nvm

[Edited on August 13, 2014 at 11:29 AM. Reason : .]

8/13/2014 11:29:03 AM

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"Apparently the actual "steering wheel" doesn't turn these cars very easily and you've gotta gas it to help it turn quicker"

The outside rear tire is a good 3-4" taller than the inside rear tire, and the tires are practically flat. The driver constantly has to fight the steering wheel just to keep it going in a straight line. These cars are designed to do one thing - turn left under full throttle.

8/13/2014 12:43:29 PM

If you get out of a car on an active track, expect to get hit. This event sucks for everyone involved and it was 100% preventable by following safety guidelines and staying in the car.

8/13/2014 2:56:14 PM

the first few posts in this thread are face palm worthy, lol.

8/15/2014 4:45:51 AM

I don't know a goddamn thing about racing but the most shocking thing for me watching the video was the kid getting out of the car and walking into the middle of the track. I would have been surprised if he didn't get hit.

8/15/2014 10:33:48 AM

Reminds me of an incident recently where a young man was shot by an officer after a scuffle. Lots of should haves and could haves. In the end, one man dies and the other has to deal with it.

8/15/2014 3:53:28 PM

is there anything else in common with the two besides someone dying?

8/15/2014 5:40:00 PM

a taxidermist was looted and a trailer park burned to the ground.

8/15/2014 8:43:49 PM

Hair extensions were stolen also; I'm pretty sure someone at the dirt track had hair extensions.

8/16/2014 9:01:11 PM

Well, the dude was "black" for all intents and purposes. You guys gotta give me at least that.

8/17/2014 10:05:22 PM

http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/24/tony-stewart-cleared-by-grand-jury-in-race-track-death/

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" On the night of his death, Ward Jr. had gotten out of his car and was aggressively marching toward Stewart's car -- when he was struck. Now we know drug tests on the body produced proof Ward was under the influence of marijuana."

9/24/2014 6:33:47 PM

Cause we all know, mary j makes people violent.

9/25/2014 12:01:45 AM

And causes other people to spontaneously run over you


Not that he wasn't a dumbass, and now we know doubly so, and I don't think Stewart intended to hit him...but I still tbinn Stewart was in the wrong, even with the mitigating circumstance of Ward being a dumbass and putting himself in a terribly poor position.

[Edited on September 25, 2014 at 12:29 AM. Reason : ]

9/25/2014 12:26:31 AM

Was Ward under the influence of pot, or did he just have THC in his system?

Big difference.

Either way I didn't think any charges should have been brought against Stewart.

9/25/2014 9:07:19 AM

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"“There is toxicology evidence in the case relating to Kevin Ward that actually indicated that at time of operation he was under the influence of marijuana,” District Attorney Michael Tantillo said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon."

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"“The levels that were determined were enough to impair judgment,” Tantillo said."

The toxicology report seems to indicate that he was actually high while driving, but who knows if he was impaired enough to matter.

9/25/2014 11:41:58 AM

its always weed man

it makes him wreck, then it makes him kill himself in a stupor

9/25/2014 11:54:50 AM

If he was under the influence of pot why was he so agitated?

9/25/2014 1:17:01 PM

I don't think people are saying it made him "mad" bc they are dumbasses if they do...I think they are saying it impaired his judgement, response time and probably his reasoning skills.

9/25/2014 2:12:22 PM

I'm going to guess he was mad because his car ran into the wall, not because he ingested marijuana prior to the race.

[Edited on September 25, 2014 at 2:18 PM. Reason : l]

9/25/2014 2:18:01 PM

yeah i know... but i've seen people crash a car high... and one of them completely laughed it off.

9/25/2014 6:28:17 PM

I sure could have used some weed after I balled up my car at VIR last year

9/26/2014 9:26:23 AM