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In response to "so, where do we fall on the blame for this dirt track kid getting killed?" by groiny

Stewart, 98%.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka Joemetz) Aug 11 '14, 07:19

The kid did something stupid which many others have done without injury. Hell, Stewart's done it.

And one of the handful best drivers on the planet ran him over.

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from what I read 2 other guys barely avoided hitting him and Stewart did his best to do so also, but his back wheel clipped the kid - decline Aug 11, 07:24 12
- Did you see the video? Don't read the articles; they're written horribly. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 07:29 11
  - Bull. It's a tiny track, coming out of a corner, with the kid purposely trying to get in the way. - Ender Aug 11, 07:36
  - Question for you. Are you saying he goosed the engine because you read reports of people saying he did? - Bacon Aug 11, 07:34 9
    - I see evidence of it on the video. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 07:36 8
      - yeah, watched it again and there was a rev I heard. -- nm - Bacon Aug 11, 07:42 2
        
        How can you isolate it to that one car across the track? -- nm - zork Aug 11, 07:44 1
        
        The sound comes from the area where the car then shows up. Sure I could be wrong, but it seems to be his car. - Bacon Aug 11, 07:49
      - Okay. the one thing I noticed was the stutter step the kid took at the last second possible confusing the driver as to where he was going to go. - Bacon Aug 11, 07:39 1
        
        "I immediately regret this decision!" -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 07:40
      - Right. There's a clear engine rev. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:37 2
        
        ...which you would also get in a "holy shit I need to avoid this obstacle!!!" situation. -- nm - Ender Aug 11, 07:38
        
        I agree, but what I do not know, is the reason for the rev. I have heard different angles on that one. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 07:38
On a tiny dark dirt track. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 07:21 11
- Notice on the tap just before he's hit another car runs by him. Could have blocked Tony's view of a person standing there. - Bacon Aug 11, 07:22
- It wasn't dark. Not if you can see the kid rather clearly on a video camera hundreds of yards away. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 07:22 9
  - So, you have been to a lot of dirt track speedways? I have only been to two, so will bow to your knowledge. - Spawn Aug 11, 07:25
  - We are watching a camera that is still. Not going 60 miles an hour. - Bacon Aug 11, 07:23 6
    - We're not talking John Smith here; we're talking Tony Stewart, one of the finest drivers in the world; maybe the finest driver - Will Hunting Aug 11, 07:27 5
      - I dunno man, sounds like these dirt tracks are quite the challenge. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 07:29
      - I thought that too, about scaring the kid and getting too close. But you are making a huge leap based on what we know. - Bacon Aug 11, 07:29 3
        
        Will's description of it certainly seems to fit it to the common understanding of the personality types involved in racing -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 07:36 1
        
        (as does the kid's actions to seemingly confront a rival driver on foot versus a moving vehicle) -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 07:38
        
        Also you say that he is one of the top drivers in the world, and then you say he messed up. If the's that great and wanted to throw dirt on the kid - Bacon Aug 11, 07:30
  - dark wet dirt track, kid in black suit, other car in front of him. - groiny Aug 11, 07:23
yes, Stewart has done it on a professional track. Not a dirt track. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 07:20 4
- Plus, in CASCAR you have a spotter on a radio that tells you what is ahead. On these dirt tracks you are solo. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 07:26
- He might have instinctively reacted in a way that doesn't work well on dirt, perhaps -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 07:21 2
  - it is a stupid reaction either way, what good is getting out and yelling at a driver gonna do? -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 07:22 1
    - Almost none, except maybe boosting his image/brand/whatever that's called by normal people. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 07:25

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