[sirdaft1]

UPDATE!! The trailer, racecar and truck were found! The truck was found at a storage locker 10 miles north in Oceanside. And then a random enthusiast on IG heard the story and came across the trailer with the untouched racecar inside 10 miles east of there in San Marcos. They may have made off with some small stuff but chalk that up to the cost of cheap tuition from a learning experience like this. ALWAYS have a GPS tracker and off-track insurance on a dedicated race car like this. Huge thanks to everyone who helped our fellow brother turb0mik3



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We need to help a fellow member who has been a fixture in this community turb0mik3 . His EXTREMELY well known 2010 E90 335i Racecar, 26’ enclosed trailer and Ford F-250 tow vehicle were just stolen. The car is a fully build race car, roll cage, BBS wheels, Sparta BBK, etc and is wrapped in the below livery. The car is originally LeMans Blue (dark blue). Mike has had this car since new and has single handedly helped use his own car and resources to be a test bed for this platform in a roadcourse/Motorsports environment. He and his car are the reason I am building my own 335 race car today. Not to mention he is one incredibly kind dude.

The car was stolen sometime in the past 24 hours in the San Diego/Del Mar area. ANY info please pass it along to Mike at 858-242-2854.

[lab_rat]

This makes my stomach turn...I can't imagine what he is feeling.

I hope it's recovered soon and all in one piece/unblemished.

[sirdaft1]

Originally Posted by lab_rat

This makes my stomach turn...I can't imagine what he is feeling.

I hope it's recovered soon and all in one piece/unblemished.

Quick update: this story has spread like wildfire on IG/FB. Police just located his truck 10 miles north in Oceanside sitting in front of a storage locker place. Car and trailer yet to be found. This is potentially good news knowing that the rig headed north vs south into Mexico.

Original FB post:
https://www.facebook.com/781210435/p...1129012895436/

[Socket]

Hope Mikes gets this back asap man.. Im devastated for him and the community

[sirdaft1]

Originally Posted by Socket

Hope Mikes gets this back asap man.. Im devastated for him and the community

UPDATE: TRAILER WAS FOUND WITH CAR INSIDE!!! Discovered by a random enthusiast who heard the story on Instagram. Incredible stuff.

[hassmaschine]

Dang, that is some luck.

Maybe the thiefs couldn't drive a car with 3 pedals.

[sirdaft1]

Originally Posted by hassmaschine

Dang, that is some luck.

Maybe the thiefs couldn't drive a car with 3 pedals.

Millennials

[mecheng77]

Beer time for you, congrats !!

[Socket]

Originally Posted by sirdaft1

UPDATE: TRAILER WAS FOUND WITH CAR INSIDE!!! Discovered by a random enthusiast who heard the story on Instagram. Incredible stuff.

This is awesome news
+1 to social media
Kudos to the random enthusiast.... Nice one mate

[GnomeChild]

So what’s the story? How did said enthusiast find it? Did they ever find the thieves? How did they manage to steal it in the first place?

Glad the car was recovered however; stroke of incredible luck

[320IN54]

Yeah I'm surprised the thief didn't head south to Mexico and went north instead.

[sirdaft1]

Originally Posted by GnomeChild

So what’s the story? How did said enthusiast find it? Did they ever find the thieves? How did they manage to steal it in the first place?

Glad the car was recovered however; stroke of incredible luck

The truck was hooked up to the trailer with the car inside. The thieves broke into the truck, drilled out the ignition and drove off with everything in the middle of the night.

Mike didn’t find out until almost a day later (no GPS tracker at the time). Word spread like wildfire everywhere on social media and random enthusiasts were literally driving all around SoCal to find it. I reached out to Matt Farah (The Smoking Tire) with the story and he posted it to his IG, and a random enthusiast in San Marcos heard about it and recognized a suspiciously similar trailer parked nearby with different plates. The thieves wound up swapping plates, but it was his trailer due to a bunch of other unique markings. Once they opened it up, viola, racecar.

Now that Mike has it back, it looks like the thieves stole $5-6k worth of tools, communication equipment, etc. but it was still a FAR better outcome than it could have been.

No word yet on who the thieves are. They do have finger prints. I’d imagine it’s just a matter of time until they find the scumbags if they have the fingerprints on record.

[Sgop335]

Great, Congrats!
Ravens fan!

[EB89]

Oh what, i didn't realise it was this car that was stolen, either way, its messed up that it happened and amazing that it was recovered, you are very lucky.

[GnomeChild]

Originally Posted by sirdaft1

The truck was hooked up to the trailer with the car inside. The thieves broke into the truck, drilled out the ignition and drove off with everything in the middle of the night.

Mike didn’t find out until almost a day later (no GPS tracker at the time). Word spread like wildfire everywhere on social media and random enthusiasts were literally driving all around SoCal to find it. I reached out to Matt Farah (The Smoking Tire) with the story and he posted it to his IG, and a random enthusiast in San Marcos heard about it and recognized a suspiciously similar trailer parked nearby with different plates. The thieves wound up swapping plates, but it was his trailer due to a bunch of other unique markings. Once they opened it up, viola, racecar.

Now that Mike has it back, it looks like the thieves stole $5-6k worth of tools, communication equipment, etc. but it was still a FAR better outcome than it could have been.

No word yet on who the thieves are. They do have finger prints. I’d imagine it’s just a matter of time until they find the scumbags if they have the fingerprints on record.

Wow, what a story. Pretty amazing how people in the community were on the lookout for the trailer; it’s nice to hear that random people from random places were at least participating and helping out in the search. Tools and parts can be replaced and likely represent a fraction of what the racecar/truck/trailer is worth: plus the sentimental value most likely attached to Mike’s car in general. I would say this was a fairly good outcome despite circumstances

Originally Posted by 320IN54

Yeah I'm surprised the thief didn't head south to Mexico and went north instead.

Likewise
Not very smart of them at all
But then again; if they were any smart, they wouldn’t be petty thieves in the first place