Tony Stewart Chili Bowl heckler turns out to be a cop

Yesterday we posted a video of a heckler and Tony Stuart getting into it at the stands. It turns out today the heckler is actually an officer of the law.

Tulsa County Sheriff’s Department identified the fan as Corporal Kyle Hess.

Tulsa deputy police chief described the incident:

“We had a race fan that probably had too much beer from my observations after speaking with him,” said Tulsa Deputy Police Chief and Expo Square Liaison officer Dennis Larson. “He kept taunting Tony Stewart as Tony would pass by. Tony came up to the stands and decided to have a discussion with him on why he did not like him.”

“From what I was told Tony stated to him (the spectator), ‘What’s your problem with me’,” Larson said. “At some point their hands were locked together. The fan pushed toward Tony, Tony stepped back and a security guard basically stepped between the two and just made a motion and the fan, who had consumed a lot of alcohol, sat down.