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vandalism in Bowling Green

14K views 105 replies 52 participants last post by  mattr66 
#1 ·
Well guys, let me start out by saying the event itself was awesome, plenty of drag racing action, good people and a fun time. I was even lucky enough to be chosen 2nd in the peoples choice award for show n' shine. Besides the HOT weather, it was a great event!
Ok so on to what I was getting at, saturday night about 2:15 a.m. a quad cab pickup carrying 4 to 5 people pulled up in our hotel, the Home town suites, and vandalized my truck, completely ruining the original body, they seemingly were punching it by hand, fist, something soft because there are no scuffs/ scratch's. They also bent up my driver side mirror..
I found the truck in its current state around 11 am this morning, immediately informed the front office and called the police. The officer that responded was very helpful, and was also a victim of such maliciousness earlier in life so he too was very upset to see what had happened. So police report was filed and the tapes were reviewed, sad thing is i parked it under a light directly across from our room and RIGHT in front of a camera!! The video clearly shows the (light colored quad cab pickup) pulling up next to my truck, the video feed is so poor you can not make out what make/ model it is. So the footage is being reviewd by the hotels corporate office, and I hope to hear something back soon...

It just makes me sick to think someone could stoop to such a low level and deface/ destroy something that one has worked their azz off to have and keep clean... Im sorry for the long post, but if anyone knows anything PLEASE get ahold of me.. thanks guys.
 
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#3 ·
that pi##es me off:mad::mad::mad::mad::swordfight: i hope they catch them make them pay for it and polish your truck eveyday and then destroy there own truck i hate people like that !!!!!!!!!!! no one has respect for anything now days!!!!!!
 
#4 ·
Wow Im really sorry to hear this. That truck is a beautiful truck. Some people are just too dam jealous and when they have to stoop that low it just shows what a real piece of sh!t they really are.

I hope they catch them, it just sucks that after all the work you did to keep the original parts on that truck perfect, it took a couple of jealous dumbasses a couple minutes to ruin.

I know exactly how I would feel if that was done to your truck, so believe me when I say it pisses me off to hear that this was done to yours
 
#5 ·
That Sucks! That was the best looking obs i have ever seen. :mad: Not trying to be rude or nothing but did you piss someone off or have a bad case of road rage?
 
#7 ·
That is really unfortunate Dustin, I am very sorry to hear this.

If you need anything, let me know.

Hopefully insurance will give you the money necessary to rebuild it back to its original state. Make sure to let them know you want OEM parts and not cheap aftermarket or rusty used body pieces. Or maybe they will catch the dumb azzes who did this and make them pay.

That truck was in amazing condition for living in Indiana.


I agree with thesleeper, it was probably premeditated by some Ford hating truck owner who was jealous.
 
#8 ·
If you find the right place to repair the truck they can make as good as new. I have seen some really good work from a top shelf paintless repair shop. I am sorry to hear this.
 
#12 ·
Guys I wish i could even begin to explain the feelings I have for the low life Fuks that did this.. and I will say that no, i am a very forgiving driver, easy going and do my best to stay low key when on the road.. Those tha know me can vouche that im a very down to earth person, I do my very best to treat EVERYONE with respect and curtousy... I just couldnt help but break down the moment I walked out to see it.. even more so after watching them beat it on video!! Just leaves me wondering where I went wrong...:confused::confused:
 
#17 ·
You didn't, they did. Get a list off competitors below you and give it to the police. That's where id start. Somebody was obviously offended by you or your truck. I've had my race trucks vandalized on so many occassions that id show-up late to a race and drive it to the drivers meetings just to keep an eye on it. Those who did this wanted nothing more than to make you feel the pain of their misserable loser existance.

Its not you!

I'm sorry for your loss, even fixing it won't take away the pain, I've been there brother.
 
#13 ·
man i hate hearing that!! you have a georgous truck, i was looking at it saturday morning, and my girlfriend took about 10 pictures of it at the track!! i hope everything works out for you
 
#18 ·
Damn man that sucks. People these days.

Just out of curiosity were there any quad cabs that matched that description in the show and shine?
 
#19 ·
this just makes me sick to hear this. people have no respect for other peoples vehicles. just the other day 3 kids put their elbows into the hood of a dakota about 5 dorms down from me. ruined the whole hood. all because the kid has a good looking truck.
 
#20 ·
That had to be the most beautiful truck that I have ever seen. I had a gas one alot like it and I had respect for it. It frustrates me that this happen and I hope they find these d-bags. I don't know how you didn't go ballistic.

Is there any way you can post up pics?
 
#22 ·
dude after meeting you in person this weekend i know that you wouldnt do anything to anyone that would cause them to bring that upon yourself. like everyone else said, hopefully they find out who it was and give them what they deserve or as close to it as possible because we all know what they really deserve. best of luck to you man
 
#23 ·
Damn, sorry to hear about that. I love seeing a well-cared-for OBS in a show & shine. I agree, it was probably someone (or accomplices of someone) who placed below you in the voting. Hope they find the bastards!
 
#24 ·
i was up around that time, with psdplayer and phil shortbedcummins or 2001shrtbedcummins. Think we might have been in psdplayer's truck at that time in the days in parking lot. Kinda remember seeing a qc dodge filled with alot of people driving around at that time, not sure, let me text phil and doug and point them at this thread and see if they remember anything. Your welcome to call me up if you want, might help to refresh my memory. I'm going to lunch right now till noon, so i cna answer my phone, or you might be able to reach me later on. Either is fine.
Dex
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#25 ·
if there was a camera in the parking lot, even if it was a ####ty one. i dont see why they wouldnt be able to get a still of the licsense plate. If they say it was to blurry, i would take that tape to a specialist

i agree that it would probably be a 'friend' of a sore loser competitor
 
#26 ·
Dex, I appreciate that and I will try to give you a shout sometime this evening for sure.. I too was outside when it took place, about 300 ft out of sight with a local girl. . Im kicking myself in the azz thinking "what if"..
Constantfix, there are at least 2 cameras that caught them, one which shows them in the act..
The GM at the hotel is doing everything he can, he sent the video off today to be cleared/cleaned up so im praying we can get a license plate # and find these azz holes. . What im wondering is how many other video cameras caught them driving past shell and waffle house and what not. .

Lord knows as torn up as I am I'd pay anything to get my hands around their necks!!
 
#33 ·
no problem dude, i hate when people do stuff like this, even though i didn't get a chance to see your truck or anything on saturday it just pisses me off when i hear of stuff like this. I believe i saw them when they were headed away, between waffle house and shell about to turn into the intersection there. If memory serves me right it was a blue 3rd gen common rail 4x4 qc sb dodge, but that's about all i remember. Don't remember if it had wheels or anything. Think it might have been an 03-05 common rail because usually when i see an 06^ i pay more attention because that's what i have.
 
#27 ·
See if you can get the video and post it up on all the forums.

There are a lot of people that know a lot of trucks on here ;)
 
#28 ·
I'd like to say thanks to Ryan Bean and Matt- greenbeast for taking the time out their day to call me up to not only check up but let me know theyre doing what they can to spread the word! And to the rest of you for the support..
Thanks guys, class act!
 
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