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athletes are douchebags

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 09 2014 09:56 PM

Reports coming out now suggesting nascar driver Tony Stewart ran over a fellow driver who'd gotten out of his car following an on track incident.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 09 2014 10:47 PM Re: athletes are douchebags

Should probably not be relaying stuff you see on twitter but some say hit driver is dead and witnesses report stewart appeared to have intentionally hit him. Police and stuff involved at a small town dirt track upstate

themetfairy Aug 10 2014 06:17 AM Re: athletes are douchebags

Sporting News Confirms the Story Sheesh!

seawolf17 Aug 10 2014 07:06 AM Re: athletes are douchebags

Saw the video. Enjoy prison, jerk.

Centerfield Aug 10 2014 07:09 AM Re: athletes are douchebags

Still waiting for the part in this thread where we talk about athletes.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 10 2014 08:10 AM Re: athletes are douchebags

Apparently there's still some belief that he will race at today's race at Watkins Glen.

Nymr83 Aug 10 2014 08:22 AM Re: athletes are douchebags

Centerfield wrote: Still waiting for the part in this thread where we talk about athletes. yup.

d'Kong76 Aug 10 2014 08:23 AM Re: athletes are douchebags

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Edgy MD Aug 10 2014 12:58 PM Re: athletes are douchebags

I'm gonna take a pass on that click.

Ashie62 Aug 10 2014 04:08 PM Re: athletes are douchebags

guy should not have gotten out of his car...Not Stewarts fault criminally..

d'Kong76 Aug 10 2014 05:40 PM Re: athletes are douchebags

Edgy MD wrote: I'm gonna take a pass on that click. It's pretty f'd up, I guess the lawyers and judges will sort it out.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 10 2014 07:34 PM Re: athletes are douchebags

No offense, but given the depressing nature of it AND the actual news value of it, I think this is a news story from which I will willfully opt-out.

Mets – Willets Point Aug 10 2014 07:48 PM Re: athletes are douchebags

I didn't watch the basketball player injure his leg last week and I'm definitely not going to watch this one. May the late driver rest in peace.

Frayed Knot Aug 10 2014 07:56 PM Re: athletes are douchebags

I skipped the hoops player vid also. I did see this one--obviously horrific but not blood-and-guts grisly as videos go. I think it's pretty apparent from the amateur film that the original wreck seemed intentional. Whether the later fatal one was also is subject to interpretation and I suspect that within the NASCAR community some are going to reach their conclusion based on their preexisting like/dislike of Stewart. Opinions run strong in that sport and I think it's going to be tough for some to divorce their reading of the video from their feeling on those involved going in.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 10 2014 08:07 PM Re: athletes are douchebags

Victim was foolish to do that; you think baseball has a problem when catchers get hurt in home plate collisions; the post-fender-bender, on-track fist-shake has become so common in auto racing its a wonder people haven't been run over before. Stewart though. A long record as a hothead and admired such as it is for being the kind of driver "who will run over you to win." He's such a competitor that even though he makes millions every Sunday afternoon, spends Saturday nights racing 20-year-olds on dinky dirt tracks. Evidently those cars are known to fishtail upon command, and a lot of the experienced viewers believe he meant at least to have posed the threat of doing that. I'd be concerned he himself has a kind of deathwish.

metirish Aug 10 2014 08:32 PM Re: athletes are douchebags

It's hard to wrap my head around this one, unreal......

Fman99 Aug 11 2014 04:08 AM Re: athletes are douchebags

Pretty stupid to get out of your vehicle on a live track just to wag your finger in someone's face.

MFS62 Aug 11 2014 07:24 AM Re: athletes are douchebags

Fman99 wrote: Pretty stupid to get out of your vehicle on a live track just to wag your finger in someone's face. You don't have to be too smart to drive a race car. You only have to remember two things: 1) Drive fast 2) Turn left. Later

d'Kong76 Aug 11 2014 08:00 AM Re: athletes are douchebags

Business as usual at NASCAR's web-site celebrating 'Dinger's win at Watkins ... small headline about the "incident." Unbelievable.