A British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) team, Power Maxed Racing, is offering a £25,000 reward following the theft of one of its racing cars. The Dexter Patterson BTCC Audi, estimated to be worth £350,000, was taken from a compound at Excel London on Wednesday night.
The team principal, Adam Weaver, stated that the car was at the London venue for filming and promotional work. It was placed in a locked trailer within Excel's secure car park overnight. Mr Weaver said he was told three people gained access to the site, broke gate locks from the inside, and then used a vehicle to tow away the trailer with the car inside.
Mr Weaver indicated that while the car is valued at around £350,000, its bespoke nature for the BTCC championship means its parts would likely be of no value to thieves. He added that the team would prefer to recover the car, which took approximately 600 hours to build, rather than construct a new one.
The reward is for information leading to the safe recovery of the car, and individuals can contact the team via its Facebook page.