Grief? More like he's got a cloud hanging over him. The kid was going to stand and gesture at him as he went by. When he saw that Stewart was coming at him, not by him like a sane person would do, he tried to jump back. There is no way he could have grabbed the wing at that speed. He was was being flipped ass over tea kettle. Stewart gunned the bleeping engine and cut the steering wheel hard. You actually can't see that in the tape? Look at the front wheels as he goes by Ward. TS is supposedly one of the best there is at making a sprint car go where he wants it to. The difference in the behavior of Stewart's car and car #45 just before him is striking.

But I will agree. It was bizarre and unfortunate.

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