[5150]

Another factor is that the point of impact is just a bit past a turn. There's a good change Tony is focused on the cars ahead and next to him and not looking for or expecting a person out in the track. There is a very chance he didn't even see him in time to react to the hazard. Perception and reaction time to an unexpected hazard is around 2 seconds. At 60MPH Tony is moving at 88 feet per second. He will have travelled about 176 feet before he hits the brakes or starts to swerve. Heck, let's say he has super incredible fast reaction. Cut that by 50%. He would have to have seen the punk when the is still coming out of the turn to avoid him. I have experience in this area and this was probably an unavoidable accident on the part of Tony, but 100% avoidable on the part of Ward Jr.

[Pitbull616]

Like I saw another person say...you can definitely hear Stewart hit the throttle, probably in an attempt to swing his rear end out and scare Ward. Unfortunately he was a bit too close. Ward shouldn't have left his car and gotten in the middle of the track, but what Stewart did was incredibly stupid and dangerous. Being that he's somewhat of a sports celebrity though, I doubt any charges will come out of it.

[Kanda444]

Originally Posted by 5150 ↗

Another factor is that the point of impact is just a bit past a turn. There's a good change Tony is focused on the cars ahead and next to him and not looking for or expecting a person out in the track. There is a very chance he didn't even see him in time to react to the hazard. Perception and reaction time to an unexpected hazard is around 2 seconds. At 60MPH Tony is moving at 88 feet per second. He will have travelled about 176 feet before he hits the brakes or starts to swerve. Heck, let's say he has super incredible fast reaction. Cut that by 50%. He would have to have seen the punk when the is still coming out of the turn to avoid him. I have experience in this area and this was probably an unavoidable accident on the part of Tony, but 100% avoidable on the part of Ward Jr.

they were under caution, meaning they were told to slow down and be prepared to stop if needed. he shouldnt have had the speed to be sliding around the track. the fact that he did indicates his speed was greater than he should have been going.

still... the other driver would be alive if he stayed in his car.

[5150]

Originally Posted by Kanda444 ↗

Stewart has a history of lashing out violently and assaulting other drivers though their car windows. he also clearly made contact with the other driver in that vid. it also wasnt this kids first race... he should have been experienced enough to know to stay in the fuckin car during a race until emergency crews get there.

dumb on both sides really.

the swerving was intentional. the nature of these cars is to swerve when you give the car throttle. they are meant to drift around the track. you can hear Stewart give the car gas right before the turn.

Originally Posted by Kanda444 ↗

Stewart has a history of lashing out violently and assaulting other drivers though their car windows. he also clearly made contact with the other driver in that vid. it also wasnt this kids first race... he should have been experienced enough to know to stay in the fuckin car during a race until emergency crews get there.

dumb on both sides really.

the swerving was intentional. the nature of these cars is to swerve when you give the car throttle. they are meant to drift around the track. you can hear Stewart give the car gas right before the turn.

If you can differentiate with your supernatural hearing Tony's car from the others, and he indeed accelerated, I would say it was because the impact with the front exposed wheel made his car spin to the right. For him to not collide with the wall, it would be natural to turn the wheel back to the left and give it gas.

Have you ever gone off roading, and hit something with your wheel, and literally have the wheel rip away from your hand?

What evidence from this video do you base your statement on that it was intentional? I have investigated professionally hundreds and automotive accidents. I can say with no doubt in my mine that based on the video posted here, the car swerved to the right because a 180 pound object hit Tony's right front wheel. I don't know Tony's history and could care less who was at fault. Just going off the evidence provided.

[Gertcha!]

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[Kanda444]

Originally Posted by 5150 ↗

If you can differentiate with your supernatural hearing Tony's car from the others, and he indeed accelerated, I would say it was because the impact with the front exposed wheel made his car spin to the right. For him to not collide with the wall, it would be natural to turn the wheel back to the left and give it gas.

Have you ever gone off roading, and hit something with your wheel, and literally have the wheel rip away from your hand?

What evidence from this video do you base your statement on that it was intentional? I have investigated professionally hundreds and automotive accidents. I can say with no doubt in my mine that based on the video posted here, the car swerved to the right because a 180 pound object hit Tony's right front wheel. I don't know Tony's history and could care less who was at fault. Just going off the evidence provided.

nothing super human about it... listen to it again. there were other witnesses there that said similar (or at least i thought i read that, but i could be wrong). i dont think he aimed to hit him but i think he was trying to get close intentionally.

your expertise had you misjudging the speed by 20 mph or so:

Povero emphasized that video footage of the accident “is very important and crucial to our investigation" and that his department is looking for deeper analysis of the incident from people who are familiar with sprint-car racing. He said Stewart was driving 35-40 mph at the time of the incident.

(source)

still, as i said, Ward Jr would be alive if he had stayed in his car.

[ralucagymnast]

This is why you shouldnt act on impulse, folks; and yeah, those cars ARE weird looking

[DaBigNob]

LOL. Muslims say Allah Akbar. Americans say HOLY SHIT!

[Shakey]

Originally Posted by 5150 ↗

My 2 cents... Stupid ass young guy with more testosterone than neurons doesn't even look like he made contact with Tony's car but didn't want to back off and slid into the wall. Rather than suck it up like everyone else does he runs out into the track with cars passing by at 60 MPH. Now, would you run out into a dirt freeway with cars coming around turns at 60 mph? Didn't think so. Otherwise you'd probably have died by now doing something stupid like that. The "swerving" some are talking about and saying it was intentional is 100% BS unless they saw a different video than the one posted here. Based on what can be seen on this video, the idiot was hit by the right front wheel. The wheel is exposed. The impact force causes the wheel to kick out to the right and that is why the car swerved to the right, AFTER THE IMPACT with the wheel. Just simple physics at work here folks, although not as salacious as someone intentionally hitting the dick, that's what happened.

Whether Tony's car hit the kids car is inconsequential. What he did is a common racing term specifically for sprint car racing. It's call a "slide job" which consists of drifting upward through the corner to intimidate the other driver forcing them to back down or make open wheel contact which usually turns out bad for the guy on the outside.

If the guy on the outside doesn't back down he ends up in the "marbles" as you see here, which usually ends up in the wall.

[rapeWhistle]

I'll stick by what i said earlier, it's the kid's fault.

..or maybe his parent's didn't teach him not to walk into moving traffic.