I think he wants to keep an eye on his girlfriend Leah......

Stewart is a class act!

That man has done more for grass roots racing than anyone who has ever gotten behind the wheel. Owns the All Star Circuit of Champions - UMRA Midget Series - Bought the legendary Eldora Speedway - and now is starting a series to compete with NASCAR..... Although his heart is in Dirt, I would love to see him get involved in drag racing.... heck then he can say he's raced just about everything there is to race.

He has plenty of haters but seems to be a good dude overall and a very hardcore racer. The last few years he has been driving the tractor and working the track at the Chili bowl midget races.

I worked at Eldora the last 10 years Earl owned it and about the first 5 years Tony owned it. I was the winch operator on a wrecker. My buddy "hooked" em and the guy who owned the wrecker never got out of the truck.Tony treated me like any other person. Did he have to make some difficult decisions at time sure. He worked harder to put on a good race than most owners do. Birdtracker

I worked at Eldora the last 10 years Earl owned it and about the first 5 years Tony owned it. I was the winch operator on a wrecker. My buddy "hooked" em and the guy who owned the wrecker never got out of the truck.Tony treated me like any other person. Did he have to make some difficult decisions at time sure. He worked harder to put on a good race than most owners do. Birdtracker

He intentionally swerved at and killed 20yr old Kevin Ward Jr. He should have went to jail.
He was let off the hook because the kid had smoked a joint that day
I can’t change the channel fast enough

Haha, I watched it over several times, he gassed it up and intentionally slid the rear over hitting the kid. Watch it yourself, he should have went to jail for manslaughter. I’m pretty sure the family won a wrongful death lawsuit or he $ettled up
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HG5S_FtTdkU. Try to imagine it was your son. In Other videos you can clearly hear engine rev, Tony go after him and hit him with the rear tire.

Tragedy for sure. But at the moment you get out of a car on a race track with cars active on the track and run towards moving cars...... YOU and YOU alone are responsible for whatever ensues. I understand the the parents are heartbroken, but to blame anyone in that situation other than the guy that got out of his car and rushed into traffic is just plain ridiculous.

He intentionally swerved at and killed 20yr old Kevin Ward Jr. He should have went to jail.
He was let off the hook because the kid had smoked a joint that day
I can’t change the channel fast enough

The kid and the family are well known around here and not well liked. He was doped up and in a race car. He exited a car on a race track with live cars running, He then moved towards a moving race car. That enough warrants trouble. Its dark, your moving towards a race car, and he is at a speed where you just cant " turn" a sprint car. Did Stewart want to throw some dirt? I dont know. Did he just try and power around him? I dont know. Only he knows. Bottom line, the kid would be alive if he wasnt doped up and acting like a jackass. He wanted to be all tough guy with a famous sprint car driver, and it cost him his life. It was stupidity, end of story.

The Lawsuit was settled out of court.........

The reports are that the family had to settle since the lawyers came to the conclusion that they would lose at trial. The lawyers told the family to take the settlement offer or else they would walk. The incident was reviewed by a ton of experts and the conclusion was that they couldn't prove it to be anything other than an accident. The local DA declined to press charges since he didn't have any proof of anything other than an accident. The kid didn't do himself any favors by having weed in his system and getting out of his car on the track. If I was on the jury I would've said that the kid was responsible for his own death. He was supposed to stay in his car and wait for the tow truck.

Pot in his system, should have never been in a race car!

But Bill Clinton said it’s ok if you dont Inhale

Perfectly explained. When your attorneys are going to walk the case is a dog and has no merits. Delt with attorneys involving accident claims for 28 yrs. Never once had one tell his client they were walking. And we defended against some real frivolous cases. This one had to be a sinking ship.

Were they getting paid for their time or working for a percentage?

I know you probably don't know, but that matters.

Those cars are set up with a huge amount of stagger. They are steered with the throttle more than with the wheel.

Really ? Even when the other drivers had no problem getting past him, then tony intentionally aimed the car at him and sped up. He went after him to hurt or at least scare him, I’m sure not to kill him, but he did, it’s called vehicular manslaughter.
Just like if slam your brakes on to scare the guy tailgating you, and he crashes and dies, maybe never touching your car, you get caught and you go to jail. Unless your a celebrity maybe