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Kevin Ward dies at Sprint Car Race


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Stewart's not racing today. Zipadelli said last night that today would be "business as usual", but then issued a statement not long ago saying that Tony Stewart's slept on it and decided he's not going to race today, believing it to be the right thing to do.

This whole situation is pretty shitty. There's a family in mourning right now, and this is the sort of incident that could cause serious mental issues for Tony Stewart going forward. Not only that, but people are already calling for his head and calling him a murderer, claiming that he intended to kill Ward. Even if it's found to be unintentional, it's the kind of stigma that's going to hound Stewart the rest of his career.

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I'm not planning on watching it, but is that the general gist of it, man walks on racetrack and gets hit by car? I don't even know what sprint cars are to be fair, but I'm imagining its the standard oval thing?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_car_racing#mediaviewer/File:DaveBlaney40SprintCar.jpg

That's a sprint car. They're typically raced on dirt tracks.

And pretty much, yes - man gets out of car to confront other driver, gets hit.

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I'm not planning on watching it, but is that the general gist of it, man walks on racetrack and gets hit by car? I don't even know what sprint cars are to be fair, but I'm imagining its the standard oval thing?

They basically American versions of UK stock cars from what I can gather.

Watched the footage, no idea what the guy was thinking walking out onto the track.

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ESPN just showed the footage in Nascar Countdown.. why the fuck would they do that? Just how desperate for ratings can a channel be?

Not at all? They're their own channel, owned by one of the largest media conglomerates in the world.

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Well, Fox News has direct competition with every other 24 hour news network.

Anyways, I think everyone is at fault here, it certainly looks like Stewart could have avoided him, but what the hell are you doing out of your car standing in the middle of the track during a race in the first place?

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Happens all the time in American racing really, especially after a caution when they all have to slow down, but according to eyewitnesses, Stewart accelerated which led the car to go sideways leading to the right rear to hit Ward.

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