I think it is a horrible tragedy. I do have more questions as time goes on. I began to wonder if this awfully young man would have reacted in such a confrontational way, literally appearing to take on a mass of metal and horsepower on a dirt racetrack in the dark if he had not known the driver in the other car was super star, Tony Stewart. Did competing against a legend this kid had to have been aware of for as long as he had been around racing, which was probably always, cause him to have more intense emotions and react in a way more excessively and certainly deadly dangerous than he would have if it had been another sprint car driver none of us had ever heard of? I will never know because I did not know him. I do know that if Tony had not been in the race and this happened on a regular Saturday night at this racetrack, I would not even know about it. It is very sad that even in death the short 20 years this soul was on earth, will be forever remembered and catapulted to international attention, discussion and debate, because in his twenty year old young mans mind, he wanted to be man enough to put a very, very, experienced and proven champion race car driver, in his place over a race track incident as common as dirt in sprint car racing, by literally attempting to get so close to his car that he lost sight of his own vulnerability. Did Tony Stewart have time when he saw a PERSON on the track in the line of the car he was driving to even assess, who it was or why he was there? Of course not. To attempt to assert that Tony did anything intentional would mean that he had the same view and experience of what happened that we all have had the repeated privilege of viewing to make our judgements and he did not. He was the other car in the accident. Who can honestly say that, in the minutes of time it took Tony to be involved in the incident, regain control of his car, see the caution, slow his car down, attempt to get it in line and somehow simultaneously know, that the guy he hooked while picking his line on the track, was out of his car and pissed, and was aggressively running at him in the racetrack, and then immediately, develop the kind of murderous rage that would enable him to emotionally respond in kind and decide to run him over and kill him as retribution? That is a ridiculous and pathetic excuse by anyone to place blame where it does not belong. Do you honestly think Tony could perceive this kids emotion? It could have been anyone on the racetrack, a driver of another car, a track worker....anyone. Would Tony Stewart really take just about anyones life, based on bravado, on the off chance it might be the guy he just got tangled up with, and the kid was attempting to confront him instead of maybe being dazed and confused? A veritable kid, young enough to be Tonys son, who posed no threat to his ego or reputation? No. Absolutely not. Why do we have to villanize people because we dont like them personally? I seriously doubt at the time Tony realized there was a person within in inches of the car he was driving, that he had any negative emotions toward anyone in the world, especially a twenty year old young man who had his whole life yet to live. To suggest he was capable of such an action would be accusing him of being a vicious animal and I reserve those specific descriptions to my brother in laws and step children and my husbands first wife!
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:47:33 +0000
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