Tony Stewart hit and killed opposing driver Kevin Ward Jr. while under caution at Canadaigua Motorsports Park 8/9/14 I’m warning you now that this video below is EXTREMELY DISTURBING AND VERY GRAPHIC.
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UPDATE: Tony Stewart’s team releases a statement
Here’s an eyewitness account of what happened to Kevin Ward Jr. from an expert:
Tony pinched him into the front stretch wall, a racing thing,” Tyler Graves, a friend of Kevin‘s and fellow sprint car racer told The Sporting News. “The right rear tire went down, he spun on the exit of (Turn) 2. They threw the caution and everything was toned down. Kevin got out of his car. … He was throwing his arms up all over the place at Tony for most of the corner.”
“I know Tony could see him. I know how you can see out of these cars,” he added. “When Tony got close to him, he hit the throttle. When you hit a throttle on a sprint car, the car sets sideways. It set sideways, the right rear tire hit Kevin, Kevin was sucked underneath and was stuck under it for a second or two and then it threw him about 50 yards.”
Kevin Ward Jr. was pronounced dead on arrival.
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