Team Xtreme Racing has withdrawn its No. 44 entry from the Folds
of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, after a 26-foot trailer and
pickup truck hauling the team’s Chevrolet race car was stolen from a hotel in Morrow,
Georgia early this morning Thursday.
The team’s hauler was dispatched
to Atlanta Motor Speedway Wednesday, ahead of the bad weather that hit the
Charlotte area on Wednesday night. It was safely parked at Atlanta Motor
Speedway. With minor work remaining on the No. 44 Chevrolet, the car was
loaded in the 26-foot trailer and arrived at the team hotel on Thursday night
at 11pm.
Hotel surveillance video shows the theft occurred at 5:32 am. Local
police say a silver or grey Jeep Cherokee was also spotted leaving the
hotel at the time of the theft.
"While this is obviously a setback for this weekend, our
plans remain to compete in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season," said team Xtreme
owner John Cohen. "We are working closely with the Morrow police in hopes
that our truck, trailer and race car are safely returned.”
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