Tony Stewart

[3legged_lab]

I wanna know what the kid was pissed at. He sent himself into the wall.
Then he almost got hit by the first guy then walked further into the track and into the side of Tonys car.
What did he think was going to happen?

It's a bad deal all around but I see no fault on anyone but the kid. Let his temper get the best of him.

I remember being a hot headed kid. I'm still a kid but my temper has finally settled some.

[Eric Haynes]

31 posts later and we are still talking about racing. WTF?

[R. Chapman]

31 posts later and we are still talking about racing. WTF?

Shhhhhh!!!! We've made it 31 posts while still ring on topic!

[capt1972]

31 posts later and we are still talking about racing. WTF?

Shhhhhh!!!! We've made it 31 posts while still ring on topic!

until your post. way to fuck things up.

[Olly]

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[jehler]

Y'all know robin Williams is dead?

[FlintRiverFowler]

Y'all know robin Williams is dead?

They say he killed himself

[Eric Haynes]

Y'all know robin Williams is dead?

They say he killed himself

Tony Stewart got him too

[GadwallGetter530]

Tony Stewart hit him?

[GadwallGetter530]

Y'all know robin Williams is dead?

They say he killed himself

Tony Stewart got him too

Ha!

[waterfowlman]

Y'all know robin Williams is dead?

They say he killed himself

Tony Stewart got him too

[3legged_lab]

Y'all know robin Williams is dead?

Never thought he was funny.

[Woody]

I am no fan of racing, but I heard some guys talking about it on the radio earlier (cant find the article they were talking about).

As it turns out a sprint car is turned by sliding the back tires around (by throttling and spinning the tires) and using a front right disk brake. So when he hit throttle he was trying to avoid hitting the guy.

The wing/airfoil sticks down on the front right of the car and leaves a blind spot for the driver. So Tony is likely to have not seen the guy until the last second and was left with a split second decision on how to react.

These cars idle at 35-40 mph and are not stopped using conventional breaking. They down shift to slow down and take the car out of gear and let it drift to a stop, to stop completely.

Also, the guy that was hit had walked down past the mid point of the track and his car was blocking the top quarter of the track, leaving Tony a very small path to get by him.


All evidence so far points to Tony being completely innocent.

[AKPirate]

I am no fan of racing, but I heard some guys talking about it on the radio earlier (cant find the article they were talking about).

As it turns out a sprint car is turned by sliding the back tires around (by throttling and spinning the tires) and using a front right disk brake. So when he hit throttle he was trying to avoid hitting the guy.

The wing/airfoil sticks down on the front right of the car and leaves a blind spot for the driver. So Tony is likely to have not seen the guy until the last second and was left with a split second decision on how to react.

These cars idle at 35-40 mph and are not stopped using conventional breaking. They down shift to slow down and take the car out of gear and let it drift to a stop, to stop completely.

Also, the guy that was hit had walked down past the mid point of the track and his car was blocking the top quarter of the track, leaving Tony a very small path to get by him.


All evidence so far points to Tony being completely innocent.

OJ's gloves didn't fit either

[Woody]

That's why I said the evidence... I understand Tony has a temper, but in this case I am not sure why he would have been upset. It is my understanding that the guy who got hit, probably blamed Tony for something that was not Tony's fault, but why would Tony care... nothing happened to Tony.

[AKPirate]

That's why I said the evidence... I understand Tony has a temper, but in this case I am not sure why he would have been upset. It is my understanding that the guy who got hit, probably blamed Tony for something that was not Tony's fault, but why would Tony care... nothing happened to Tony.

I have no idea Woody, I didn't know the shit you posted either, pretty interesting.

[Woody]

That's why I said the evidence... I understand Tony has a temper, but in this case I am not sure why he would have been upset. It is my understanding that the guy who got hit, probably blamed Tony for something that was not Tony's fault, but why would Tony care... nothing happened to Tony.

I have no idea Woody, I didn't know the shit you posted either, pretty interesting.

I have no idea if what those guys on the radio said was true, but the host of the show I was listening to is usually pretty fair and only criticizes when all the evidence is presented.


Also, I think Olly said something about the rules and staying in his car... they mentioned the rules say to stay in the car until told otherwise unless you smell fuel or see fire.

[AKPirate]

That's why I said the evidence... I understand Tony has a temper, but in this case I am not sure why he would have been upset. It is my understanding that the guy who got hit, probably blamed Tony for something that was not Tony's fault, but why would Tony care... nothing happened to Tony.

I have no idea Woody, I didn't know the shit you posted either, pretty interesting.

I have no idea if what those guys on the radio said was true, but the host of the show I was listening to is usually pretty fair and only criticizes when all the evidence is presented.


Also, I think Olly said something about the rules and staying in his car... they mentioned the rules say to stay in the car until told otherwise unless you smell fuel or see fire.

20 years old prolly has something to do with it

[Woody]

That's why I said the evidence... I understand Tony has a temper, but in this case I am not sure why he would have been upset. It is my understanding that the guy who got hit, probably blamed Tony for something that was not Tony's fault, but why would Tony care... nothing happened to Tony.

I have no idea Woody, I didn't know the shit you posted either, pretty interesting.

I have no idea if what those guys on the radio said was true, but the host of the show I was listening to is usually pretty fair and only criticizes when all the evidence is presented.


Also, I think Olly said something about the rules and staying in his car... they mentioned the rules say to stay in the car until told otherwise unless you smell fuel or see fire.

20 years old prolly has something to do with it

Hate to say something bad about the dead, but my first thought after hearing what I stated above was it sounded like a great way to get famous for a 20 year old unknown racer... get in a fist fight during a race with a famous nascar driver.

[NuffDaddy]

I understand Tony has a temper, but in this case I am not sure why he would have been upset. It is my understanding that the guy who got hit, probably blamed Tony for something that was not Tony's fault, but why would Tony care... nothing happened to Tony.

This was my thoughts as well.

[RonE]

Do we have film footage form the Goodyear Blimp?

[AKPirate]

Do we have film footage form the Goodyear Blimp?

It disappeared

[Goldfish]

I am no fan of racing, but I heard some guys talking about it on the radio earlier (cant find the article they were talking about).

As it turns out a sprint car is turned by sliding the back tires around (by throttling and spinning the tires) and using a front right disk brake. So when he hit throttle he was trying to avoid hitting the guy.

That's how they turn at speed, but the caution was thrown. They can turn their wheels to maneuver just fine at slow speeds.

The wing/airfoil sticks down on the front right of the car and leaves a blind spot for the driver. So Tony is likely to have not seen the guy until the last second and was left with a split second decision on how to react.

The kid was out of his car while Tony was coming down the front stretch, I'm sure he knew he was there. If the car was at speed that corner would have blocked his view, but it was caution, so the car was going straight, not sideways.

These cars idle at 35-40 mph and are not stopped using conventional breaking. They down shift to slow down and take the car out of gear and let it drift to a stop, to stop completely.

Not true. They can idle very slowly, and usually do right before a restart. That might be with the drivers on the brakes tho, not sure. Sprint cars only have one gear. They are direct drive which is why they need to be pushed to start. They can only take it out of gear but that's it and if they do, they need to kill it, roll it till the driveline can reengage and turn the motor to start it.

Also, the guy that was hit had walked down past the mid point of the track and his car was blocking the top quarter of the track, leaving Tony a very small path to get by him.


All evidence so far points to Tony being completely innocent.

I do think that Tony tried to spray the kid with dirt, and slick track or kid moving caused the end result. I don't think he intended any actual harm.


It all started because Tony came up on him in the corner but he was in front of him so the kid either had to back off or get put in the wall. Kid ended up in the wall and tried to play the "we love drama" roll that TV channels keep pushing in the racing scene.

[waterfowlman]

Do we have film footage form the Goodyear Blimp?

It disappeared

You're the youtube Guru.....go find it!

[AKPirate]

Do we have film footage form the Goodyear Blimp?

It disappeared

You're the youtube Guru.....go find it!

I meant NSA disappear

[Goldfish]

Do we have film footage form the Goodyear Blimp?

It disappeared

You're the youtube Guru.....go find it!

I meant NSA disappear

White house email disappeared

[Eric Haynes]

Heh

[capt1972]

Heh

[jehler]

To soon?

[Goldfish]

That's just not right