[gman]

The trailer has been found. When I went to recover Davey Hamilton's trailer that was stolen from my shop I saw Gullicks in the tow yard. That is when they were notified it was stolen. Our shops are only about 1 mile apart both were stolen with a truck attached and dumped in a Long John Silvers parking lot on Washington Rd. The sad thing is the police never even go take finger prints or anything they just call you to notify you that it was found. When you get to the tow yard you get rewarded with a $300.00 bill to pick it up. I peaked inside Gullick and it was in much better shape than Hamilton's. Everything was gone out of Gullicks but all the cabinets were there and no damage. They stripped all the cabinets out of Hamilton's and beat it all to hell. I doubt we will ever find who is doing this, best advice don't leave anything outside in Brownsburg right now.

[wbr]

Originally Posted by dshort36 pete......... if you need to use my hauler the rest of the trip and to get home give me call... we will just have to figure out how to get it out to you..you are more than welcome to it. don short 8127977000

our rig is sitting in the snow doing nothing as well. I do have a cdl-a also. Let me know if we can help or help transport Don's rig to you out west. Mark.

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I am sort of confused now. Do they have 2 haulers, one in Indy and one in California? I feared the worst like the rest of you when I read the first post in this thread; that the rig and race cars were stolen from the track in tucson and a young man and his family's racing dreams crushed.

I hope the police never catch the thieves and one of the owners of the rigs does instead.

[IndyBound]

Originally Posted by wbr our rig is sitting in the snow doing nothing as well. I do have a cdl-a also. Let me know if we can help or help transport Don's rig to you out west. Mark. ---------- Post added at 11:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:57 AM ---------- I am sort of confused now. Do they have 2 haulers, one in Indy and one in California? I feared the worst like the rest of you when I read the first post in this thread; that the rig and race cars were stolen from the track in tucson and a young man and his family's racing dreams crushed. I hope the police never catch the thieves and one of the owners of the rigs does instead.

Hi Mark, Like you I felt the worse that a great family had everything stolen on the western swing. I don't have a phone # for Gullick's they have mind in case they need anything. Something kept nagging at me all night that I had seen that post before and Pete not responding makes me wonder if he even made the most recent post. I am headed to the track now so I will find out for myself the true story.

Patti

[Jake]

The truck and trailer that was stolen was a white 2005(or so) Ford F-350 dually with some checkers down the side and a white 24' trailer. It was stolen from outside their shop in Brownsburg not long after they left with their big hauler for Tucson. The trailer was found, the truck is still missing.

[nonwing]

It was almost exactly a year ago when Gene Nolan's rig was stolen on the way out west. I believe they recovered some things, but I can't recall any more details.

BTW, and this is for everyone... I was talking to a racing buddy at lunch yesterday and he has all of his racing equipment insured for like $1,200 a year. He got it during his kids quarter midget days and still has it today with his wing sprint car equipment, hauler, etc. He sleeps much better knowing he has it and can make quarterly payments.

Also, I do hope that racers have the insurance that Larry Rice use to offer. I thought it was a good deal. You never realize how much stuff costs until after you get your bell rung and have to go to the hospital. My broken leg many moons ago at Kokomo reached the very limit of the limit that was available at Kokomo. Of course the Lipkey's didn't pay for the ambulance ride, but at least they had the minimum at the time. Gosh... Lipkey's owning Kokomo... I'm OLD! LOL.

Nonwing - George Wilkins

[staggerman]

After all the rigs were being stolen early last year every time we stayed in a hotel we pulled the fuses out of the truck each night before heading to our room. Just a thought for anyone else. Takes 5 minutes tops.

[STIDA.com]

Give me a ring.... 800-378-4608 I can help Driver and Fan insurance while at the track ($250,000) and can also steer you in the right direction if you are needing to cover your cars, trailers, haulers, etc....


Hope everything is found in one piece!

[Onlydirt]

Originally Posted by gman The trailer has been found. When I went to recover Davey Hamilton's trailer that was stolen from my shop I saw Gullicks in the tow yard. That is when they were notified it was stolen. Our shops are only about 1 mile apart both were stolen with a truck attached and dumped in a Long John Silvers parking lot on Washington Rd. The sad thing is the police never even go take finger prints or anything they just call you to notify you that it was found. When you get to the tow yard you get rewarded with a $300.00 bill to pick it up. I peaked inside Gullick and it was in much better shape than Hamilton's. Everything was gone out of Gullicks but all the cabinets were there and no damage. They stripped all the cabinets out of Hamilton's and beat it all to hell. I doubt we will ever find who is doing this, best advice don't leave anything outside in Brownsburg right now.

Not trying to sound snappy, but finger prints are not like tv... If you print that trailer you will get prints from everyone that ever put their hands on it. fans, crew, friends, family, ect.... then you would have to print the entire team, family, fans, friends ect. in a process that takes a bout an hour for a good printer each person. Its all done in ink for this and its very messy. then you need a print comparison to compare all the results you eliminated from the major case prints. There is a national database, but its not real accurate or fast. If you had a suspect the prints can be beneficial. Forgot to mention it is very difficult to lift a good print for comparison also. Each print is different and has different locations of the identifiers from person to person. So if you only get a partial print its not going to work because of the angle at which the print was left might be missing the parts you need. Just cus someone touched something doesnt mean they left a print. Theres smudges, smears, partials, and the list goes on. It is not easy to do or effective in generating suspects at this time and age. Thats why its not done. CSI TV show is just as fake as WWE wrestling. It comes down to luck in the end.

[wbr]

Originally Posted by Onlydirt Not trying to sound snappy, but finger prints are not like tv... If you print that trailer you will get prints from everyone that ever put their hands on it. fans, crew, friends, family, ect.... then you would have to print the entire team, family, fans, friends ect. in a process that takes a bout an hour for a good printer each person. Its all done in ink for this and its very messy. then you need a print comparison to compare all the results you eliminated from the major case prints. There is a national database, but its not real accurate or fast. If you had a suspect the prints can be beneficial. Forgot to mention it is very difficult to lift a good print for comparison also. Each print is different and has different locations of the identifiers from person to person. So if you only get a partial print its not going to work because of the angle at which the print was left might be missing the parts you need. Just cus someone touched something doesnt mean they left a print. Theres smudges, smears, partials, and the list goes on. It is not easy to do or effective in generating suspects at this time and age. Thats why its not done. CSI TV show is just as fake as WWE wrestling. It comes down to luck in the end.

PLUS; the police are too busy with murders, gangs and drugs to mess with theft cases that the prosecutor will not file on anyway. Thats why I said I hope the cops don't catch them but an angry trailer owner does someday. Justice served.

[racephoto1]

A GPS tracker in the trailer and rig isn't a bad idea either. You can follow your kids with one on your computer, why not your rig ? Also if they grab one rig with a tracker, justice could be served rather quickly, and not just by law enforcement.