rick_bostrom
Onda Kattan Racing
At 2:38AM yesterday morning a thief driving a white 1968-1973 GMC pickup with what appears to be a flatbed that has a box built out of wood and a tarp full of junk broke into a keypad controlled gate, cut the locks off of my trailer, and stole it and it's contents.
At about 9 AM today, the police called to inform me that they had found the trailer abandoned less than five minute from my house. The trailer itself, is a mess - not only did they take everything of value off of it, they did at least a couple thousand (maybe twice that!) in damage just destroying it for no apparent reason.
What is more concerning is what was IN the trailer that was not recovered. The white 1996 Corvette that I ran at the midsummer IRDC race at Pacific has not been recovered. It would be pretty close to impossible to make the car street legal as it is patched together out of three different cars, has no VINs anymore, no headlights, no heater, no blower, no wipers ... well you folks know the drill. They also took a whole lot of tools, spares, fluids, a brand new Dewalt compressor, my race ramps, my awnings, and even a custom aluminum Specialized pit bike that my brother made for me so it has been kind of a bad couple days.
Some of the stuff is pretty specific to the kind of racing we do, so if you see anything pop up for sale please let me know and keep an eye out for a Corvette or Corvette parts that look like they came from a road racer. I'm guessing the motor, trans, rear, and some suspension will eventually surface but as a roadrace car it would be virtually unsellable I would think. Sad, probably get hidden or dumped.
Attached is a picture of the car that is missing, and a couple of the GMC truck the scumbag used steal it
.
If you see either - call the cops! (and me!)
At about 9 AM today, the police called to inform me that they had found the trailer abandoned less than five minute from my house. The trailer itself, is a mess - not only did they take everything of value off of it, they did at least a couple thousand (maybe twice that!) in damage just destroying it for no apparent reason.
What is more concerning is what was IN the trailer that was not recovered. The white 1996 Corvette that I ran at the midsummer IRDC race at Pacific has not been recovered. It would be pretty close to impossible to make the car street legal as it is patched together out of three different cars, has no VINs anymore, no headlights, no heater, no blower, no wipers ... well you folks know the drill. They also took a whole lot of tools, spares, fluids, a brand new Dewalt compressor, my race ramps, my awnings, and even a custom aluminum Specialized pit bike that my brother made for me so it has been kind of a bad couple days.
Some of the stuff is pretty specific to the kind of racing we do, so if you see anything pop up for sale please let me know and keep an eye out for a Corvette or Corvette parts that look like they came from a road racer. I'm guessing the motor, trans, rear, and some suspension will eventually surface but as a roadrace car it would be virtually unsellable I would think. Sad, probably get hidden or dumped.
Attached is a picture of the car that is missing, and a couple of the GMC truck the scumbag used steal it
.
If you see either - call the cops! (and me!)
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