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Originally Posted by Richard
Standing in the track on the outside of a curve - Stewart's car was pretty close behind the blue car coming out of the curve and I doubt he saw the guy in the track until it was too late to correct.
I used to go to dirt tracks and drag races when growing up out here and have been a NASCAR fan for years - s**t happens when everybody is doing everything right...but especially when you're doing really stupid s**t like walking out onto the track at night on a curve when drivers are still racing.  Last mistake he'll ever make.
Richard
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Fully agree with that.
My home town is Watkins Glen, NY. I've seen a fair amount of racing although Watkins is a road track and when I left there to join the Army they were racing Formula 1. Still, regardless of the cars/track, getting out of your car and walking into the center of the track, even with the caution flag out is not a smart move. It's a tragedy all around but probably not Stewart's fault.
The main reason the Watkins Glen track was built was due to a fatality from the days when they ran the race through the roads outside the village. The main straight-away and start/finish line were the main street through town. During one of the races in the 50s, a spectator wandered out into the street and was killed by one of the cars. If memory serves, they stopped racing in Watkins for a couple of years until the track was built.