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By David Swarts

$80,000 worth of Suzuki Cup purse checks were stolen from American Suzuki at Road Atlanta.

“Unfortunately, I need to call on everyone to give us a hand,” said American Suzuki Sports Promotions On-road Specialist Morgan Broadhead at a rider’s meeting moments ago. “Yesterday (Saturday), someone stole $80,000 worth of Suzuki Cup checks out of our van.

“Unless I find those checks, there are going to be a lot of disappointed people.”

The main result of the checks being stolen is that Broadhead cannot distribute checks to Suzuki Cup racers Sunday night, which is what Suzuki representatives usually do. Broadhead said that the stolen checks cannot be cashed.

Broadhead said no questions would be asked if the checks were returned.

More details as they become available.


Update:

A black computer bag containing $80,000 worth of Suzuki Cup purse checks–which American Suzuki representatives thought were stolen–was found at approximately 11:30 a.m. local time near a Suzuki semi-truck in the Road Atlanta paddock.

“We don’t know where they were or how they got to where we found them; we’re just happy they turned up,” Morgan Broadhead told Roadracingworld.com.