Attempted trailer break in at Maple Grove

[Floyd Staggs]

Originally Posted by Dave Kommel

Floyd - It's legal to breathe in all 50 states (at least as of now), but I think you mean reciprocity agreements!

Now back to the subject at hand...

You knew what I meant, I just couldn't spell it. LOL!

[Dave Kommel]

Originally Posted by Floyd Staggs

You knew what I meant, I just couldn't spell it. LOL!

Floyd - Of course I knew what you meant, but that was just too good to pass up! Humor is wherever we find it!

[Floyd Staggs]

Originally Posted by Dave Kommel

Floyd - Of course I knew what you meant, but that was just too good to pass up! Humor is wherever we find it!

You got that right. I remember when all my stuff got stole out of my truck I bitched about the potatoes chips more than anything else. 😉

[Dyno]

In 2000 I bought a 41' Gold Rush trailer in eastern Pa., sorry I forgot the Comp racer I got it from. I traveled back west and stayed the night in the middle of Pa. Stayed the night at a Holiday Inn and parked directly in front of the office. Asked the front desk to watch my stuff over night and they said they would, I came out in the morning and the door lock was drilled out and every cabinet door was open. Because the trailer was empty, nothing was taken, but the Comp number was on the back of the trailer. .I am sure the thieves thought they had hit a gold mine. It seems that the farther east you go, the worse it gets.Never had a problem anywhere in Div 3 and Div 5.

[Frank Castros]

Many years ago our mini bike was stolen at Maple Grove. It was chained to our open trailer and they cut the chain with a bolt cutter. Hard to believe in Amish country.

[killintime6968]

A couple of years ago I had my race trailer broken into and had all my tools and parts stolen for 2 302 chev super stock engines. 2 weeks ago someone broke into my 5th wheel trailer and stole the generator, solar panels and a variety of other items.

Bruce Cameron
68 Nova E/S
68 Camaro SS/I or ?

[Carl Battis]

As many of you know, a few years ago in Dallas I had my trailer stolen with the 69 Camaro B/SA 396/375 inside that I had built myself with my racing friends....along with all the other race upport stuff like spare trans, compressor, generator etc. While it didn't happen at the track it was nonetheless such a violation of my privacy that took a long time to get over. I finally got another car and got back on the track mid-year last year.

This year I have done a fair amount of racing in Division 7 and Division 6. I've met a lot of great people and made some new friends. I've also had a couple of items stolen out of my pit overnight.....a brand new 7 gallon water jug at Phoenix and a really nice Summit 2 ton jack at Woodburn. It brought to the surface some of the feelings I had experienced when the Camaro got stolen. I was pissed at a level that far exceeded the anger that would be appropriate for petty theft. I hope I never catch anybody taking something out of my pit.....it will end badly for everybody. Thieves amonst us makes me feel bad - I had higher expectations for fellow racers.

[Strawboss]

It is a crying shame that we have to keep everything locked up. I still believe these are not racers but low life people that come in to take advantage of us. We had the golf cart stole in Atlanta several years ago at the starting line while we were making a run. We got it back by us doing a lot of looking. When we found it with 2 young boys in the camp ground next to the track they ran and got away. They were not racers on with racers. It was stolen at Memphis a few years later at the rest rooms. We got it back both times and they were not racers or with racers and both times the keys were in the cart. Don't give a thief an invitation. I don't believe it is racers or people helping racers that are taking these things for racers know how hard we all work to have the tools and parts we have.

[CMcAllister]

Originally Posted by Frank Castros

Many years ago our mini bike was stolen at Maple Grove. It was chained to our open trailer and they cut the chain with a bolt cutter. Hard to believe in Amish country.

Yes, things are getting bad. Reading has become a rather bad area as the government seeks to spread dependents west from the urban areas. Then you have Philly close. Hard to believe crooks and kids would buy a ticket to get in and expect to be able to carry stuff out the gate. Would be easy to park in the upper field at Maple Grove and cut a hole in the fence to get in late at night. Just have to be prepared and aware.

[Tom Goldman]

It's just too easy for some lowlife to walk in on a general admission ticket and stay late and blend in until its dark .