Grand Jury declines to charge Tony Stewart

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They gave a no bill on the case. So the DA can walk away unscathed.

Toxicology screenings showed the kid that was killed had marijuana in his system...

What a clusterf*ck that whole deal is/was.

Sucks the kid is dead.
 
The kids toxicology is not important to the issue at hand in which is the sole thing that should be brought up though it won't be.
 
Jury made the right choice.

Yes, it's tragic what happened. But at the end of the day, that kid is solely responsible for his actions. If he hadn't run out on an active track, he wouldn't be dead. Could Stewart have handled his car differently? Maybe. Would it have even mattered? Probably not. I don't think he meant to hit him, and everything after that is just "what's" and "if's". I'm not sure he took the right action to try and miss the kid, but I'm not a professional dirt track driver. And not taking the perfect action isn't a crime. I'm not sure he could have missed him regardless of what he did.

And if NASCAR would simply add a rule that if a driver's feet hit an active track for any reason other than to escape a crash- you're banned for life, this could be avoided in the future. There's no reason drivers need to be on an active track except to escape a crash, fire, etc, where staying in their car would be an imminent life hazard. The BS with guys running after cars, or pointing, or yelling, or throwing helmets (ie, Tony Stewart himself) needs to stop. Grow up. There's plenty of folks out there that would love to step up and take one of those rides. Maybe they wouldn't be as fast, or maybe they would be. Hell maybe they'd be faster. Regardless, if you banned a driver or two the BS would stop.
 
as far as im concerned its the kids fault. you cant git hit on a race track if your not on a race track. thats like standing on train tracks and getting hit by a train and then blaming the train. only person that knows Tony's true intentions are him. he will have to live with that no matter what. If he indeed didnt see the kid (who was in all black on a dark track at night) that kind of guilt can haunt a person.
 
72blunblu said:
jury made the right choice.

Yes, it's tragic what happened. But at the end of the day, that kid is solely responsible for his actions. If he hadn't run out on an active track, he wouldn't be dead. Could stewart have handled his car differently? Maybe. Would it have even mattered? Probably not. I don't think he meant to hit him, and everything after that is just "what's" and "if's". I'm not sure he took the right action to try and miss the kid, but i'm not a professional dirt track driver. And not taking the perfect action isn't a crime. I'm not sure he could have missed him regardless of what he did.

And if nascar would simply add a rule that if a driver's feet hit an active track for any reason other than to escape a crash- you're banned for life, this could be avoided in the future. There's no reason drivers need to be on an active track except to escape a crash, fire, etc, where staying in their car would be an imminent life hazard. The bs with guys running after cars, or pointing, or yelling, or throwing helmets (ie, tony stewart himself) needs to stop. Grow up. There's plenty of folks out there that would love to step up and take one of those rides. Maybe they wouldn't be as fast, or maybe they would be. Hell maybe they'd be faster. Regardless, if you banned a driver or two the bs would stop.
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72bluNblu said:
... And if NASCAR would simply add a rule that if a driver's feet hit an active track for any reason other than to escape a crash- you're banned for life, this could be avoided in the future. There's no reason drivers need to be on an active track except to escape a crash, fire, etc, where staying in their car would be an imminent life hazard. The BS with guys running after cars, or pointing, or yelling, or throwing helmets (ie, Tony Stewart himself) needs to stop...
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NASCAR has already made a new rule about getting out of the car. They do not exactly specify what the penalty will be if you do, but I can guarantee that it won't be as severe as what you want. You can't ban someone for life for breaking one rule! Anyways, NASCAR really isn't the problem. This accident happened at a non-NASCAR track. The problem is all these little non-NASCAR tracks have different sets of rules, and then there are multiple sanctioning bodies with their own sets of rules. And so far there is no way you'll get all those parties to agree on a rule such as this. However, I did hear that Canandaigua Motorsports Park, where this accident happened, has instituted a rule now. http://canandaiguamotorsportspark.c...host-king-of-trucks-event-on-october-17-18th/
 
I am no fan of Tony in general

But in this situation I can see he did nothing wrong

And showed respect by not racing for awhile in sympathy for the mans life and his families feelings
 
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