Some drivers and press members believed the safety improvements for which Stewart advocated detracted from the sport, while track owners and race organizers balked at the extra costs.
Algúns pilotos e membros da prensa crían que as melloras de seguridade que Stewart propugnaba prexudicaban ao deporte, mentres que os propietarios das pistas e os organizadores da carreira rexeitaban os custos adicionais.