Kvapil: Sprint Cup car stolen

ByBOB POCKRASS
February 27, 2015, 10:19 AM

— -- HAMPTON, Ga. -- Travis Kvapil is without a race car for the Sprint Cup Series race this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway after the driver tweeted Friday that the Team Xtreme No. 44 car was stolen overnight from a hotel parking lot in Morrow, Georgia.

The team, one of the smallest in the Sprint Cup Series, did not have the car ready for the test Thursday but sent its main transporter with its tools and everything to the track earlier in the week because of the snow predicted for the Southeast. The team then brought the car down separately Thursday night.

Kvapil tweeted about the situation, saying the team drove the car down Thursday night in a black dually with an enclosed trailer. Both were stolen.

Kvapil told ESPN.com that he had no idea what the team will do and whether it would race. First practice is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, and teams typically must present a car for inspection an hour or two prior to the start of practice.

Team owner John Cohen, who is not at the track, said by phone he was still gathering information on what happened.

Reed Sorenson finished 32nd in the Team Xtreme car in the Daytona 500.