| MB2 |
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| 08/11/14 04:07 PM |
Re: Well Suze....
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sptsman said:
NASCAR and all racing needs events like this once in while. It is the sad price that has to be paid to keep fans coming. Everyone knows that one of the lures is the element of danger. If nobody ever gets hurt or killed, is it really dangerous? Dale E's death was predictable and so was this kid's. So is the next one that will happen next week, next month or next year. Nobody is sure where or when exactly but it is going to happen again. NASCAR has set it up this way.
I'm glad you have inside information as to how NASCAR is hurting and killing off competitors, on purpose.
NASCAR is no different than any of the other Entertainment sport. They drive what the leagues and "players" below them do. When it was all the rage to throw your helmet at the other car and try to fight the other drivers, NASCAR and Tony Stewart embraced it and we saw all kinds of tough guy routines. This kid was just doing what he saw as the way things are done. He was going to get some face time on TV and be able to tell everyone he took on Tony Stewart. Instead, he got a face full of grille and a trip to the morgue.
Right off the bat, and once again, this wasn't a NASCAR sanctioned race. The video, shows that Stewart did NOT have on track
contact with this young man. So, why would Stewart take any retaliatory action? Clearly, he didn't.
Tony Stewart didn't hit that kid on purpose but he sure has heck was a big part in why he got out of his car and tried to fight. How many incidents like that has TS been involved with? And what has NASCAR done to put an end to it? Case closed...
Once again, you are talking about NASCAR exerting some control over racing in which it has no financial interest, input into rules and regulations, and drivers which they do NOT control. Tony Stewart is one of the few drivers in NASCAR who writes his own ticket, as he is a self-employed free agent. He's not contractually bound, to an owner, as he is his own car owner. I am suspecting that Haas (his business partner) made him back away from driving yesterday, not NASCAR. As I said, there are is a civil suit brewing here, one that is being played out right now, online, because the determination of guilt is much lower in civil cases, and Stewart has money, but YOU don't have a clue what Tony was thinking, at the time this kid got wrapped in his axle. Drivers endangering themselves and others by walking on poorly lit tracks, happen every week at non-NASCAR sanctioned short tracks, and the only thing it does is raise the price of track liability insurance, to the point that tracks close. Nobody wins then. No drivers, and no yahoo spectators.
To say that Tony Stewart's previous actions are detrimental to the sport, is a cop-out. He is a track owner, and a mentor to many of these kids. It's only your perception that he's going to get backed by NASCAR, or has a player's association on his side, like other big league sports - he doesn't. If NASCAR was interested in improving their own show, they should have replaced the ARMCO barriers at the Glen before yesterday, so that those who have the attention span of a knat, might have stayed tuned in.
It's a crappy deal, all the way around. I have seen guys who have hit and killed other drivers, just walk away from the sport, even when, it wasn't their fault. Life can change in a split second.
There is just one thing. Each and every time you sign into the pits, just like Tony Stewart, everyone signs a comprehensive waiver of liability to indemnify the track, officials, and all other competitors from liability and prosecution, and this young man would have had to execute one too. The only ones who win here, will be lawyers.