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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Aug 11, 2014 20:13:03 GMT
The first I saw of this was when I tuned in for yesterday's race. It's an awful tragedy. I'm not a gung-ho NASCAR fan, but I enjoy watching talented drivers on a track doing amazing things with their vehicles - both NASCAR and Indy Car. So I'm not really biased for or against Tony Stewart - I've seen plenty of drivers who don't have a "reputation as a hothead" lose their brains and do stupid things; it's not the kind of sport that you participate in unless you have a huge ego. Some of the drivers are just better at putting on their public face and seeming calm and logical. That being said, the thing that struck me about ESPN's coverage was the focus on Tony Stewart and why he chose not to drive and would he drive next week, and Tony, Tony, Tony. Kevin Ward Jr.'s name seemed to be barely mentioned. It's the angle that ESPN chose to cover - but it seemed to me that the focus of the reporting was off. And no one is to blame for that except the media producing it! It was even done here with the title of the thread!! Media can be and more often than not is the biggest gossip, piece of shit source of MIS-information on the planet. They have not been interested in telling a story for some time, it is all about grabbing headlines, viewers, hits on their websites and blogs and ratings. Reporters would sell their souls for a piece of a story. For them, it's all about the advertisers and $$$ News is not really "news" anymore, just a series of statements, true or not, strung together to grab attention.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Aug 11, 2014 20:20:54 GMT
There is SOOO much misinformation on this thread that I don't even know where to start. So I won't. Papercrafteradvocate and Yubon have said alot of how I feel. People just need to get educated on Nascar if they are going to speculate on it. As far as Tony being a hot head. I can link you to a video, article, whatever on probably 99% of all the current Nascar drivers where they have been in a fight. Yes an ON TRACK fight with someone. Nascar certainly is not trying to improve their "brand". They are basically trying to stay afloat, with declining attendance, and declining sponsership all around. Tony with his bad boy image was one of the things Nascar in fact promoted to get more viewers. It will all play out. Everyone just needs to let the Ward family grieve.
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Post by I-95 on Aug 11, 2014 20:52:14 GMT
Yubon Said:
That's what I concluded after I watched the video about a dozen times, clicking it back to the point of impact and watching it closely, it does seem that the fishtailing was caused by the impact.
I also timed the altercation. From the time Ward's feet hit the ground after he emerged from his vehicle, until he was lying on the side of the track was either 12 or 14 seconds, can't remember exactly, but it was mere seconds. Hardly enough time for Stewart to come around the corner of the track, make visual contact with Ward, who was wearing black on a dimly lit track, decided he was going to 'teach him a lesson' and implement a maneuver to make his car fishtail and hit Ward. I know drivers are trained to think and respond quickly, but he could hardly have anticipated Ward would be out in the middle of the track as he come around the bend in the track....and from that point to Ward being hit was a matter of 3 or 4 seconds, I would think that both training, and human nature would make a driver instantly try and avoid whatever the obstacle was, whether it was a person or a tire in the track.
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Post by mzza111 on Aug 11, 2014 20:59:36 GMT
People just need to get educated on Nascar if they are going to speculate on it. Umm, the incident happened in a SPRINT CAR race not a NASCAR race. Other than Tony Stewart being a NASCAR driver, NASCAR has nothing to do with the incident that happened Saturday night so your little "educated" rant is stupid.
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Post by Laurie on Aug 11, 2014 23:25:33 GMT
People just need to get educated on Nascar if they are going to speculate on it. Umm, the incident happened in a SPRINT CAR race not a NASCAR race. Other than Tony Stewart being a NASCAR driver, NASCAR has nothing to do with the incident that happened Saturday night so your little "educated" rant is stupid. Ummm I think Cindy is referring to all the speculation about what NASCAR is going to do to Tony (fines, sponsorship). Many "uneducated" people on here are talking about NASCAR and Cindy herself has pointed out this was not a NASCAR race. It was clear to me that Cindy was addressing these people.
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Post by *KAS* on Aug 12, 2014 17:06:23 GMT
The first I saw of this was when I tuned in for yesterday's race. It's an awful tragedy. I'm not a gung-ho NASCAR fan, but I enjoy watching talented drivers on a track doing amazing things with their vehicles - both NASCAR and Indy Car. So I'm not really biased for or against Tony Stewart - I've seen plenty of drivers who don't have a "reputation as a hothead" lose their brains and do stupid things; it's not the kind of sport that you participate in unless you have a huge ego. Some of the drivers are just better at putting on their public face and seeming calm and logical. That being said, the thing that struck me about ESPN's coverage was the focus on Tony Stewart and why he chose not to drive and would he drive next week, and Tony, Tony, Tony. Kevin Ward Jr.'s name seemed to be barely mentioned. It's the angle that ESPN chose to cover - but it seemed to me that the focus of the reporting was off. If the first you saw of it was when you tuned in for the race, then it would be understandable that the focus was on Tony. You were watching the NASCAR Pre-Race show...where they would be more inclined to discuss the NASCAR driver involved. Nicole Briscoe opened the show by speaking about Kevin Ward Jr and how saddened they were, and how their thoughts and prayers were with the family. Not to stick up for the media - but I wouldn't expect anything different during the pre-race show. Quite frankly, ESPN (who is broadcasting the race) would get a bigger pass for me b/c they are at least a NASCAR partner so it makes sense for them to focus more on a NASCAR driver. What about E! and TMZ and CNN (who showed up at the track and asked if I knew where the media center was....) and all of those outlets that don't cover NASCAR - now suddenly they are, and only because Tony Stewart is involved. If the first guy that swerved hit him, it would have been a story only in the local news.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 17:08:29 GMT
Like it or not when you become a celebrity you get press good or bad. It just comes with the territory.
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