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Been around them, never in one. Spooled rear end, right? Don't you have to goose the throttle to get the back end to come around even at slower speeds?
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08-11-2014, 01:48 PM | #783 |
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The slower you are going, the harder to turn the car.
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08-11-2014, 02:51 PM | #785 |
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Tony's biggest problems are his past actions and words. He might be totally innocent, but if you've been around a while you know he's always had not problems driving rough (except for his friends), talking tough, and being a whiner when turn-about comes his way.
I really hope he wasn't just trying to scare the kid, but if getting out of your car and letting a seasoned professional have a piece of your mind visually, or with a helmet, is a young man's idiotic move, well there's a lot of precedence set for it by his Sprint Cup veteran drivers (and himself). I suspect we'll see more rules put on by the various sanctioning bodies that require a driver to stay in a car unless there are safety concern otherwise (like fire). And if there are safety concerns, it'll be up to the driver to exit the traffic and in no way enter the flow of traffic, or anywhere near it. Perhaps staying in that WAAAAY-expensive seat, buckled in, with Hans device still on is the safest place if there's no fire, or chance thereof.. |
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The tires are offset to the right and the right rear is much larger than any other tire to help keep the car going left, otherwise they'd do much of nothing. You have 650+ HP directly applied to a straight axle. So, go back to your childhood and imagine having a 650 HP, not 5 HP, Go Cart. You can't steer the things worth a shit and they get harder to steer at slower speeds... because you can't feather the throttle to control slide and direction. Imagine watching Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift... except that you are basically, continually drifting to control direction. So, now, knowing that Tony's car is going slow and is hard to steer, and knowing that the easiest way to steer the car is to hit the throttle, you should have the answer to the question. Tony doesn't mash the throttle because that car would have just whipped on him. He made an effort to go left to avoid hitting Ward by using the throttle as much as he could in the short time he had to assess what he could finally see through the tiny little area he has to see out of the car coming around a corner. If you want to blame Stewart, so be it, but there is zero evidence that Tony Stewart wanted anything to do with hitting Ward, or even trying to "scare" him. All I see is an attempt to evade Ward as best you can in a Sprint car going 30 MPH. He isn't driving your Honda Civic on pavement out there. |
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The dude should have waited till after the race to confront Stewart. Really he was a dumbass to go after him and if he didn't do that he would be alive.
I don't think Stewart had intent to hit him (maybe scare him) What about the dash cam in Stewarts car? Has it come available yet? |
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Everyone should really read this: http://www.motorsport.com/sprint/new...he-whole-story
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Not a doubt in my mind if Tony tried really hard to avoid him he could have. A ****ing idiot would suggest otherwise.
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That tony has helped with safety devices? Yeah he has, but what does that have to do with anything? It answers he question we all really want to know... Why he races sprints. Everything else has been covered. Posted via Mobile Device |
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