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[rtspence]

If you have been a victim of paddock theft at Road Atlanta, you will be happy to hear that the thief has been caught.
The paddock thief that has stolen from race participants at Road Atlanta and several other race tracks has been caught in Gainesville, Georgia.
If you have been a victim of theft at Road Atlanta, you may contact the detective working the cases in Hall County, Joe Marriotti at 770 531-6879.
Check out the link for the full story

http://www.vintagemo...ews.asp?id=2391

[Jim Drago]

I CAN ONLY HOPE SOME OF THE KNOTS ON HIS HEAD CAME DURING HIS ARREST.

He got many of us at Barber over the years, this was literally this guys career. I recognize his face.

Jim

[CARacer]

This is classic! ""He was subdued in the pits by some of the fans and spectators and had to be taken to the hospital and treated" before he was booked into jail." Subdued, indeed. In the mugshot he's wearing a neck brace!

[Butch Kummer]

Reports are he "fell" while trying to elude his pursuers at the GatorNationals. Gotta be careful when negotiating steps on a motorhome, particularly one that isn't yours!

[Tom Neel]

Glad to see he has been caught! We have been hit twice in the past to years pretty hard.....Hopefully he doesn't have a helper still out and about!

[mdavis]

Interesting. This weekend my whole rig (truck, trailer, 2 miatas) was stolen from a secured yard. They used a wrecker to pull down the gate. The cops found the truck within 8 hours (Lojack) and the trailer yesterday (emptied and left at a church). The guys at the shop next to mine saw the dip s thief driving the 99 around a grocery store parking lot yesterday but couldn't get turned around to catch him. Today I cruised that neighborhood myself and found the cars in his driveway covered with a couple of tarps. Of course all my tools, gear, spares, etc are still missing.

I hope these two guys end up in the same place.

[Jonathan Ng]

Reports are he "fell" while trying to elude his pursuers at the GatorNationals. Gotta be careful when negotiating steps on a motorhome, particularly one that isn't yours!

[camjones44]

Interesting. This weekend my whole rig (truck, trailer, 2 miatas) was stolen from a secured yard. They used a wrecker to pull down the gate. The cops found the truck within 8 hours (Lojack) and the trailer yesterday (emptied and left at a church). The guys at the shop next to mine saw the dip s thief driving the 99 around a grocery store parking lot yesterday but couldn't get turned around to catch him. Today I cruised that neighborhood myself and found the cars in his driveway covered with a couple of tarps. Of course all my tools, gear, spares, etc are still missing.

I hope these two guys end up in the same place.

Where were you at? What kinda of "rig" are we talking about? That is really brave! What are you guys seeing? At track incidents or in transit incidents?