Tony Stewart speaks at Atlanta Motor Speedway on August 29, 2014.
We saw the Tony Stewart press conference at Atlanta Motor Speedway this afternoon—you can watch his statement in the USA Today video at the bottom of this post, as nicely as a longer video of the conference—and we now know, properly, pretty significantly nothing far more than we did this morning.
A clearly shaken Stewart, appearing to be near tears, study a brief statement he wrote, and its paraphrased content was what you’d anticipate: He has suffered substantially, but it is nothing compared to what Kevin Ward, Jr.’s family must be going by way of after he was killed in a sprint-vehicle accident earlier this month. Stewart mentioned he expects to be able to answer questions about the incident in the future, but he declined to do so nowadays out of respect for the ongoing investigation by New York’s Ontario County sheriff’s division.
As soon as Stewart left the conference space, Brett Frood, who has handled the racer’s organization interests considering that 2004, remained to answer some concerns from hand-picked reporters. Answers to some of these queries: Stewart has not spoken to the Ward family members, but he did send flowers and a card to the funeral. Also, Stewart’s second family at the racetrack will now aid him continue the grieving approach, and “putting on his helmet” need to assist Stewart deal with it all. The choice to return to racing was “100 percent” Stewart’s.
In retrospect—and contrary to our opinion when we identified out he was racing this weekend—it may have been smart for Stewart to make this statement now, considering that the ongoing investigation gives him an out for getting to answer the difficult queries.
Tony Stewart drives his number 14 Chevrolet stock auto in the course of practice at Atlanta Motor Speedway today.
Amongst the nonetheless-unanswered questions: Where has Stewart been? Did he see Ward on the track before the speak to? Has Stewart had any expert therapy? Will he ever race sprint cars—or at any short track—again?
In the end, it was the saddest and most uncomfortable we’ve ever noticed Tony Stewart. And like him or not—and this author does—he gave a extremely excellent impression of a man going by way of absolute hell correct now.
NASCAR president Mike Helton spoke not long soon after Stewart’s press conference. He said that if Stewart wins this week or next—the final chances to win a race and hence qualify for NASCAR’s “postseason” Chase for the Championship—Stewart would be eligible for the Chase, even though he missed the previous 3 races. The guidelines say that drivers have to try to qualify for each and every occasion, but NASCAR also involves a provision for “special circumstances” Helton said that this scenario counted.
Stewart was the 10th-quickest driver in practice nowadays for Sunday’s race.
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Tony Stewart Speaks Publicly for the Initial Time Following Kevin Ward, Jr.’s Death [w/ Video]
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