09-28-2015, 07:25 PM
Tony Stewart set to Retire
I don't follow NASCAR, so I don't know whether Tony Stewart is an asshole or not. I'm posting this story here because we discussed his involvement in a fatal racing incident here last year.
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On Wednesday, Stewart is set to announce his retirement from Nascar at age 44. He says he's lost some of his confidence since the incident and he hasn't won a race in two years.
The parents of the 20-year-old racer he killed (Kevin Ward Jr.) are suing him for unspecified damages for acting "recklessly". Stewart has a net worth of $70 million USD.
But, Stewart continues to insist it was an accident brought on by Ward's bad decision to exit his car -- Stewart says he simply didn't see Ward.
After the grand jury concluded that they would not indict Stewart last year, he said: 'I would be lying if I said there wasn't a piece of relief, but that was very short-lived in my heart,' he said. 'It went right back to the fact that we lost Kevin. We lost a young driver that had a lot of talent.'
'There hasn't been a day that's gone by that I haven't thought about it. And it will be like that all your life... It's going to be a part of me forever.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z3n4vcbYSC
I don't follow NASCAR, so I don't know whether Tony Stewart is an asshole or not. I'm posting this story here because we discussed his involvement in a fatal racing incident here last year.
On Wednesday, Stewart is set to announce his retirement from Nascar at age 44. He says he's lost some of his confidence since the incident and he hasn't won a race in two years.
The parents of the 20-year-old racer he killed (Kevin Ward Jr.) are suing him for unspecified damages for acting "recklessly". Stewart has a net worth of $70 million USD.
But, Stewart continues to insist it was an accident brought on by Ward's bad decision to exit his car -- Stewart says he simply didn't see Ward.
After the grand jury concluded that they would not indict Stewart last year, he said: 'I would be lying if I said there wasn't a piece of relief, but that was very short-lived in my heart,' he said. 'It went right back to the fact that we lost Kevin. We lost a young driver that had a lot of talent.'
'There hasn't been a day that's gone by that I haven't thought about it. And it will be like that all your life... It's going to be a part of me forever.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z3n4vcbYSC