Yes It's Sad, But It's Not Tony Stewart's Fault

I don't write much about NASCAR. I mean I'm not a big fan of the sport and I don't follow it so usually I have no opinion on anything going on in the sport. However, this past weekend an incident occurred that goes beyond sports. On Saturday night on a dirt track in upstate New York, a driver by the name of Kevin Ward Jr. lost his life after he was struck by Tony Stewart's car. It's extremely sad because a 20-year old guy lost his life. But ever since this happened, people have been speculating that because of his past with anger issues that Stewart hit the guy on purpose.

If you think that Tony Stewart hit Kevin Ward Jr. on purpose during that race, then 1) you haven't seen the video and 2) you are an idiot. I've seen the video. If anyone is at fault here, it's Ward Jr. I'm sorry he passed away, but he put himself in grave danger by leaving his car and looking to confront Stewart while a race was still going on. You don't leave your car and try to chase down a guy who is still driving in the race. That's just stupid. Also, if you watch the video then you'll see Ward was not where anyone could see him before he was hit. He was behind another car and then emerged a split second before Stewart hit him. I don't see when watching the video any time that Stewart had any time to try to miss hitting him. It was an accident that was caused by the stupidity of a 20-year old kid.


It's very similar to the Josh Brent and Jerry Brown Jr. case. Former Dallas Cowboy Jerry Brown was sober at the time of the crash that he died in. Josh Brent was plastered drunk, yet Jerry Brown still got into the car and allowed his friend to drive. It's sad that Brown died, but it was his own fault for getting into a car where the driver was as drunk as Brent was. It's very similar here. It's sad that Ward lost his life, but if he stays in his car and waits until after the race to confront Stewart then he'd still be alive.

I know many of you will think I'm not being sensitive over this, but it's hard to have sympathy when someone's death is caused by their own stupidity. With that said, my thoughts and prayers do go out to his family as well as Tony Stewart.