Crime

NASCAR driver Travis Kvapil's car stolen before race

/ CBS News/AP

ATLANTA - Police say Travis Kvapil's NASCAR Sprint Cup car has been stolen ahead of a race this weekend near Atlanta.

Police say a trailer with the racecar inside was hitched to a pickup truck parked outside a Morrow hotel, about 15 miles south of Atlanta.

Morrow police Detective Sgt. Larry Oglesby says surveillance video shows the truck and trailer being driven out of the parking lot around 5:30 a.m. Friday.

Oglesby says the person who stole the car likely didn't realize it was inside the trailer. He says thieves often assume it's lawn equipment or something else they can easily sell.

Oglesby says he hopes the trailer will be abandoned once the thief realizes what's inside.

According to the CBS affiliate WGCL, Kvapil tweeted Friday morning, "Wow. Anyone near Atlanta find my stolen Cup car let me know! Unreal, I bet when whoever has it, opens the trailer and is going to be like 'oh snap'."

CBS News/AP

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