Why not wait till everyone is done racing then punch his lights out? Practically, you won't win against a car going 60, though if you're 20, beating the crap out of a chubby guy over 40 might be easier.

I was reading about this earlier thinking that's what Senna would have done.

Edit: Finally watched the video: Holy chit! Get that guy a Darwin Award.

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Tragic accident. The victim most likely suffered an overdose of impact induced adrenalin leading to fatally bad judgment.

How many people have been hit by another vehicle and that caused a form of rage? That appears to be the sequence of events.

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I don't think anybody disputes that. The question is what sort of rage induced faulty judgment did Stewart engage in? Or not engage in.

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There was no event malfeasance on Stewart's part. Some will project whatever they want to believe. If Stewart has a competent PR man it will be forgotten in a week or 2.

Crap happens on race courses and only insanely and stupidly bad judgment would motivate anyone to put themself in traffic on foot. It's world class stupid to do so on a dirt track.

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Event malfeasance? Who talks like that? Look at the guy who passed him before Stewart hit him. He was coasting well inside and away from the young fool. The goosing of the engine was just too weird. Add to that, I think Stewart looks like a blowhard dick. Unscientific as hell but oh well.

And once more, yes the young guy was a fool squared. It is his folly that will give Stewart a break for his own over-reaction, IMHO.

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I agree you think that as you wrote it.

You can look at what happened or what you want to think happened. The difference directs the conclusion.

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Not only unscientific but highly subject to opinion and guessing. Regardless, what has it got to do with deliberately running someone over? You can't pin everything on a guy because he behaves like a jerk or even looks like one.

We don't know there was over reaction yet. Not even the investigation has revealed that. Not saying he is guilty since we don't know what the investigation found or that he has a trial yet and can't read that from his face.

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Question is what rage? Assuming he did it purposely, he'd have knocked Ward out of the race. Did ward hit him first where there was rage involved on his part? Didn't see it in the video but maybe it is a case of "you hit me first".

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Dunno if he is as tough as you and can simply intimidate the person of his choice into curling up in a ball and letting him hit away. I don't get physical unless I have to so I will defer to you on that but I suspect that someone you hit could get up and do some damage. Besides, it could be a career suicide move for a nobody to whack someone much higher up in the food chain. The only difference between what happened and what you suggest is that one kills his career and the other, in this case, took his life. Both stupid.

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impossible to tell from that vid anything about stewarts intentions, angle is all wrong. dumbass kid running around on a dirt track at night in a black suit. how stupid can you get. chances are stewart saw him late.

also im not sure i saw contact in the beginning for the cause of the wreck

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Point being, that if Ward has saved it for the pits, he'd still be alive.

Point being that would have also killed his career or hobble it some. Considering that you only have a limited time to make hay while the sun shines, it might be more wise to avoid that. Even if he had hit Stewart, what would it accomplish? A punishment from the sanctioning board?

Here is a crazy idea. Forward the recording to the sanctioning board with your complain. You'd look good, avoid a civil lawsuit and possibly criminal one and avoid punishments from the sanctioning board of the sport. And if you have a case, maybe might get something done. All hitting him accomplishes is making him look like the victim and gets you into trouble. Sure, a career death is not as bad as physical death but how is EITHER a good idea? Both are dumb.

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Maybe, maybe not. All publicity is good publicity, so long as you're alive. Bad publicity still beats death in any case.

I wouldn't go that far with that adage. I would guess that good publicity is more desirable than bad but that is my guess.

True but the point is why go with either of those 2 options? He wasn't having a gun to his head to chose either.

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