Tony Stewart hits, kills walking driver on sprint-car track
by Bob Pockrass, Sporting News
August 10, 2014 3:08am EDT
Tyler Graves, a sprint-car racer and friend of Ward’s, told Sporting News in a phone interview that he was sitting in the Turn 1 grandstands and saw everything that happened.
“Tony pinched him into the frontstretch wall, a racing thing,” Graves said. “The right rear tire went down, he spun on the exit of (Turn) 2. They threw the caution and everything was toned down. Kevin got out of his car. … He was throwing his arms up all over the place at Tony for most of the corner.
“I know Tony could see him. I know how you can see out of these cars. When Tony got close to him, he hit the throttle. When you hit a throttle on a sprint car, the car sets sideways. It set sideways, the right rear tire hit Kevin, Kevin was sucked underneath and was stuck under it for a second or two and then it threw him about 50 yards.”
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Graves, who described himself as a huge Stewart fan until Saturday night, doesn’t think Stewart should be racing.“Tony Stewart needs to be put in prison for life,” Graves said.
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Apparently, Stewart is scheduled to race Sunday in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen. As of 10 PM last night he is still in the line-up to start. Talk about cold.