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8/10/2014 3:32pm
8/10/2014 3:32pm
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9/26/2014 3:46pm
We most likely have all heard about tony stewart ACCIDENTALY clipping kevin ward and kevin ward dying, heres a video (GRAPHIC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtlTJAWFyRY
In MX if lets say a rider takes another rider out and both guys fall, maybe give him a little push get back on the bike and go! In the case that someone takes you out and hese still going, you simply do not wait at that same spot in the track until he comes around again to flip him off (while standing in the MIDDLE of the track!)
Clearly this wasnt tonys fault, he tried to avoid him but couldnt, Kevin walked even closer to his car when tony was passing!!!
Biggest rule is STAY IN YOU CAR UNTIL ASSISTANCE COMES! in MX you take it to the pits if you feel the need to show some anger, and if you bike broke, you roll it off. end of story.
Maybe MX,SX,AX, racers are all smarter than these sprint car guys? idk maybe this can start some talk.
In MX if lets say a rider takes another rider out and both guys fall, maybe give him a little push get back on the bike and go! In the case that someone takes you out and hese still going, you simply do not wait at that same spot in the track until he comes around again to flip him off (while standing in the MIDDLE of the track!)
Clearly this wasnt tonys fault, he tried to avoid him but couldnt, Kevin walked even closer to his car when tony was passing!!!
Biggest rule is STAY IN YOU CAR UNTIL ASSISTANCE COMES! in MX you take it to the pits if you feel the need to show some anger, and if you bike broke, you roll it off. end of story.
Maybe MX,SX,AX, racers are all smarter than these sprint car guys? idk maybe this can start some talk.
He has anger issues. I'm not suggesting he purposely hit him.... But I can see him wanting to cut it close to prove a point.
In regards to how something like this could affect our sport, I'm thinking it's not if, but when. There is going to be that one time where someone get's punted or rammed into and all it takes is the right fall and it's all over.
I'm dreading this day in our sport, but with how aggresive riding has been with our current crop of race machines, it's bound to happen sooner or later. The MA t-bone into Tickle (intentional or not, i'm not here to argue that) could have ended tragically.
There will be some who reply with the "pull your panties up, this is MX racing", but will that be the same justification when somebody dies due to an intentional take out?
I dunno, it's a debatable topic and it's hard to say who's wrong or right.
Rule number one in car racing- never get out of the car, unless of course it's on fire.
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I have it ingrained in my mind for years drivers getting out of the cars and giving signals to drivers. The signals have ranged fro positive like Little Al giving Emerson Fittipaldi the thumbs up (classiest move ever in motorsports) after Little Al had just been punted by Emmo at Indy to helmets bouncing off passing cars or the universal signal of YOU ARE NUMBER ONE.
If getting out of the car is a rule it must not be very strictly enforced.
I know from personal experience that anger makes people make mistakes. I believe Stewart had zero intention of hurting or God forbid killing the kid but I also consider the fact that in the heat of the moment Smoke could have made the worst impulse decision of his life. It is possible what the thought in an instant might be a smack down turned out to be a horrible accident that claimed the life of Kevin Ward Jr.
OR
it is possible Stewart gassed it to avoid the guy.
Glad I don't have to decide.
I don't think Stewart did it intentionally, I don't think Stewart was mad about the initial altercation. Look he didn't lose a position and his car wasn't damaged so why would he be mad and want to hit the guy? He just didn't see the guy soon enough to avoid him and its a crappy situation for all involved and I feel sorry for all of them.
To compare a MX,SX,AX rider to a sprint car driver is like comparing a apple to a waffle there is no comparison. They are completely different. I agree that sometimes the riders take it to the pits as do sometimes the sprint car drivers. I have seen bikes launched into other riders both with riders on the bike being launched and the bike itself being ghost ridden into other riders. People make mistake in the heat of the moment and do stupid things luckily for the sports of SX,MX,AX no one has lost there lives when this has happened.
To say that Tony is a ASS it is obvious that you do not personally know him or have ever had a conversation with him. If you did know him personally or have ever had a conversation with him you would know that he is in no shape form or fashion an ass. It seems to me that in this day and age there are a lot of fans that think a PERSON / athlete is a ASS because they didn't get what they want out of them or because they aren't sociable enough. Maybe if more fans would admire the PERSON / athlete for the ability the have to be great at the sport we enjoy to watch instead of feeling that because we pay for a ticket or for a T shirt that the PERSON / athlete owes them something that PERSON / athlete would be more open to socializing with the fans.
Yes I do personally know him and see him a few times a month. I have taken people who have said to me how big of an ass he was and they have set and talked with him and they leave saying they was wrong.So before we go calling people names or pointing fingers maybe we should take a look in the mirror and then we would really see who the ASS is. I also know the Ward family so my judgement of the accident is not biased towards one person. Kevin put his self in a bad situation that had a horrible result. This tragic accident has changed the lives of two families directly and multiple people indirectly. With that being said why compare it to anything? Who are we to put a comparison on how someone lost there life and how another persons life was changed forever. Why not take that time to send or post a message to both families?
FORZA: Weird how everyone else avoided him. Also funny how he gassed it right by the kid. Mistake by both but Ward died for his mistake. If he wants Tony can race next week. The way you turn those cars to the left fast is by smacking the gas to make the car rotate. If you jerk the wheel to the left without giving the car gas it will not turn fast and will go straight for a short distance.
This question implies "in totality" and since I don't know the guy I have to say "I don't know".
Has Tony acted like an ass in public and on national television?
Absolutely - that's not even arguable and is why so many people have that impression of him; even casual observers have gotten this impression of him. There are way too many recorded incidents of his behavior to even dispute it and since that is the only glimpse of him that most people get, it becomes a case of perception becoming reality.
He's not going to get the benefit of the doubt from these people because of this impression.
But regardless of public perception, I thought I heard there was going to be a police investigation into the incident and that's what really matters from a material standpoint. The court of public opinion and the court of law are two different things.
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MotoX as I stated in my post above. The panel on the right side of the wing drastically obstructs your view. The reason he gassed it was because he seen him at the last the same as the 45 car he gassed it also but Kevin wasn't as close to his car as he was to Stewarts car. It was a accident the next time you are riding your bike block off half of the RS of your helmet and goggles and have someone sit something in a shady part of the track on your right and see if you don't hit it.
Forza I agree he gassed the car that was why I mentioned that is the only way to get the car to turn quickly. The RR wheel on a winged sprint car is 15 inches wide. That is why at slow speeds you have to smack the throttle to make the car turn quickly. Did your sources also tell you that the tire was taken off and turned over to the police? Did they tell you that the car sit in the pits until the police told them to load it up? Did they tell you that the car was offered for the police to keep and to perform any test or inspect in any way they needed?
Tony did make a mistake! Kevin did make a mistake! The track promoters and officials did make a mistake! The result of all of the mistakes made resulted in the loss of a life and forever changing multiple peoples lives.
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