Tony Stewart Runs Over and Kills Fellow Driver on Saturday Night

[akphidelt]

These cars move the opposite way of drifting when you let out of the throttle. That's what makes them so hard to drive. That's a fact.

They also move the opposite way when you run in to a 150+ pound object. Just like driving any vehicle and hitting something that slows the momentum of the right side of your vehicle.

 

[MattyMatt]

And yes a 150 lb object can slow momentum

Now you use the word slow instead of stop.

Let me start punching you in the face. Do you want me to stop or slow down?

 

[MikeB]

Now you use the word slow instead of stop.

Let me start punching you in the face. Do you want me to stop or slow down?

Haha

 

[akphidelt]

Now you use the word slow instead of stop.

Let me start punching you in the face. Do you want me to stop or slow down?

Slow, stop, whatever word you want to use. The video shows the guy is caught on the right side of the vehicle causing the vehicle to go right just like it does in any vehicle you drive. It's clear as day in the video. No burps or throttles necessary to understand basic physics.

 

[MattyMatt]

Slow, stop, whatever word you want to use. The video shows the guy is caught on the right side of the vehicle causing the vehicle to go right just like it does in any vehicle you drive. It's clear as day in the video. No burps or throttles necessary to understand basic physics.

And I agree with you that the body helped it move right, but so did coming out of the throttle (even more so IMO). that's how these cars work whether you or anyone knows or wants to admit that.

Kevin Ward Jr. is negligent as hell to get out of the car, no denying that. This will be ruled an accident, no denying that on my end either. And Tony wasn't trying to murder the guy either, no denying that.

 

[MattyMatt]

Slow, stop, whatever word you want to use.

this is just stupid to say right here. If you get pulled over by a police officer that says you ran the stop sign back there, are you going to say you slowed down, or that you stopped? Huge difference.

 

[HamGlaze]

Have you ever drove through a neighborhood before and all of a sudden you see a bunch of kids blocking the road and won't move out of your way and they look at you as if to dare you to hit them.

Well, I bet they don't do that in Tony Stewart's neighborhood.

 

[akphidelt]

this is just stupid to say right here. If you get pulled over by a police officer that says you ran the stop sign back there, are you going to say you slowed down, or that you stopped? Huge difference.

We are talking about momentum of the right tire not the speed of the car. Could it have been stopped for a second because a body got caught in it or was it just slowed. In the broad context of this conversation it really doesn't matter whether it was stopped or slowed. Both will produce the same effect.

 

[RoofTop]

How long is this track? They said a yellow flag was out. Could he not slow down?

 

[MattyMatt]

We are talking about momentum of the right tire not the speed of the car. Could it have been stopped for a second because a body got caught in it or was it just slowed. In the broad context of this conversation it really doesn't matter whether it was stopped or slowed. Both will produce the same effect.

No they don't. Do they both cause the car to react, yes, but in the same way, not even close.

 

[MattyMatt]

How long is this track? They said a yellow flag was out. Could he not slow down?

the track is probably 3/8 mile at most.

The cars were slowed down. Look how slow the white car that goes by first is going. there are stop lights going into Turn 1 and turn 3 that turn yellow almost instant, and he went by the flagstand with the flagman waiving the yellows.

 

[akphidelt]

No they don't. Do they both cause the car to react, yes, but in the same way, not even close.

True, but now we are playing word games. It really doesn't matter in this conversation.

 

[slapshot]

If I remember Stewart caused another wreck that messed up some driver and paid them off

 

[MattyMatt]

If I remember Stewart caused another wreck that messed up some driver and paid them off

He caused a huge 12 car wreck I believe it was last year or 2 years ago, and another one that broke his own leg in 2 different places that made them redesign the protective plate of the direct drive system they now use. Designed by him. Imagine that. He also owns the nicest dirt track in the Country, Eldora Speedway.

 

[akphidelt]

Here's a slo mo view. You can see the tires try to turn left but the weight of the body stops the momentum and carries the car to the right. Absolute no right turn before that. The dude is standing in the middle of the track like a nutcase.

 

[MikeB]

How long is this track? They said a yellow flag was out. Could he not slow down?

There is a certain speed designated by the track that is mandated during all caution (yellow flag) laps. At that track it was between 25-35mph. All of the drivers (including Stewart) were believed to be observing Caution Lap speed at the time of the accident. This is what has been widely reported.

 

[RoofTop]

the track is probably 3/8 mile at most.

The cars were slowed down. Look how slow the white car that goes by first is going. there are stop lights going into Turn 1 and turn 3 that turn yellow almost instant, and he went by the flagstand with the flagman waiving the yellows.

if that's the case, i think Stewart tried to scare him and hit him accidentally. Regardless, he should not be allowed to race again or do time

 

[MattyMatt]

Here's a slo mo view. You can see the tires try to turn left but the weight of the body stops the momentum and carries the car to the right. Absolute no right turn before that. The dude is standing in the middle of the track like a nutcase.

You can clearly see the rear end swung around some before impact due to the burping of the throttle(not fully but some) between 7-8 sec mark. The body and the letting off of the throttle turns the car right.

 

[MattyMatt]

if that's the case, i think Stewart tried to scare him and hit him accidentally. Regardless, he should not be allowed to race again or do time

This is exactly what happened. He will continue to race though, unless he chooses not to do so on his own, and that will not happen. Racing is his addiction.

 

[akphidelt]

You can clearly see the rear end swung around some before impact due to the burping of the throttle(not fully but some) between 7-8 sec mark. The body and the letting off of the throttle turns the car right.

Looks like a normal turn to me. I don't see the tires once turn towards him. The dude is in the middle of the road like a nutcase. It's not like Stewart was drifting towards the right.