Tony Stewart fatal dirt-track incident to be heard by grand jury

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41. Thank you very much for this long, informative post.

I apologize it has taken me so long to respond, I had gone to bed.

I certainly bow to your clearly superior knowledge on these cars, and it does seem as if conditions make the accident more probable.

As I follow Formula 1 (and sports cars from time to time) and my husband is a weekend club racer, such an accident is completely inconceivable to me.

If a Formula 1 driver hit and killed someone on track under a yellow, even someone running out to confront them, they would be banned from the sport for life and almost certainly criminally prosecuted.

So, thank you for the explanation that certainly puts an additional light on things.

Finally, though, I do have to say that I do find it a little gruesome that fans would not want to see additional safety measures if this formula so incredibly dangerous. The last race death was Senna in 1994. I love all the F1 drivers (even the ones I love to hate like Vettel and Hamilton) and I'd be devastated, and probably stop watching, if any of them were to be killed in the sport, even while doing something stupid and out of character.