re: VIDEO: Tony Stewart hits opposing driver; driver has died according to reports

I agree it was very dumb for him to walk out on the track to challenge someone. Extremely dumb and dangerous. Still I think there is some degree of fault on stewart. He clearly hit the throttle

And the Darwin award goes to...

Is there a special race track clause in the vehicular manslaughter law that precludes tony from getting arrested regardless of intent?

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And the Darwin award goes to...

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Nah Bruh. Tony Stewart intentionally ran him over to ruin his own life forever.

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* First, there was an on-track incident between Stewart and Ward. Based upon video that captured the incident, it appeared to be nothing more than a typical racing incident that happens hundreds of times each year on everything from Sprint Cup tracks to the smallest grassroots racing dirt tracks.

* Second, again, judging by the video, it appears the area where Stewart allegedly struck Ward was rather dimly lit, not unusual for short tracks such as that.

* Third, if investigating sheriff’s deputies believed Stewart did intentionally strike Ward, would he have been released from custody after fully cooperating with investigators?

* Fourth, do sane, normal and logically thinking individuals really believe a driver of Stewart’s caliber, who has done so much in his career, would throw it all away by intentionally hitting a mere kid on a tiny dirt track in the upstate New York hinterlands? Granted, Stewart has a temper – which has been seen countless times over his career – but would he completely lose control of his sense of right and wrong and go out and murder a kid that he had just spun in a racing incident? Just the thought of that is nothing short of ludicrous.

* Fifth, and this is perhaps the most important part of all: Ward got out of his spun race car. He walked down from the top of the racetrack and into the middle of, again, a dimly-lit area. This is where the true sense of speculation stems. Maybe Stewart didn’t see Ward. Maybe Stewart tried to avoid Ward and it was too late, again, partly due to the lighting in that area of the track and Ward walking down into the middle of the track dressed in a dark firesuit. As much as it pains me to say this, and I’m not attempting to be an “expert” about this event as it unfolded in any way, but what was Ward doing walking around in the middle of a racetrack with cars coming around still under power? That’d be like someone walking in the middle of a freeway to confront someone who he or she just had a fender-bender with. What did Ward try to accomplish by walking directly in front of Stewart, with the likely intent of shaking his fist or pointing a finger at the three-time Sprint Cup champ for spinning him only seconds earlier?

We can’t ever know.

This isn’t the first time a driver has killed someone – and I use the word “killed” in the sense that, yes, a fatality occurred as an end result, but not due to anything intentional on the driver’s part.

NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty struck and killed – again, I’m using that word in context that a death resulted, but it was not from an overt or intentional act upon Petty’s part – an 8-year-old boy during a drag race on Feb. 28, 1965 in Dallas, Ga.

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Even if TS would have slammed on breaks and swerved he would have still hit him. The kid is wearing dark clothes on dimly lite race track

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there a special race track clause in the vehicular manslaughter law that precludes tony from getting arrested regardless of intent?

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Every track will.make drivers sign waivers that they are not responsible for injuries.Every waiver, every drivers meetings, and often rules posted a staging gate have a dont get on track plastered everywhere.
Growing up on diry racing saw many white trash fights on a race track. Even those r ednecksknew to notgo in front of moving cars

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Where is the video that shows him getting thrown 50 yards.