prymus
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So came here expecting to see a discussion but nothing, and I'm surprised. Watched the vids online and been following the story since Sat night. I recall about 4 years ago thinking "damn, boy(Stewart) drives very aggressively and his attitude is crappy, he's going to kill somebody someday". Well that day came Sat night. What a shame and a very sad incident. Thought what the heck happened, trying to give Tony the benefit of the doubt, at first. Now after watching the vids I can't imagine what he thought he was doing. Almost all the cars were passing, after Tony spun Ward out, at the bottom of the track, then here comes Tony, appearing to be steering toward the Ward on foot pointing at Stewart. ???? Now Ward, imo, should not have left his car, but lots of drivers do that. In the vids I saw, it almost appears as if Stewart is purposely directing his car AT Ward. I don't want to think that Stewart was intentionally trying to hit Ward. But it appears as if he wanted to scare him, and screwed up big time.
Now comes the investigation. Will the incident just be swept under the rug as is done with a lot of cases involving people of significant fame and notoriety? I hope not, but as I write no charges have been filed and authorities have stated that Stewart seemed in shock and very remorseful. ESPN coverage at first kept stating that Ward was killed by a Tony Stewart car when the story first hit their network. I wasn't sure for a while if Tony was even driving. Other networks seemed to follow ESPNs lead, minimizing the Stewart involvement at first. If you or I had struck someone with a vehicle resulting in the persons death we certainly would be facing some kind of charge. It will be interesting to see what happens going forward. I hope that justice, if it needs to be administered, will not be the second casualty of this sad event.
Now comes the investigation. Will the incident just be swept under the rug as is done with a lot of cases involving people of significant fame and notoriety? I hope not, but as I write no charges have been filed and authorities have stated that Stewart seemed in shock and very remorseful. ESPN coverage at first kept stating that Ward was killed by a Tony Stewart car when the story first hit their network. I wasn't sure for a while if Tony was even driving. Other networks seemed to follow ESPNs lead, minimizing the Stewart involvement at first. If you or I had struck someone with a vehicle resulting in the persons death we certainly would be facing some kind of charge. It will be interesting to see what happens going forward. I hope that justice, if it needs to be administered, will not be the second casualty of this sad event.
