH faster than all the other cars on the track he would have been passing them. He did not pass any other cars in that video. People need to quit making crap up. Stick to the facts.

You can only see the track for a short range. How could you tell if he was passing people under caution? LOL Stewart approaches Ward faster than the others. Review the tape. It may have been 20 feet that he was going faster, but he was going faster as he approached.