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30 years after Richard Petty's last win.

 

Ty Dillon also got his first NNS win yesterday.

 

5th Win on the oval variation of the track. Most overall for that. Tied with Michael Shumacher who got his wins on the road course.

 

I'm hoping it's not true either. Stewart has a bit of a temper, but I can't see him as somebody who would deliberately run down another competitor with his car. Either way it's just tragic that a 20 year old died this young.

Edit: I just watched the video ESPN showed (and I'm probably not going back to sleep again for several hours; at least not without nightmares), and... it doesn't seem like Stewart deliberately speeded up, more like he was going the same speed as all the other cars and Ward was hit on the edge of the car. It seemed like Stewart was going the same speed as all the other cars and Ward was deliberately trying to make his way towards Stewart's car while the cars were still running at I guess, top speed? It's hard to tell if the caution flag had been thrown at that point or not due to where everything took place in the video. Irregardless of whether Stewart was deliberately gunning or not, it would not surprise me if Ward was killed instantly, given the speed of the cars.

Again, it doesn't look like Stewart was intentionally hitting Ward, but all the cars were going roughly the same speed at that point, so it's hard to tell.

 

Didn't look intentional. Let this be a lesson to all other jackasses who jump out of a car to confront others. Save it for post race when it can be mic'd better.

 

Probably because no blood or guts were showing nor body parts were flying off. Still pretty gruesome without seeing blood or body parts.

 

I watched the video which is still on YouTube and it seemed that Tony Stewart did not exactly try to avoid Ward, but also that Ward was intentionally walking towards Stewart's car when his tire hit Ward thus hurling him around 50 feet or so and killing him.

 

Stewart's not racing at Watkins Glen afterall.

 

He hit the gas, that is not being safe. Nor was getting out of the car and walking around a race track.

 

Reagan Smith in the 14.
heels1785 Can't say I'm that familiar with Kevin, that track or dirt track racing in general.
Saw the video and that was pretty disturbing. The wreck the lap before looked like there was no contact and Kevin just hit the wall. Could be wrong though.
He should never have gotten out of the car. He almost got hit 2-3 times before he got hit by Stewart. Hard to tell imo if he did speed up and if it was on purpose. It's a short track and not a mile and a halfer where you do have time to get down to the bottom of the track without worrying about other cars. He was out of there before the safety workers got there.

 

Don't forget Gordon's, Burton's and Hornish's wreck from 09 or so. There are a couple other wrecks that should mean that this track should be upgraded. Majorly upgraded.

 

I've seen a list of some major wrecks and watched some of the videos over the last 8 or so years and it is appalling.

 

Ender's America



"TONY STEWART JUST HIT THAT GUY ALEX"

crosspost from "ender sai rags on murica", so you can peep the carnaaaagggeeee of a 17 year old's life being snuffed out by the wheels of a stupid looking car

 

No thank you. Watching it on ESPN at around 5am was more than enough.

And Rogue_Ten, the guy was twenty. Still way too young, but if you're going to post something like that, at least your facts right.

Even the drivers are calling for improvements to be made to Watkins Glen.

 

reports i saw said 17. dont really care that much tho

 

Doesn't Ender like one of these NASCAR-esque sports based on driving a car really fast?

 

Formula - 1, yep.

 

Stewart won't race at Michigan.

 

Burton in for him.