He was straight up after TS. WTF was that idiot thinking. That was not the actions of a sane mind.
My sympathy meter just took a huge hit on this. Kid appears to have intentionally made contact with TS's car.
He was straight up after TS. WTF was that idiot thinking. That was not the actions of a sane mind.
That was the exact video sent to me this morning in slo mo with arrows showing Kevin Ward hanging onto TS wing then slipping falling off and getting run over.....in 20 years of racing winged sprint cars did I ever see anything like this happen , EVER.....we always settled our disputes in the pits after the race was over.....B-lou[video=youtube;_GAojyzcSq0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GAojyzcSq0[/video]
That was the exact video sent to me this morning in slo mo with arrows showing Kevin Ward hanging onto TS wing then slipping falling off and getting run over.....in 20 years of racing winged sprint cars did I ever see anything like this happen , EVER.....we always settled our disputes in the pits after the race was over.....B-lou
This is not the actions of a "Great kid" or a sane thinking individual.
Surely he was tested for drugs in the autopsy ?
I know civil suits are not "reasonable" at all, but there is some serious mental gymnastics going on if someone can hold TS responsible for Ward's death.Stewart will not be charged and everyone involved already knows it. Civil litigation? That's an entirely different matter.
That video with the arrows shows pretty clearly that the only reason Tony made contact was because the kid went after him. Good for Tony. Bad for Ward.
Guys - ignore the media sensationalism ... snip
I wondered this too. I'm sure his adrenalin was pumping crazy, but this is the type of behavior you usually see from guys on something. PCP, roid-rage, etc.
I know civil suits are not "reasonable" at all, but there is some serious mental gymnastics going on if someone can hold TS responsible for Ward's death.
I know civil suits are not "reasonable" at all, but there is some serious mental gymnastics going on if someone can hold TS responsible for Ward's death.
Civil litigation has been my world for the past 20 or so years. There is indeed nothing "reasonable" at all regarding the practice of identifying a target and bleeding him of every dime he has (solely because he has the dime to be bled.) Stewart has wealth and the vulture attorneys have an avenue available to them to get their hands on it. That's what guarantees that civil litigation is pending soon.
Ward's father is speaking out:
https://time.com/3108522/tony-stewart-kevin-ward-father/
Kevin Ward?s father rips Tony Stewart for dirt-track accident that killed his son - NY Daily News
Kevin Ward Jr.'s father speaks about deadly accident - 13 WTHR Indianapolis
"I think the reason he probably got out of that car is who put him into the wall. He was definitely put into the wall. Tony Stewart was the best damn driver by far on the track that night. Why he had to go up as high as he did and hog my son, there's no reason for it."
Kevin Ward talked about Stewart hitting his son on the track.
"Apparently, Tony Stewart was the only one driving out there who didn't see him," said Ward. "The one person that knows what happened that night is possibly facing 10 years in prison. Is he going to say what he done?"
I can understand a father's anger, sadness, and pain; and the need to lash out even if he knows deep down his son got himself killed.
I'll not judge him for it at this point.