KevinWI
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If Tony wants to race literally hours after killing somebody, then he loses what little respect I had left for him.
Tony Stewart running over someone?
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Lazyking
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I could see no crimnal charges, but perception is reality and the soon reality will be that Tony won't be allowed to race again.
Jeffrey00
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Zimmerman should have never went to trial. Wasn't until the backlash created by the media did a second da get pressured into taking it to trial. The same could happen with Tony. If media backlash picks this up the DA may and try to take to trial.
jws926
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Thats is whats being reported, so thats what I am going with
Tennessee Racing
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I think it's best for Tony to go home and stay there. Even if Nascar doesn't suspend him, it will be a very bad decision to race tomorrow.
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Even though this includes a NASCAR driver, how does this flip NASCAR as a whole upside down? SHR may be gone after 2014 but how does this effect the entire sport like a nuclear bomb as some of you are predicting? Just curious
Naitch
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Former NASCAR Champion kills a fellow competitor?
NASCAR team owner kills a fellow competitor?
JBone88
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It's gonna take more than that video we all watched to convict someone of a criminal offense. To me, the fact the authorities didnt detain Stewart right after it happened and no criminal charges are pending as of yet leads me to believe there may not be any. Especially since that kid ran out in front of a moving race car. We shall see. Once the DA speaks on the matter we will know where that is headed. Only person who really knows what happened is probably Stewart. Such a damn tragedy.
KevinWI
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Well, let's keep the Zimmerman topic for the podium. This is already an emotional thread without having to bring up that.
KevinWI
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I think Jeffrey was right, Haas buys out Stewart, just to keep GoDaddy and Budweiser happy. Has it ever been made public how much of SHR Stewart owns? I kind of assumed it was probably a small percentage 5-15%. Like how Jay-Z "owned" the Brooklyn Nets.
jws926
I need to think of something new for here
The fact is this, Kevin put himself in harms way on a hot race track, there is no way around that.
Naitch
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Didn't Stewart take a 51% share of the team?
Tennessee Racing
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I heard it was half.
Lazyking
Over the Cassill we go
Guilty by association. NASCAR DRIVER Tony Stewart killed someone on a race track. Not regular old Tony Stewart. Hell, some people ignorant about motorsports might believe it was a Nascar event.
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It won't. The world will go on. As it always does. People sure like to embellish and engage in hyperbole. Once again we are taking the focus off the real issue...a young racer is dead and he has a family that will miss him.
FLRacingFan
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Plenty of people as it is think sprint car = Sprint Cup.
Jeffrey00
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Nascar will take the media hit. Worse case Haas buys Tony out and continues with current stable. Rick will help where he can. Possibly even loaning Chase Elliott/Napa if need be.
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Maize16
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I think you're right.
Hell, they might even be able to magically resuscitate the little guy. Him and stewart can shake hands like men and put it behind them.
Just swell.
Soda cookies for all.
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when they find a jury who doesn't know who Tony is, could they be impartial because if they don't know of him, i pretty much say they don't care for racing.
Naitch
NASCAR needs a driver's union
It's New York, ask for a venue change to Manhattan and you have a jury who doesn't care about auto racing.
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From a certain pov, Kevin killed himself. Its almost no different than walking in front of a train. Tony is no murderer. Manslaughter at most.
KevinWI
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This. I have some very very very casual race fans in my family where the only race they watch ever year is our annual family pilgrimage to the Milwaukee IndyCar race. When Jason Leffler was killed in a sprint car, I was surprised that so many of them thought it was in a Sprint Cup car.
Jeffrey00
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You brought him up. I was just using as an example that if media runs with this the DA may be forced to follow through.
Nitro Dude
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If he was really trying to avoid the boy then he will race again unless he emotionally doesn't want to. It will all come down to the real facts about the incident...and none of us know the real facts yet. You sure can't get any facts from that video except that the kid was angry at Tony and ran towards his car and was struck and died from his injuries .
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KevinWI
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I wouldn't call him a murderer, but Tony killed him. His ass was in the driver's seat, his hands were on the wheel, his foot was on the pedal. He killed that kid.
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I want to put the nail in Stewart's career right now, but am having a hard time completely doing it because that kid literally ran down into the middle of the damn track.
I guess the court of public opinion will take over and end all sponsorship/ownership and Stewart will hang them up, not by choice but rather because no one wants to be associated with him.
I guess the court of public opinion will take over and end all sponsorship/ownership and Stewart will hang them up, not by choice but rather because no one wants to be associated with him.
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and i think that goes bad for Tony. a jury that doesn't like or gets racing.
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Wow, this is horrible. Just saw the video. Stewart obviously didn't intend to kill the guy. But he deliberately gunned it.
Wow, wow, wow. Stewart better have some good lawyers.
This sucks. I like Tony. Hothead decision and bad luck and now one guy's dead and Stewart's life is about to be radically changed.
Terrible.
Wow, wow, wow. Stewart better have some good lawyers.
This sucks. I like Tony. Hothead decision and bad luck and now one guy's dead and Stewart's life is about to be radically changed.
Terrible.
Tennessee Racing
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We can point the finger all we want but that accomplishes nothing. One man is dead, another has to live with that the rest of his life.
FLRacingFan
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Walking down the groove and gesturing was dumb but just compare Tony's speed to the white #45 or #46 that went by right in front of him. He was going a good deal faster than he should have been.
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How do we know that the white car wasnt going slower than usual & stewart was at average caution speed?
Lazyking
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Yup. No matter what happens. Public opinion and everything, these two facts will never change.
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Then maybe they should pay attention and educate themselves a bit? It's not that hard to differentiate. It's bad enough that the media manipulates and twists everything. You know ESPN will be unbearable for the next few days. Until of course Lebron drops a duce or Johnny Manziel announces his favorite color...
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it will be a nuclear bomb in auto racing. SHR will cease to exist at least with tony's name on it. which to me is a nuclear bomb in and of itself. tony is a 50-50 owner. he owns half the team. at this point the whole situation is in flux and they don't even know whats going to happen. The media will drive alot of where this goes. what a nightmare.
as for criminal charges of course these have to be evaluated, tony isn't a flight risk, so there isn't a huge hurry to run out and prosecute this. The media will also have a say in the nature of these charges. as for the sport of nascar YES they race tomorrow. stewart will never sit in a cup car or probably any other race car for that matter.
as for criminal charges of course these have to be evaluated, tony isn't a flight risk, so there isn't a huge hurry to run out and prosecute this. The media will also have a say in the nature of these charges. as for the sport of nascar YES they race tomorrow. stewart will never sit in a cup car or probably any other race car for that matter.
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NASCAR has survived without SHR. It may be a bombshell to sprint car racing & SHR, but not NASCAR as a whole imo
Lazyking
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My roommate is sleeping right now and has to work tomorrow. He's a bigger race fan then me.. well at least Nascar and he likes Tony.. I don't have the heart to wake him up.
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tomorrow he'll say why didn't you wake me.
Tennessee Racing
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When I first saw the headline, I figured he just punched someone again. If only.......
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