Tony Stewart Runs Over Driver During Confrontation, Killing Him

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105. "I'm Tony Stewart, dickhead... and you're not. So back the FUCK up."

I've slowed the video down and watched it frame by frame. He hit the kid with his right rear, and the car was in a right-handed slide with the front wheels turned slightly to the right at the moment of impact. Couple that with the throttle-up the moment before and here's my take and it's just my opinion, doesn't make me a keyboard warrior, and I'm not currently wearing pajamas.

Pitch the car to the left, stab the gas pedal for a quick second, and kick the rear-end out either to back the kid up. or toss some marbles in his face. He misjudged and caught him with the right rear tire. "I'm Tony Stewart, and he's a punk nobody, challenging me in front of all these people? The fuck does he think he is?"

Anyone who's followed Stewart's career knows he's a hothead, considers himself entitled, and is prone to outbursts. This time he fucked up. He misjudged badly, and a 20 year old is dead. Hell, if the helmet he threw at Matt Kenseth's car in 2012 had gone through the windshield instead of bouncing off the hood of his car, Stewart's career might have ended with criminal charges right then and there.

I see involuntary manslaughter. That's my opinion, and I'm still not wearing pajamas.

You can right click on the video at the link below, and set the play speed to 0.125 and watch Ward wrap around the right rear tire at 0:36.

The sad part is that if Ward hadn't gotten out of his car and challenged a hothead like Stewart, he'd be alive today.

http://deadspin.com/reports-tony-stewart-ran-over-opposing-driver-during-1618893708