The story cannot be fully understood without the video. Including it is a no-brainer.

I found some raw footage of the video. Admittedly, I am one who will view something over and over until I believe I see all that I can see. I downloaded the video so that I could put it into my video program to slow things down to see if I could visually see what Stewart's car did. I had watched it at normal speed so…

Well, you sound pretty dumb by making a judgment call based on looks alone.

It's a picture. Thats all.

Girlfriend, you had me at DURR. I wouldn't be able to stay awake for thirty minutes, let alone be turning left the entire time.

Mayweather served time in jail for beating up a woman and had some guys beaten up because he thought they stole his jewelry. But no, he's not a thug at all.

It's very good to see Deadspin covering stories that don't involve a sport.

You can bet that's what Stewart's lawyers will be saying.

I agree, whether Tony hit the gas or not I find it completely moronic to get out of your car and just walk in the damn track where a race is still going on, what a sad way to go.

The Sprint Cars have the Rear differential set up so the wheel (RR) on the outside spins more than the wheel on the inside. (LR) The wheel is also significantly larger than the other 3 for that reason. So when they hit the gas, it forces the car to drift. They basically drive around the track completely turning to…

It looks like Tony tried to gun it past him so the kid couldn't throw something in/on the car or jump in/on the car. But with sprint cars it's basically like drifting on dirt, they slide when you floor it and the kid was too close and got caught by the back tire.

Ward got pinched in the corner by Stewart, took the high side and clipped, thems the breaks, Ward is heated, left his car, its near the end of a turn, multiple cars pass, car in front of Stewart checks his breaks and swerves around Ward while Ward is still moving towards the middle of the track IN THE MIDDLE OF THE…

And to add how I feel: There's nothing about this that isn't tragic, there's nothing about this that wasn't avoidable.

That's a real shame, seems like Kevin was a good dude, he certainly didn't have that coming. My condolences to his people.

People seem to leave out that the driver was almost hit by 2 other cars as he went further into the track. It is sad to lose your life over a flat tire.

If you accidentally shoot someone during an argument you are still responsible for it happening. His brakes worked just as well as the wheel and throttle.

Hang him high, there's no place for his kind in a dangerous sport like this.

Unfortunate what's happened here, RIP Kevin Ward.

With that said, getting out of your car during a race, even during a yellow flag is a horrible idea. The only thing worse than that is getting into the line of traffic and then moving left and right while cars are approaching (moving target). Worse yet, it was in a…

It looks more like he was trying to gun it past him so the kid couldn't trying and throw a helmet at him or reach into the car or some stupid shit like that that has happened before at races. The kid was moving closer and closer so when Tony gunned it and the kid was too close he got caught by the back tire. He…

Even though Ward seems to be way out there on the track, the engine rev is pretty awful. Don't know if Stewart could see him or not, but why hit it at all at that point?