Chris D. the Hero!
 

Not sure how many of you saw this reported on another board, but I thought I would post it here as Chris deserves MAJOR kudos for helping catch this thief that was going pit area to pit area at the Gators:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzreS...ature=youtu.be

Nice job Chris. This puts a MAJOR deposit in your karma bank...

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The best part about the whole deal was the way the guy changed his story when he found out Chris was in the motorhome. Yeah someone lost their phone out in the field out here. I mean he really must have thought Chris was an idiot. Who just opens the door to someone's motorhome to check to see if they lost a phone. Way to go Chris and Matt just wish you would have gotten the beatdown on video! Seems like it's not safe to go anywhere anymore.

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I saw the guy on the ground with a large group around not looking too sympathetic. Official told me somebody caught a thief and beat the crap out of the guy. He told me this with a huge smile on his face, same reaction I had...kudos to all who participated in "detaining" the guy till county police arrived.

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Yeah, too bad all the video of the guy falling on pebbles isn't there...

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He got what he deserved ! I read somewhere else, that he has a car there too ? What class was he running ? What a bum !

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Nice job Chris!! good luck down there.

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The dude was supposedly a racer? Can somebody confirm that? That would be HUGELY disappointing if that was the case...

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I don't know if the guy is a racer or not, but here's his name / mugshot / charges against him: http://www.mugshotsgainesville.com/?p=184620

From this article, it doesn't SOUND like he was a racer, but I can't confirm that: http://lawandorder.blogs.gainesville...50849191923242

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From what I read on another forum he was a former racer, and appears to be traveling to races specifically for this. Way to go Chris! Smart too that nobody caught it on video when the poor thief injured himself trying to escape.

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I wonder if that is a NHRA SFI approved neck collar he is wearing?
It was a NHRA event

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Way to go Chris!!

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Thank you all:.. Hero I think not... More like another concerned racer looking out for my racing family..... I did the same thing anyone else in the drag racing coo unity would have done... As far as what exactly happened when we detained him .... The official story is we detained him with force because he was resisting is and repededly kept trying to escape capture.... For the record.... And any eye witness can verify ..... I kept yelling at him to stay down on the ground... He was not listening and I had to force him back down until the proper authorities arrived.... That's my story and I am sticking to it....

Re: Chris D. the Hero!
 

New Nickname for you: "The South Amboy Hurricane".

Good job.

By the way, i need to drop some more stuff off. 3rd member, 4 link stuff etc.

When will you be back?

Gary

Re: Chris D. the Hero!
 

This guy knew when SG went to run they should check his crenditals and see who he was with and if he was with a racer we could talk with them :PS matt aim better on ur punches the white jar should calm ur nerves chris

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Here' s the "rest of the story".... Nice work Chris!

http://www.news-journalonline.com/br...olice-say.html

-Don

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I guess Chris is a "race fan", and not "fellow competitor" as he should have been listed. I guess they had to dumb the article down for the NASCAR fans reading the story...

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Good catch Chris. I'm sure we can all agree that it's a shame he had to do something in the first place.

My dad and I got stuck pitting in the outer lot one year at Epping (1990). As Sunday went on more and more rigs left and the spaces were filled by spectator vehicles. He won SG that year and when we finally got back to our pit after the round-robins it was just our rig and the cars and not one damn thing missing...

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I wonder if this is the same guy that stole cash and credit cards from my son and others at the Atlanta Nationals a couple years ago. I think several others had cash and cards stolen at the same race. Ask Sherman he or some of his friends got hit also.

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From what I have been told by all the detectives I talked to... Same guy.. They have survelence. Keep of this same guy in Charlotte And Atlanta using stolen credit cards

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This is the same guy from the Spring Charlotte Race 2011. Justice is being served in more ways than one......good work Chris & Matt.

Shawn