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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 10, 2014 1:44:11 GMT -5
Holy hell that looked bad, both in an injury sense for the guy that got hit and in an incriminating sense for Stewart.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Aug 10, 2014 1:44:40 GMT -5
Egads, this might be really bad for Stewart.
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Post by Lancers on Aug 10, 2014 1:49:45 GMT -5
Stewart showed have slowed his ass down when he saw Ward walking onto the track. The fact that it appears he accelerated and likely fishtailed the vehicle may have possibly ended a life tonight.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Aug 10, 2014 1:56:19 GMT -5
This is definitely the last we'll see of Tony Stewart in a Winged Sprint.
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Post by Unocal 76 on Aug 10, 2014 2:01:51 GMT -5
The video is hard to watch.
That said, This was two wrongs not making a right. Ward never should have got out of the car, Stewart should not have gotten so close to him.
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Post by Professor Chaos on Aug 10, 2014 2:06:50 GMT -5
I've seen several news report tweets on Twitter that Ward died.
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Post by Lancers on Aug 10, 2014 2:06:59 GMT -5
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Aug 10, 2014 2:09:08 GMT -5
f***ing crap.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 10, 2014 2:16:54 GMT -5
This is definitely the last we'll see of Tony Stewart in a Winged Sprint. If all these reports saying that the kid had died are true, this might be the last we'll see of Stewart in anything for a long time. I mean, surely there's no way he'd be in the right mindset to race NASCAR again this season, let alone tomorrow.
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Post by metylerca on Aug 10, 2014 2:28:03 GMT -5
Shit. Just watched the video. Wow. Just wow.
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Post by BigJerichool222 on Aug 10, 2014 2:53:49 GMT -5
HOO BOY.
So Tony Stewart is DONE, then, I assume.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Aug 10, 2014 2:56:57 GMT -5
HOO BOY. So Tony Stewart is DONE, then, I assume. Along with Kevin Harvick and Danica Patrick. Kurt Busch is 100% funded by Gene Haas, so he should be able to continue.
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Post by Ganon83 on Aug 10, 2014 2:57:31 GMT -5
Re-posting what I put on a different forum: If he races tomorrow, I'm not watching. As a kid growing up (I'm 19 now) and loving pro wrestling and NASCAR, I had two heroes from both, two untouchables who I thought could do no wrong, who were exciting to watch and could do everything. One of them was Chris Benoit. The other was Tony Stewart. I've gotten old enough to see both of them become monsters. I feel absolutely horrible for everybody at Stewart-Haas. From Gene to Kevin, Kurt, and Danica, to the crew chiefs, to the pit crews, and to the 9-5 6 days a week shop guys. If I were anybody at the race tomorrow, I wouldn't want to do anything. I'd refuse to race as a driver and refuse to work as a crew member or official. If I were Mobil 1 I wouldn't want my logo on the car, if I were an SHR sponsor I'd be internally debating my involvement with the team, and if I were a Hendrick sponsor I'd be on the phone with Rick asking him to drop SHR support. As for Tony himself, I'm not angry at him personally. Smokey Yunick had a saying, that every man at the beginning of the day has to get up, look in the mirror, and shave. After what happened tonight, I wouldn't wish that on anybody in this world, what he has to live with for the rest of his life.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Aug 10, 2014 3:09:49 GMT -5
Re-posting what I put on a different forum: If he races tomorrow, I'm not watching. As a kid growing up (I'm 19 now) and loving pro wrestling and NASCAR, I had two heroes from both, two untouchables who I thought could do no wrong, who were exciting to watch and could do everything. One of them was Chris Benoit. The other was Tony Stewart. I've gotten old enough to see both of them become monsters. I feel absolutely horrible for everybody at Stewart-Haas. From Gene to Kevin, Kurt, and Danica, to the crew chiefs, to the pit crews, and to the 9-5 6 days a week shop guys. If I were anybody at the race tomorrow, I wouldn't want to do anything. I'd refuse to race as a driver and refuse to work as a crew member or official. If I were Mobil 1 I wouldn't want my logo on the car, if I were an SHR sponsor I'd be internally debating my involvement with the team, and if I were a Hendrick sponsor I'd be on the phone with Rick asking him to drop SHR support. As for Tony himself, I'm not angry at him personally. Smokey Yunick had a saying, that every man at the beginning of the day has to get up, look in the mirror, and shave. After what happened tonight, I wouldn't wish that on anybody in this world, what he has to live with for the rest of his life. I've seen multiple dirt track drivers die in the course of my following of the sport, so I'm not so quick to use the term "monster", at least until I have a better understanding of the incident itself...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 3:12:15 GMT -5
Tony Stewart, meet officially f***ed.
Officially f***ed, meet Tony Stewart.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 5:56:20 GMT -5
Not news I wanted to wake up to. Can't imagine how my dad, who's a big Stewart fan, will take this.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Aug 10, 2014 6:16:06 GMT -5
Stewart says he plans to race today. NASCAR should step in and take him out of the race. No matter what happened, intended or not, it is too soon for him to be back on track.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 7:06:56 GMT -5
I'll just say this... Stewart's an ass for doing that, but Ward shouldn't have just walked in front of Stewart's car like that either. Ward doesn't do that, this wouldn't have happened.
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Post by Piccolo on Aug 10, 2014 7:19:30 GMT -5
When I saw this initially, it looked like Stewart's fault (to the extent that it can be when someone steps out into oncoming vehicles). Reading some comments from folks who understand these types of cars, this particular track, etc, it now seems a lot more likely that he didn't do it on purpose. Either way, it's awful for Ward's family. Stewart definitely shouldn't race today.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 7:27:44 GMT -5
Looking at how it all unfolded, it may have been possible that Stewart couldn't react in time to avoid Ward. The car in front of Stewart looks to have blocked Stewarts vision and by the time it moved to avoid Ward, it was to late for Stewart. Hard to tell since we only have that one angle.
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