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Originally Posted by ZOA NOM

SLOW THE F*CK DOWN! That's how. You certainly don't hit the throttle and drift your way past him.

If anyone who watches the video can't see that TS HIT THE THROTTLE, and caused his rear end to come out towards Ward, then I can't help you. I saw it, I heard it, it's a fact.

Here is a better quality slow-mo:
BETTER QUALITY: Tony Stewart Hits Sprint Car Driver Kevin Ward Jr (SLOW MOTION) - YouTube

To me it looks like Stewart's car is already pitched left as it comes into frame, implying he hit the brakes. Sprint cars have brakes only on the left front wheel and rear axle. Then the car kicks to the left, like he hit the gas, and the larger right rear tire kicked the car to the left away from Ward.

It also looks like Ward is hanging on the wing. Not sure though,but sure looks like it.

All he needed to do is get off the throttle and turn left, like everybody else did. His location on the track, and his conscious decision to hit the throttle makes him guilty in my view.

Sprint cars are single gear, direct drive. He was probably at idle. People who actually drive sprint cars, not just internet experts, say that a lot of steering of a sprint car is done with the throttle.

The guy who was two cars behind him, said

"From what I saw, Tony did everything in his power to turn down away from Kevin to avoid him,"

And: "People say that they heard the engine rev up and he gassed it. In a sprint car, the only way to steer is you steer with the rear wheels as much as you do the steering wheel. In my opinion, what he did was he gassed it to turn down away from him," said Sparks.

EXCLUSIVE: Crash Witness Says Tony Stewart Could Not Have Avoided Hitting Other Driver - Time Warner Cable News

But hey, what would he know, he actually drives sprint cars, and was actually there watching it happen in front of him......

Originally Posted by nobody yet, but I am sure it is coming....

Butbutbut Ward's dad said "none of the other drivers hit him".

What the hell is his dad going to say? "I raised a moron who ran into traffic and got himself killed"? No, he is going to screech at the top of his lungs, HE IS A VICTIM DAMMIT! AND the guy who hit him is an ass hole sometimes, so HE MUST BE A MURDERER!!!!!!