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Yes, actually about 12.999999 seconds to react. That is the amount of time it took the spoiled brat to leave his car and make it to Tony's car.
Yes, actually about 12.999999 seconds to react. That is the amount of time it took the spoiled brat to leave his car and make it to Tony's car.
You need to have driven a sprint to know you HAVE to gas it to turn hard. Rear end is locked and small front tires. If he would hit the brakes thing would have done a 360. Sure are alot of NEW members posting the same thing and disliking alot lol. Some people have nothing else to do i guess. Jimmy dearing am i correct in my assumption?Do you have first hand knowledge of Kevin Ward Jr.? I doubt it. So your assumption of the young man is taken from where? I'm not saying who was right or wrong in this mess but I think that there was a whole lot of wrong on both sides that caused this. Anyone that says you have to gas a sprint up to turn it in my mind is full of well sh*t. I've seen people avoid people by simply turning. My first reaction to seeing someone that I may hit would be a brake pedal. But it is what it is and the outcome doesn't change. Tony's gonna have to live with it and Kevin's dead. Sad state of affairs.
You are correct sir. Braking or getting off the gas fast can make it faster and more significant. I learned that lesson the hard way at Lake Hill. Bottom line, car racing as a whole is being tried right now in the court of public opinion. The more we beat on this does no good. We can only say a prayer for all those involved and let it take its course.if any race car has the correct front end set up it should pull to the left when the wheel is released..this is done with caster and camber to the front end also with roll out (taller tire to the outside-smaller on the LR) this is not my opinion -it is fact
You need to have driven a sprint to know you HAVE to gas it to turn hard. Rear end is locked and small front tires. If he would hit the brakes thing would have done a 360. Sure are alot of NEW members posting the same thing and disliking alot lol. Some people have nothing else to do i guess. Jimmy dearing am i correct in my assumption?
shucky darns sure didn't But i did pit and work on them for couple of years. My name is under my nic and have yet to hear of your "experience". Let alone who you are and what type of "horsepower" car you have raced. I ran sportsmans for 8 yrs by the way and got to know of several sprint drivers pretty well. (Insert stupid face icon here)So I assume you raced sprint cars for years?
I think rucket and compact99 are the same posters so i just ignored them. Let them rant. Facts are spilling out now and if them 2 ever sat in a sprint car with a full containment seat and hans device with a huge side wing they sure would be tooting a different horn. In fact at one time i actually wondered if sprints should be shut down due to all the recent issues. But they are a blast to watcb and i have alot of respect for the dudes who drive them. Simply unbeivable car control
I think rucket and compact99 are the same posters so i just ignored them. Let them rant. Facts are spilling out now and if them 2 ever sat in a sprint car with a full containment seat and hans device with a huge side wing they sure would be tooting a different horn. In fact at one time i actually wondered if sprints should be shut down due to all the recent issues. But they are a blast to watcb and i have alot of respect for the dudes who drive them. Simply unbeivable car control
if any race car has the correct front end set up it should pull to the left when the wheel is released..this is done with caster and camber to the front end also with roll out (taller tire to the outside-smaller on the LR) this is not my opinion -it is fact
Well said tom!While there have been some good opinions here there is one thing for sure and that is that none of us were in the car to know what really happened. I am guilty for thinking stewart hit him on purpose when the news first broke about the accident. The headlines and everything was pointing to it being something that was done purposely. After seeing video and everything it all starts to look clearer. I removed any negative comments about the situation and seen my way out of it being i wasn't there. There have been some great articles on the way a sprint car drives to kinda give us a idea of how these machines work. If Ward would have only stayed in his car then this wouldn't even be a topic. We all know tempers flare while racing. Why he felt the need to run at Tonys car is beyond me. If your mad and feel like you need to exit your car then at least stand out of harms way and throw the arms up as he is passing. Or be a tough guy and go visit him in the pits. Ya may have got your a $ $ kicked but at least you would live to talk about it. Tony and the Ward family have to live with this forever. Of coarse the Wards will blame Tony. That's a given. I am not a fan of Stewart and i know he has a heck of a temper but i know he wouldn't run someone over purposely. We can all sit here and speculate what did and didn't happen but it wont change a thing. The only thing any of us racers can learn out of this whole deal is to stay in your car in situations like this. Staying in your car will ensure that you will go home to your family and live to race another day. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and that is fine. But we are not law enforcement or investigators in this case. Let them do their jobs to tell us what happened and not what we assume happened. So ill end my rant now but just remember if you want to go home to your family after the races please stay in your car so there isn't another terrible accident like this one.
Look at the video again. There are multiple versions on YouTube that are in slow motion and zoomed in.
Notice that Ward grabbed the wing, and tried to run along side of TS's car, before he slipped and was sucked under the tire.
To assume TS is guilty of anything is irresponsible at best and a total knee jerk, emotionally charged, uninformed opinion at worst.
TS had 1.2 seconds, from the time the 45 car passed Ward and he became visible, to recognize a potential problem, formulate a plan of action, & impliment that action, all the while, Ward was continuing his aggressive confrontation.