Tony Stewart May be in a World of Legal Trouble After Dirt Track Incident

It is real important to note that the information posted here is pretty much entirely from tweets. None of it has been substantiated, and there has yet to be an official statement made. That being said, from the sound of things NASCAR's Tony Stewart may be in a world of trouble after an incident at a dirt track in upstate New York.

In a nut shell it sounds like he may have hit a guy that was on the track on purpose.

@lastwordonsport

From what I've been able to gather, Stewart spun the other driver--Kevin Ward--out and his car flipped a couple times. Ward got out of his car and approached Stewart's. At that time Stewart hit the gas and struck Ward with his car.

Here are some of the tweets making the rounds on Twitter. Again--none of this has been substantiated so take it all with a grain of salt:

If all this is true about Tony Stewart, he's in a world of trouble.... pic.twitter.com/4G8fW1vhmy
— Michael Parker (@coachparker82) August 10, 2014

DEVELOPING: Multiple spectators on Twitter reporting that NASCAR driver Tony Stewart purposely hit a competitor who was out of his car.
— Adam Longo (@adamlongoCBS5) August 10, 2014

Sheriff deputies are surrounding the area of the incident. All people at the track have been told to leave immediately.
— Alex Hayden (@TheAlexHayden) August 10, 2014

@adamlongoCBS5 Stewart hit another sprint car, the driver got out under caution, approached Stewart's car, Stewart drove right through him
— Michele McDonald (@mmcdonald5790) August 10, 2014

UPDATE: Just got phone interview with fan who was at Canandaigua Speedway. he is a Tony Stewart fan, but says he should be arrested.
— Adam Longo (@adamlongoCBS5) August 10, 2014

UPDATE: Witness: Incident happened coming out of turn 2. Tony Stewart spun another driver. That driver got out of his car. CONT...
— Adam Longo (@adamlongoCBS5) August 10, 2014

UPDATE2: WITNESS: When the field came around to turn 2 under yellow, driver who was out of his car got hit by Stewart's right rear tire.
— Adam Longo (@adamlongoCBS5) August 10, 2014

UPDATE3: Witness: Tony Stewart apparently fishtailed his car into the other driver. Afterwards, that driver layed motionless on the track
— Adam Longo (@adamlongoCBS5) August 10, 2014

Another fan reported to me that the driver who was on the track was hit and was knocked back about 25 feet. #TonyStewart
— Adam Longo (@adamlongoCBS5) August 10, 2014

**UPDATE**: One witness tells me they DO NOT believe Tony Stewart hit the driver intentionally, but rather swerved to get out of his way.
— Adam Longo (@adamlongoCBS5) August 10, 2014

Yeah, Tony is not driving professionally for a long time if ever again.

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