WTF Tony Stewart

[WHITE-TRASH]

im not at all trying to flame this thread, but jesus… what better video do you need?

you can plain as day see that driver sucked up into the rear tire and spat out. the kid wasnt just ran over by a coasting racecar, that car was under power at the time. tony got on the throttle, for no reason other than bark at the other driver.

not saying the kid wasnt also at fault and being a total moron, but cmon… you clearly see tony make no effort at all to be safe, you see him get as close as he can and then cranks the throttle. that to me is 100% wreckless and should be considered manslaughter.

if i was in the jury on this, you wouldnt convince me otherwise unless another piece of evidence was supplied that clearly disproves what i see.

You have a fantastic imagination. :lol:


No matter what Tony was doing the kid was obviously hunting for him on foot on a live track. Darwinian theory for the win.

 

[badhoopty]

not sayin the driver who got killed wasnt an idiot…

im saying that tony stewarts actions after caution directly caused the death, and its my opinion based on what i see that he intentionally tried to roost the driver and got too close.

 

[Elmo]

I was just watching HLN and they, as usual, are bringing in "experts" to give their opinion. The "expert kept mixing up "sprint car" and "sprint cup car" and even had the nerve to say that Tony was flying around the track at race pace. Anyone who thinks that 25-35 mph is race pace for a winged 360 sprint obviously has never seen a race. Tony put a textbook slide job on Kevin, Kevin jumped the cushion and lost it in the wall. I can't (and won't) speculate as to the damage to the left side of Kevin's car but the car may have been able to be re-fired and rejoined the race. The car didn't tumble, roll or otherwise fly into pieces so all in all the wreck could have been much, much worse.
HLN played the video footage of the Sheriff and the D.A. both saying that there "are no criminal charges pending" but ignored that statement and instead said that there was m"malicious intent" and that Tony should be charged with "murder, but being a hot-headed celebrity would get off with manslaughter". I'm fairly tired of the media making outrageous claims to get ratings and rile people into a frenzy. I was channel surfing when I found the story on HLN and that reminded me why I don't watch cable news. And by the way, Tony's Go Pro was given to the sheriff after the accident and yet the media isn't acknowledging that. Coincidence?

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

HLN only has expert opinion givers. Journalistic integrity is a thing of the past.

 

[ROLANDROCKSHOP]

shame all around...

But stupid kid shoulda kept his ego in check and stayed in his car.

 

[WHITE-TRASH]

not sayin the driver who got killed wasnt an idiot…

im saying that tony stewarts actions after caution directly caused the death, and its my opinion based on what i see that he intentionally tried to roost the driver and got too close.

It doesn't matter if Tony was pulling a wheelie. The fact of the matter is the kid INTENTIONALLY put himself in front of a car on a live track. Period.

 

[Highmark]

I can't fathom what this kid was doing in the middel of the track - temper or not. My whole life I've been tought that unless the car is on fire, you stay in the car.

you can plain as day see that driver sucked up into the rear tire and spat out. the kid wasnt just ran over by a coasting racecar, that car was under power at the time. tony got on the throttle, for no reason other than bark at the other driver.

Sprint cars are weird because they're either in gear or out of gear (they're direct drive) so if the car is moving, even under caution, it's going to be under power. You don't have the option of riding the clutch around the track.

They also don't stear for shit because they run spools and huge tires that a different sizes. The procedure for getting one around a corner is to throtal so the rear swings out and countersteer though while tappering off for the straight. I prescribe to the theory that he hit the throtal to steer left of the idiot that was in the middle of a hot track. Anyway, watch this and see how little they actually use the steering wheel to get the car to turn left.

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[badhoopty]

It doesn't matter if Tony was pulling a wheelie. The fact of the matter is the kid INTENTIONALLY put himself in front of a car on a live track. Period.

im pretty sure pulling a wheelie under caution does matter. im also pretty certain tony's wreckless actions resulted in that dude being dead.

…not saying the kid wasnt a retard.

 

[RickGrimes]

Yesterday when I initially watched the video I thought TS was attempting to roost the kid but after watching several time since I don't think that was the case. I bet Ward wanted Tony to stop his car so he could get his point across and Tony had no intention to stop and this is the result....

 

[BJoe]

not sayin the driver who got killed wasnt an idiot…

im saying that tony stewarts actions after caution directly caused the death, and its my opinion based on what i see that he intentionally tried to roost the driver and got too close.

When Dad and I saw the video last night, it looked like the kid got hit by the right front, got steamrolled, then flung out when the back tire was over him, could be that the moment of impact caused Stewart to bump the throttle causing that to happen......those cars do make quite a few ponies and probably have a pretty wicked throttle response.

 

[badhoopty]

whatever… the kid deserved to die and tony did nothing wrong. :roll:

 

[WHITE-TRASH]

whatever… the kid deserved to die and tony did nothing wrong. :roll:

Finally you come to your senses. It hurt a bit didn't it?

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

whatever… the kid deserved to die and tony did nothing wrong. :roll:

He didn't deserve to die, but he risked his life to be a badass and ended up losing it. What he deserved was the shit scared out of him and maybe a couple of broken bones so he would think twice before doing it again. Unfortunately for him there were no second chances to be had.

We still don't know exactly what Tony did.

 

[RiceBurner]

Have a co worker who sprintcar races and he says a bump of the throttle would have pushed the rear tire to the left in an attempt to miss the guy. Steering input would of done little or nothing. People who don't drive sprint cars don't "know" what Tony was trying to do or not do.

 

[helhedded]

People who don't drive sprint cars don't "know" what Tony was trying to do or not do.

this

 

[helhedded]

whatever… the kid deserved to die and tony did nothing wrong. :roll:

Don't be a madhoopty

 

[GiJoe]

Forgive me for not reading all 6 pages...maybe it was covered.

But, Do sprint cars have data loggers like other race cars? That might reveal EXACTLY what was going on as far as throttle input, rpms, etc at the time of the accident?

Captain Obvious says this would be the FIRST thing checked by authorities?

 

[Highmark]

Forgive me for not reading all 6 pages...maybe it was covered.

But, Do sprint cars have data loggers like other race cars? That might reveal EXACTLY what was going on as far as throttle input, rpms, etc at the time of the accident?

Captain Obvious says this would be the FIRST thing checked by authorities?

Not that I've seen - they're very simple cars.

 

[Johnnysplits]

No matter what happens, in the end, he's gonna be writing a big check to the kid's family.

 

[djjiz]

No matter what happens, in the end, he's gonna be writing a big check to the kid's family.

That could go two ways. Tony can't feel good about running a dumbass over.