Tyler Graves, a sprint-car racer and friend of Ward's, told Sporting News in a phone interview that he was sitting in the Turn 1 grandstands and saw everything that happened.

"Tony pinched him into the frontstretch wall, a racing thing," Graves said. "The right rear tire went down, he spun on the exit of (Turn) 2. They threw the caution and everything was toned down. Kevin got out of his car. … He was throwing his arms up all over the place at Tony for most of the corner.

"I know Tony could see him. I know how you can see out of these cars. When Tony got close to him, he hit the throttle. When you hit a throttle on a sprint car, the car sets sideways. It set sideways, the right rear tire hit Kevin, Kevin was sucked underneath and was stuck under it for a second or two and then it threw him about 50 yards."

50 yards?? I don't doubt it was probably an intense situation but half an American football field seems a bit of embellishment.

UPDATE: FF Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua confirms they have a driver from the motorpark speedway who is battling serious injuries.

Here is an update from a local news outlet.

ESPN is now acknowledging it.

I guess they finally sucked Manziel's balls dry.

You know that's not true. Please don't lie.

Yeah...they'll move onto LeBron.
I assume this is in Stephen A and Skip Bayless voices.
"Oh, some idiot NASCAR driver ran over someone. What a moron. LEBRON LEBRON MANZIEL LEBRON MANZIEL CLEVELAND SPORTS INDIANS SUCK"

What local news outlet?

It looks like Kevin Ward is actually 20, not 17 as previously reported.

If this really was an accident an had no malicious intent this is something that will wear on Tony forever. Can't imagine that feeling...