Showing posts with label Sprint car racing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sprint car racing. Show all posts

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Kevin Ward's Death: A Dirt Track Tragedy.


Like many dirt track racing fans, today we have a heavy heart for the loss of Sprint Car driver Kevin Ward Jr. Racing is a dangerous sport and none of us wants to see anyone killed on the track, ever. Ward was 20 years old. Last season, we lost Jason Leffler on a dirt track in New Jersey.

That being said, I have also read some moronic, stupid, and down right hateful things that were posted on line today. Most of these comments from from people that have no idea what a sprint car is or have clue one about the sport of dirt track racing. This is a very ugly, tragic event that will change those effected by it forever. I can't imagine what Kevin Ward's family is going through today or what Tony Stewart is feeling. I know that both families will be in my thought's and prayers.





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(Updated) Fox Sports: Police investigating sprint-car incident reportedly involving Tony Stewart

While Donny Schatz was winning his eight Knoxville Nationals, his car owner was involved in a very ugly incident Canandaigua Motorsports Park. The rumor's leaking out of this incident aren't good. At this time, there's been no confirmation of the condition of Tyler Ward Jr.

Edit: according to news reports, Tyler Ward Jr. was killed by the incident in question.


Here's an article about the incident from Fox Sports.
Tom Jenson, Fox Sports -- Tyler Graves, a sprint-car racer and friend of Ward's, told Sporting News in a phone interview that he was sitting in the Turn 1 grandstands and saw everything.

"Tony pinched him into the frontstretch wall, a racing thing," Graves said. "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. 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."




CBS 5 - KPHO




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