Well the car has been found in suburb Atlanta. Its said to be intact BUT the trailer truck and contents in the trailer are still missing. Team is happy, they at least have their favorite car back but still out of this Sundays race. I guess that red racecar was to hard to hide but the tools and motor along with truck n trailer ---well Same as all my stuff on my trailer its gone ......!
thats a good question -- transponders that are used at the track are taken out after the race? or do you buy one and it belongs with the car like Onstar
Well the story has already got holes in it -- The thieves have been seen in a Jeep Cherokee by surveillance, but AP says the Cops say they drove it away hooked to a pickup truck.... Hmmmm
You go to Daytona with ONE car and enter the race, with one car, and go away from Daytona $250,000 richer. Yea Yippee,you are on top of the world. You and your skeleton crew are happy as all get out. You park at the motel to rest. Sometime during the night POOF its stolen. Can you believe this?
Team owner John Cohen told USA Today Sports that the team will enter the event next weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Cohen said he didn't have an estimate on the value of the race car.
The only lead, he said, was a surveillance video showing the team's unmarked dually trailer being stolen with the car inside. The team hauler with tools was already at AMS.
"All we know is it was a silver jeep," Cohen said. "One guy got out and they pulled off together."
Travis Kvapil was preparing to attempt to qualify for Sunday's race in the car Friday afternoon at 5:45. Now car 44 has withdrawn from the race. distance to participate.
According to the police report, surveillance footage captured part of the theft. At 5:25 a.m., a newer model silver or grey Jeep Cherokee was observed driving into the Drury Inn parking lot. It was seen returning at 5:32 a.m.; two minutes later, the trailer and the car inside were seen leaving the property.
Team Xtreme crew chief Peter Sospenzo called police at 5:52 a.m. to report the trailer missing.
According to the police report, the car is valued at $250,000. A backup engine also inside the trailer is valued at $100,000 and there was $17,500 worth of other equipment in the trailer.
"It would be a loss if we couldn't locate the vehicle," Oglesby said.
Now whats your take on this? As hard as it is to build a car without losing it (as I did when my trailer with so much stuff on it to finish our car got stolen from my shop) Life is so cruel sometimes !!
O by the way Kyle is in the hospital in Charlotte so aim your get wells thataway
Atlanta Motor Speedway announced Tuesday that it will add tire packs to protect the inside wall in Turn 4. Charlotte Motor Speedway is shipping 74 tire packs to Atlanta, with each pack containing 15 tires. Those tires will be in place in time for Thursdays test session at Atlanta.
After Kyle done his best to crack the wall ISC PRESIDENT SAYS energy absorbing walls are in the works (International Speedway Corp. is developing a plan for the installation of additional SAFER barriers at Daytona and Talladega, and will review the safety standards at its other racetracks.)
After his accident, Daytona president Joie Chitwood III vowed to cover every inch of the speedway with SAFER barriers.ISC will also immediately review Phoenix International Raceway and Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, as both tracks host NASCAR races in March.
Reigning Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick hit the same wall Busch did in last year's Daytona 500, and was critical of the lack of SAFER barrier immediately following his own accident. He was pleased that Daytona was reacting after Busch's injury, but felt it was a bit late.
So was someone listening to the Tuesday night show where these issues were discussed? Surely the noise that came out of Columbia SC where a spokesman proclaimed foul over Sundays race must have been heard by someone, And the discussion on camera talking about Larry McReynolds remarks may just hold some merit, or do you see it differently!
I cannot believe the three of us were there but never seen each other..
Kyle Busch was released from the hospital Friday after a six-night stay split between facilities in Florida and North Carolina.
Busch will return home to continue his recovery from a broken right leg, broken left foot and surgeries he had on both.USA Today Sports
