The father of Kevin Ward Jr., whose son was killed by Tony Stewart in a dirt track race on Saturday night, said there was "no reason" for the crash to happen.
Ward was bumped into the wall by Stewart on the track at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in Canandaigua, N.Y., according to The Washington Post. After climbing out of his wrecked car, he walked out onto the track and was run over by Stewart.
"Tony Stewart was the best damn driver by far on the track that night," Kevin Ward Sr. said in an interview with The Syracuse Post-Standard. "Why he had to go up as high as he did and hog my son, there's no reason for it ... Apparently, Tony Stewart was the only one driving out there who didn't see him."
Other cars drove past the 20-year-old when he was on the track, appearing to be pointing at Stewart before he was hit by his right-rear tire and dragged along the track, ESPN reported.
Ward Sr. said he was at the race with his wife, Pamela, but didn't see his son get hit by Stewart. Ward Sr. got on a four-wheeler and drove to the spot where wrecked cars were taken so he could see his son.
A track official told him to stay back, but then someone informed him that his son had been hit, The Washington Post reported.
"I knew it was pretty serious. The officials still weren't letting us on the track," Ward Sr. said, adding that another person told him to "get out on the track and don't let anybody stop you."
Ward and his wife watched emergency workers perform CPR on their son for 45 minutes. They received a call at the hospital from a daughter who wasn't at the track, telling them that people on Facebook had declared Kevin's death. A doctor gave them the news ten minutes later.
Ontario County sheriff Philip C. Povero said Tuesday that the investigation on Ward's death is expected to continue for at least another two weeks, ESPN reported. Stewart is not currently facing any criminal charges, though it is still a possibility.
"The one person that knows what happened that night is possibly facing 10 years in prison," Ward Sr. said. "Is he going to say what he done?"
Stewart has not publicly offered a comment about the crash, but he will not be participating in Saturday's dirt-track race, The Washington Post reported. Whether or not he will drive in the Pure Michigan 400 on Sunday has yet to be revealed.
Kevin Ward Jr. is scheduled to be buried Thursday in upstate New York.
