^ I suspect that was the one. I don't think he actually went into the path of either car. #45 came close to him but didn't change his course from what I could see. My take is that he was standing to the side of the path Stewart WAS on but Stewart began to steer towards him and that's when he backpedaled. You can see, especially on the slo-mo version, as you have more time to look at the angles, that Stewart was angling away from the pole and up to the outside. After he hit him he continued on that course and ended up way, way higher on the track than #45 was. If he was interested in keeping the best position, he'd have mimicked 45's course - the shortest route and the densest part of the track.

I have little doubt Ward had done that stroll before. He knew where the cars would be. If they'd followed the course they started on anyway.

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