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.
![[Image: 2CDE46C900000578-3252205-image-m-2_1443462184437.jpg]](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/09/28/18/2CDE46C900000578-3252205-image-m-2_1443462184437.jpg)
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.
![[Image: 2CDE46C900000578-3252205-image-m-2_1443462184437.jpg]](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/09/28/18/2CDE46C900000578-3252205-image-m-2_1443462184437.jpg)
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