Attempted trailer break in at Maple Grove

[Dan Fletcher]

I can't really believe this happened. I've raced a long time and thought I had seen everything. Once again, I've been proven wrong.

Last night, at about 3am, someone tried to break into one of our trailers. it has a double side entry door with a barn door latch. One of my kids and thank God his dog were sleeping inside. The barn door latch was obviously not engaged as its on the outside. It has a couple of cheese whiz latches on the inside to simply keep the doors closed, not really to stop someone from ripping them open. Some phallus inhaler yanked the door so hard it pulled the self tappers out of the wall and left the latch and hardware on the ground. Thank goodness, the dog freaked out and scared said pos off before any theft or vandalism occurred.

I guess the point of my post is to let everyone know, including myself, that no segment of the world is safe from assholes, even the race track in the middle of the night. I always used to lock my trailer and motor home at night, but frankly have grown a little lax with doing so in the last few years. Not no more, and I'd recommend everyone else do the same. I have my concealed carry permit, but don't take my weapon out of state as its illegal to do so. I'm thinking I'll be taking my chances with the law until I get the appropriate out of state permits asap.

I can't remotely wrap my head around a racer or crew person doing something like this, but who in the **** else is still here in the middle of the night...