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Tony Stewart hits, kills driver Kevin Ward Jr. in Sprint Car Race
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Kevin Ward Jr. deserves to be known as more than victim in Tony Stewart wreck
By Jay Busbee 3 hours ago From The Marbles
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Kevin Ward Jr.
Kevin Ward Jr. died on Saturday night when he came in contact with Tony Stewart's vehicle during a sprint car race at the Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park. Until the late hours of Saturday night, I had no idea who Kevin Ward Jr. was, and most likely, neither did you.
Ward, a 20-year-old kid, is about to become the jumping-off point for an entire nation to rant about motorsports in general and Stewart in particular. Before that happens, before we go barreling down the road into a world of ill-informed speculation and sweeping judgments and thundering ignorance, take a moment to think about this kid.
Look at his picture. Given his age, it was obviously taken in the last couple years, and yet that face wouldn't look out of place in a Civil War photograph, defiant and a touch surly and still nowhere near old enough to be suffering the cold realities of the adult world.
Read his bio, cordially entitled "Getting to Know Kevin Ward Jr." It's written in a slightly stilted style, like a Sunday suit that doesn't fit quite right, and it's dated and yet still in a heartbreaking present tense: "Kevin Ward Jr is just 17 years old and he is the pilot of the Rider Racing Engines Powered #13 360 Sprint Car. He has had racing in his blood for all 17 years of his young life, and has raced for the last 13 of those years." It goes on from there, more than 400 words of minute detail about races and tracks and 14th-place finishes, and you know whoever wrote this loved, absolutely loved, the fact that Kevin Ward Jr. was living the life of a racer.
Think about where he came from. Ward was from Lyons Falls, New York, a town whose entire population could all comfortably shop at the same time in a single Wal-Mart. Growing up in small towns, you've got two choices: you decide you're going to settle in where you are, or you race as hard and fast as you can to achieve escape velocity. And you don't have long to make the choice.
Consider how fast he had to grow up. This is a kid who started racing go-karts when he was only four years old, a kid who had to hustle on and off the track. Racing isn't like football or basketball, where you join a school and a summer program with the infrastructure already in place. In racing, you've got to carve your own path, and you've got to get others to buy into your dream right from the start. Ward and his family hustled enough to get sponsors that believed in the kid, that were willing to put up money for him to race against drivers two and three times his age.
And now, this. The kid's gone. Maybe one day years from now he'd have reached NASCAR's highest levels; maybe he'd just be sitting around the local garage, telling the same story over and over about the time he raced Tony Stewart. He should have gotten the chance to go as far as his talent and drive would have taken him. He didn't get it. This is beyond unfair.
So here's what racing can give him, what Kevin Ward Jr. deserves: to be remembered. To be known as more than just a name in a much more famous driver's story. To be an inspiration to some other four-year-old kid who's got racing in his blood right now.
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Kevin Ward Jr. (Via @TigerMania22)
After Saturday night, Tony Stewart's future as a driver is in serious question. But no matter whether Stewart ever drives again, he's not the most important part of this story. Kevin Ward Jr. is, and always will be.
Kevin Ward Jr. deserves to be known as more than victim in Tony Stewart wreck
By Jay Busbee 3 hours ago From The Marbles
.
Kevin Ward Jr.
Kevin Ward Jr. died on Saturday night when he came in contact with Tony Stewart's vehicle during a sprint car race at the Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park. Until the late hours of Saturday night, I had no idea who Kevin Ward Jr. was, and most likely, neither did you.
Ward, a 20-year-old kid, is about to become the jumping-off point for an entire nation to rant about motorsports in general and Stewart in particular. Before that happens, before we go barreling down the road into a world of ill-informed speculation and sweeping judgments and thundering ignorance, take a moment to think about this kid.
Look at his picture. Given his age, it was obviously taken in the last couple years, and yet that face wouldn't look out of place in a Civil War photograph, defiant and a touch surly and still nowhere near old enough to be suffering the cold realities of the adult world.
Read his bio, cordially entitled "Getting to Know Kevin Ward Jr." It's written in a slightly stilted style, like a Sunday suit that doesn't fit quite right, and it's dated and yet still in a heartbreaking present tense: "Kevin Ward Jr is just 17 years old and he is the pilot of the Rider Racing Engines Powered #13 360 Sprint Car. He has had racing in his blood for all 17 years of his young life, and has raced for the last 13 of those years." It goes on from there, more than 400 words of minute detail about races and tracks and 14th-place finishes, and you know whoever wrote this loved, absolutely loved, the fact that Kevin Ward Jr. was living the life of a racer.
Think about where he came from. Ward was from Lyons Falls, New York, a town whose entire population could all comfortably shop at the same time in a single Wal-Mart. Growing up in small towns, you've got two choices: you decide you're going to settle in where you are, or you race as hard and fast as you can to achieve escape velocity. And you don't have long to make the choice.
Consider how fast he had to grow up. This is a kid who started racing go-karts when he was only four years old, a kid who had to hustle on and off the track. Racing isn't like football or basketball, where you join a school and a summer program with the infrastructure already in place. In racing, you've got to carve your own path, and you've got to get others to buy into your dream right from the start. Ward and his family hustled enough to get sponsors that believed in the kid, that were willing to put up money for him to race against drivers two and three times his age.
And now, this. The kid's gone. Maybe one day years from now he'd have reached NASCAR's highest levels; maybe he'd just be sitting around the local garage, telling the same story over and over about the time he raced Tony Stewart. He should have gotten the chance to go as far as his talent and drive would have taken him. He didn't get it. This is beyond unfair.
So here's what racing can give him, what Kevin Ward Jr. deserves: to be remembered. To be known as more than just a name in a much more famous driver's story. To be an inspiration to some other four-year-old kid who's got racing in his blood right now.
View photo
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Kevin Ward Jr. (Via @TigerMania22)
After Saturday night, Tony Stewart's future as a driver is in serious question. But no matter whether Stewart ever drives again, he's not the most important part of this story. Kevin Ward Jr. is, and always will be.
Yep, and he's racing today without ever being arrested or charged.
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Looks pretty deliberate to me. Stewart's car swung out toward the kid/wall where as the car before him swung in to avoid the kid.
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he'll win his race today...break down in tears...all is forgiven
cacs gonna cac
that would be 
"this is for lil kevin
" 
the fukkery 
What in the hell?
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Yep, and he's racing today without ever being arrested or charged.
Any word on what's happened with the alleged switching of tires that was allegedly witnessed and allegedly photographed before the police caught up with Tony?
fukking thugs I blame country music
they might try but kid was in the middle of the track running towards the cars, Tony gon lie his ass off and get away with it. If cacs can claim they see a weapon and shoot your ass and get away with it, imagine what they can do with this.
Tony can lie all he wants but he does have a documented history of this type of rage/anger getting the better of him. They could argue that Ward was only 20 years old he didn't know any better but that demon Stewart has no regard for human life and should have avoided him, Stewart's savagery was going to catch up with him sooner or later and it's finally has.
Stewart basically is NASCAR he has to give Ward's family a few mil just to keep from making the brand look bad.
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Laughing at you n*ggaz like “ha ha ha”
Video is disturbing...but I can't tell whether it was intentional or not. The on board camera & eyewitness accounts seem to indicate that it was but the original video doesn't prove that. Despite that, he shouldn't be allowed to race for the foreseeable future, including tonight.
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I'm not some racing novice but I've seen dudes get out of their cars and throw their helmets at the cats responsible while out there on the track. The driver would just swerve out of their way not gun it past them so stop with that bullshyt he was in the middle of a track. Stewarts been racing long enough to know how to avoid someone. He can avoid wrecked cars going 180+ mph but he can't avoid a human being? GTFOH with the 
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The Media scene in V is for Vendetta is the clue
He gunned the gas. All the audio proves it. He meant to scare the kid. The kid didn't back down or run, though. I guess the kid figured he could take a little dirt thrown on him. He got tangled up in the wheel instead, and died. Tony made the wrong decision getting that close just because he wanted to show off as he usually does, apparently.
A kid, just starting off his life, died.
Tony shouldn't be racing today.