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Tom Rolfe Racing shop broken into & equipment stolen/ Up to $50,000 reward for arrest & return of all racing parts

By Gary Thomas

Chico, CA – The sprint car community is advised to be on the lookout as on Sunday night January 11 the Tom Rolfe Racing team headquarters located in Chico, California was broken into and several expensive items totaling over a quarter of a million dollars were stolen from the shop.

Past drivers of the Tom Rolfe Racing No. 10 sprinter include San Jose’s Tim Kaeding, Chico’s Jonathan and Stephen Allard, Visalia’s Blake Robertson, Oroville’s Sean Becker and many others.

This past season saw father and son combo Sammy and Kevin Swindell have much success late in the year aboard the Rolfe Racing No. 10 with Kevin winning the Western World Championships at Manzanita and the Louie Vermeil Classic in Calistoga. Sammy finished runner-up at the 15^th annual Trophy Cup in Tulare and also scored a 5^th place finish at the Gold Cup Race of Champions in Chico.

All of the equipment taken from the shop was to be used towards Kevin and Sammy Swindell for the 2009 sprint car racing season. Up to a $50,000 reward is up for the arrest and return of all racing equipment. Since multiple people are likely to be involved in this, any individual with info leading to the arrest and return of equipment will be given total immunity.

The list of items stolen from the Tom Rolfe Racing Shop includes:

-Three 410 Don Ott engines

-One 360 Don Ott open engine

-Six brand new ultra lite all titanium Winters rear ends

-Six complete front ends

-Four KSE steering boxes with pumps

-Four ignition boxes

-24 Hoosier tires

-30 weld wheels combinations

-Five sets of Red Devil brake systems

-Multiple sets of nerf bars

-Four sets of gauges

-Three sets of birdcages

-Two oil pans

-Quad rims and tires

-Various tools

-A television, a computer and a printer


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Anyone caught with the parts will be prosecuted to the full extent.

Anybody with tips and information can please contact the Butte County Sheriffs Department at 530-538-7321 and ask for Andrew Duch.

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Everyone keep an eye out for this stuff at the upcoming swap meets! I doubt if a fellow sprint team would have taken the stuff, but somebody's gonna be looking for a place to unload this!