Brian Thiel, a nitro and alcohol Funny Car racer on the NHRA tour, was the victim of a massive theft over the weekend.

Thiel's race trailer, parked outside of his shop in Pleasant Grove, Ca. shop, was broken into sometime late Saturday evening. The break-in was discovered on Sunday morning.

“One of my crew guys went to the shop and saw what had happened and called me,” Thiel said. “He let me know that I had better get down there quickly.

Brian Thiel, a nitro and alcohol Funny Car racer on the NHRA tour, was the victim of a massive theft over the weekend.

Thiel's race trailer, parked outside of his shop in Pleasant Grove, Ca. shop, was broken into sometime late Saturday evening. The break-in was discovered on Sunday morning.

“One of my crew guys went to the shop and saw what had happened and called me,” Thiel said. “He let me know that I had better get down there quickly.

“There is so much riff-raff, north and south of us, but we are far off of the beaten path out here in farm country. The trailer has been sitting outside of our shop for a few weeks, so this had to be something that was planned.”

There are no leads at present and the team is estimating their losses at $500,000.

“We were just finally allowed into the trailer to check inventory, and we keep finding things that are missing,” added Brad Campbell, a crewman on the team.

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