NASCAR racer Tony Stewart said Monday he never considered retiring after killing a man on a track — telling reporters, “that would take the life out of me.”
“I love what I do,” said Stewart, who escaped criminal charges in the Aug. 9 death of Kevin Ward Jr. at an upstate dirt track.
“I love driving race cars. I think it might change, right now, as far as how much of it . . . There was never a thought in my head about stopping. That would take the life out of me.”
A grand jury decided Stewart would not be charged in Ward’s death.
But Stewart said he may give up racing sprint cars.
“I race those cars to have a good time,” he said. “I do it to have fun, and it didn’t end up being fun that night.”
Stewart also offered to talk with Ward’s family.
“I want to be available to them if they want to talk about it,” Stewart said. “I’m offering to talk to them to help them, if it helps with closure.”