https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQYlWDcMFJo
Watch the first 7 seconds of this video and pay attention to the sound of the carts passing close to the camera man.
This is the same volume and level of engine you hear just before Tony hits the man. You cant hear Tony's engine Rev, its too far away.
You hear carts as they pass immediately in from the camera out of the range of the far zoom.
you can see, there is no swerve until after the driver has been hit. Frames 11 to 15, especially 14/15. Contact was made in frame 9/10. This swerve I believe is from the force of the impact itself. You can also see in various frames the driver being dragged until he is finally deposited later down the track.
Here is the frame by frame of the actual hit. (01 - 40)
I don't know if anyone noticed frame 49, you can clearly see a gunman on the grassy knoll.
Yeah, I don't get a crap about Nascar so I have no idea what is going on here except an idiot getting out of his car and running around while other cars are zooming by. I honestly didn't know that was a thing that drivers did (or is this usual?) nor do I know the history of either of the drivers. Maybe their history matters, but I don't see anything in the video that clearly proves vehicular manslaughter.Both share the blame equally IMO.
ROFL. OK...plz link to the video that you saw.
The video that I saw, shows some dumbass in a dark uniform running around zig-zagging on a dark track, with race cars, on a dirt track no less, zooming around him.
If situation happened with any other nameless driver in the universe, it would just be a horrible accident and the victim would rightly be 100% to blame. But because the driver is a name-brand guy, the nutters and conspiracy cooks are coming out of the woodwork to chime in.
Here's a pro-tip for the dumb asses in this thread: If you don't want to get run over on a dirt track at night, keep your dumb ass in or near your car, and not running around a race track like Barry Sanders. Morons.
Oh and before some other pea-brain chimes in: I could give two F's about Nascar or Tony Stewart.
You've pretty much invalidated any future opinions in my mind I guess.
Did Tony know they were under caution?
How do you know he didn't pass a few? The video is focused on the nut case.Yes, or he would be passing the cars in front of him that have slowed for the caution.
Accidents aren't necessarily free from criminal charges, though.
The track looks dry and hard to me, not mud.
Do you have another video source? Because I don't see what you described in the video linked here.
Did Tony know they were under caution?
How do you know he didn't pass a few? The video is focused on the nut case.
How do you know he didn't pass a few? The video is focused on the nut case.
you are 100% right. no mud. its a DIRT track. so yeah DRY and HARD and covered IN DIRT.
I could give two F's about Nascar or Tony Stewart.
Eh, I think Tony was experienced enough to KNOW he put that guy into the wall.I was originally agreeing that Stewart gunned his engine to kick out the back end purposefully. But then I started thinking that would only be the case if he knew that the person in the black outfit coming at him on a dimly lit turn was DEFINITELY the guy he put into the wall and knew that he was coming at him to yell at him. I find it hard to believe that he was absolutely sure about the identity of that driver and now feel he was surprised by there being a person suddenly in front of his car and most likely gunned it to avoid the driver on the track.
Eh, I think Tony was experienced enough to KNOW he put that guy into the wall.
I also believe he could see him walking towards him throwing his arms up and he gunned it to scare the kid and accidentally hit him.
My opinion doesn't matter though and is based on near nothing.
To "turn" yes, but not to change your line along a straight away or even coming OUT of turn with the car pointed down the straight-away. I think you're confusing (maybe deliberately) "turning" and changing lines. If you are on a two-lane highway @ 40MPH, you want to change lanes from the right lane to the left lane, is this considered a "turn"? You can't "turn" these cars or get them around a bend at speed without a combination of the steering wheel, throttle and sometimes one of the brakes (front or rear). But you can change lines using the steering, especially at slower non-race speeds.Also very possible. Since it was a dirt track its not like they can turn on a dime. Also, since it was a turn on a dirt track, the way the drivers turn is to hit the throttle.