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Tony Stewart/Kevin Ward Case To Go Before Grand Jury
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They are really being dicks about this. The kid made a life ending decision to hurl his fragile body at a 2500lb race car at night, on a muddy dirt track...and it got him killed....now leave Tony alone.
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I think he is innocent. But forever damaged goods with any corporate sponsor. Next year will be interesting.
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"We have reviewed the evidence over and ove,r for over a month now..and cannot find anything that hints at malicious intent...we cant find him guilty, so lets see if someoen else can find him guilty"
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I wonder if we might see Tony as owner only next year, no driving as you're correct, the sponsor issue may be huge. Another option would be Kurt with Tony's sponsors and Tony with the Haas sponsorship
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CYA?
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If the kid wouldn't have run out onto the track, he'd be here today.
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But for some reason could not figure out what CYA meant.. Even if they were to charge him.. making a case would be really hard to prove, other than possibly a civil action. |
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But wonder what made you change your mind from your first post below in the other thread about this? |
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Malicious intent or just negligence, Tony contributed to that kids death. Whether his actions rose to the level of a criminal act....I'll wait for the people that have all of the evidence infront of them to decide. I think what will sink him will be the fact he blipped the throttle as he went by Ward. |
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The throttle on those cars is very soft, and just from the video, even in slow motion, it appears to me that his foot tapped the throttle from the bump of going over him.. At idle, even a small 1/4 inch movement on the throttle makes a huge jump of RPM from the blip.... Back when I was racing, I use to adjust my linkage with a longer throw on purpose to slow it down a bit to help me be smoother on throttle off the corners... where some other guys might just prefer it quick. (or never even thought about it) When I put myself in Stewart's shoes that night, and ask what would I have done different? Possibly turned down away from him a little sooner, but who would have expected the other guy to keep coming right into the car? I betcha if Tony had driven all the way down into the infield grass, that boy would have ran down there also. But that's just my opinion for whatever it's worth. |
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Watch the video again...the engine rpm comes up when Ward is still 10 feet in front of the car.
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other than possibly a civil action.
And I'm sure that's pending, too. |
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If he is no-billed by the grand jury can he still be found culpable in a civil trial?
If no, then that may be why they are doing this. If yes, then they may have some damning evidence. But I'm being a liberal here and talking out my ass. |
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