Quote Originally Posted by The Doctor View Post
How ever you view it, this is a tragedy - a real tragedy.
Tony is emotional. He has been aggressive throughout his career and he's gone as far as to intentionally wreck a lot of others on track.
Fact is, he's even wrecked others in the pits to make a point (see Jeff Gordon.) Anger management is nothing new to him.

I find it ironic (yet tragic) that this happened to the very guy who has often left his NASCAR vehicle on the track to confront passing drivers like Ward did. He's gone as far as throwing his helmet at them (see Matt Kenseth) yet this is the very behavior that got Ward killed.

I don't believe for a single minute that Tony would intentionally hit another on track with his car. Not for a minute. I watched one video about a dozen times last night with some others and it is crystal clear that Tony accelerated just as he believed he was passing Ward. I'd bet a dollar to a doughnut that it was Tony's intention to cover this kid in mud but his car reacted to the acceleration by sliding further right in the rear, catching, and ultimately killing, Ward.

Prayers go out to the entire Ward family and to Tony as he copes with the result of his actions. It's only one man's opinion but only his celebrity can save him from some responsibility in this deal. Good news for Tony, he's got a lot of celebrity points saved up.
100% agree Doc, and I'd like to add that Stewart admitted he was the fault of a 15 car pileup that left a girl with a broken back on this same track. I think this happened one year ago.

I want to clarify my point, Stewart didn't do it on purpose but he had malicious intentions and things turned tragic. Kevin Ward should never have exited his car to confront Stewart either!
Bottom line, Stewart has made many more laps in his career and should have avoided this tragic outcome.