Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Not so fast

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Former NASCAR driver Tony Stewart didn’t get off with just a warning when he was stopped on Interstate 88 in DeKalb, Ill., over the weekend.

He also got a photo of himself with a smiling state trooper — who then tweeted it out.

“Just pulled over NASCAR legend Tony Stewart on I-88 in Dekalb IL, what you think I got him for?” Trooper Damein Cunningham wrote in the tweet. Not what you might think. “He was not stopped for speeding,” state police spokesman Jason Bradley clarified.

Stewart was pulled over by Cunningham for improper lane usage and was given a warning, according to Bradley, who said the state police are reviewing the trooper’s Twitter post.

“The ISP is currently looking into the posting of the photograph,” he said. The tweet has since been deleted.

The photo appears to have been a selfie taken by Stewart, a retired three-time NASCAR champion with 49 victories. The trooper is leaning into the car, and both he and Stewart are smiling.

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