Quote Originally Posted by The Doctor View Post

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.
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Few people understand how a sprint car turns, let alone ever driven one. They think they just turn them and the car starts to slide the rear around.

Truth is, they don't get on the wheel until the car is already going sideway. They get them sideways by letting off the gas getting to the turn, and then gas it. The cars have a HUGE tire stagger and the rear automatically swings right just from the gas. Then they start counter steering it.

All that had to happen is for the rear to swing left when Tony gave it a little squirt, and Ward a little too close, disaster.

If you watch the video you can see that Ward was so enraged, he damn near gets clipped by 3 other cars be Tony gets to him, and Ward makes a definited move to the car at about the same time Tony gives a squirt.

The uniformed see it as Tony swerving toward Ward. The ass end simply swung out a little when Tony gave it a shot of throttle.

Watch almost any similar situation like Tony throwing his helmet at Kennseth and you will notice they almost always give the car a squeeze on the throttle. This time, in a that car, on that track, it didn't turn out well.