A champion NASCAR driver is to announce he is stepping down from racing - a year after the crash which killed Kevin Ward.
Tony Stewart will say he is retiring from the sport following the2016 season during a news conference at his team's headquarters in Kannapolis, North Carolina on Wednesday, sources say.
The move follows a difficult year for the veteran driver whose racing accident on August 9, 2014 resulted in the tragic death of Ward Jnr.
The champion racer admitted that his confidence as a driver had been destroyed following the deadly accident last year.
Ward Jnr, 20, was killed as he walked on a dirt track at the Canandaigua Motorsports Park in upstate New York.
His mother and father, Pamela and Kevin Sr, have since filed a wrongful death lawsuit suggesting the champion driver acted recklessly when his car collided with their son, throwing him 50 feet.
The Wards are seeking unspecified monetary damages for the crash and accuse Stewart of gunning his engine and putting his car into a skid as Ward walked onto the track.
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