Thieves Nab Barbeque Pit Resembling Dale Earnhardt's Car

NBC 5 Dallas/Fort Worth ^ | September 3, 2003 | NBC 5 Dallas/Fort Worth

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Thieves Nab Barbeque Pit Resembling Dale Earnhardt's Car

Victim: 'They're Just Ignorant'

POSTED: 9:50 a.m. CDT September 3, 2003
UPDATED: 10:00 a.m. CDT September 3, 2003

FORT WORTH, Texas -- North Texas thieves are on the run with a unique getaway car.

Tuesday afternoon, a Plano resident spotted someone hooking up his neighbor's meat smoker to the back of a maroon pickup.

Boyce Hancock built the cooker by himself, but this was not just your average smoker.

Hancock and his wife are big NASCAR fans, and they built the barbeque pit to look like the car once driven by Dale Earnhardt.

"I don't think they know what they have ... they're just ignorant," Hancock said.

The neighbor who spotted the suspected thieves said he was unable to catch the license plate number of the truck.

A police investigation is ongoing.

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[Samwise]

Know any thing about this?

[#3Fan]

Confess, you did it.

You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit in the wind
You don't pull the mask off the ole Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with a Texan's BBQer.

[#3Fan]

Not quite ironic (more like "appropriate").

You're not such a bad guy after all. :^)

[IowaHawk]

DOZENS HOLD VIGIL AS NASCAR-B-Q THIEF EXECUTED

Huntsville, TX - As a crowd of death penalty opponents marched outside in silent protest, convicted NASCAR barbecue wrangler Ricky Wayne Lee, 34, was executed at the Texas State Prison by lethal injection at 12:03 this morning.

It was the 11th execution in Texas this year, and the fourth related to the notorious Ft Worth "grille gang" robberies. Earlier convictions had already resulted in the executions of Lee's partners Randy Lee Richards, Lee Wayne Randall, and gang mastermind Wayne Wayne Wayne.

Lee's attorneys had sought to overturn his conviction on technical grounds, arguing that Texas' "He Needed Killin'" sentencing law violated the state constitution. The Texas Supreme Court last month rejected the argument, citing the Shut The Hell Up Amendment.

The case had prompted international attention, but a chorus of appeals for clemency -- include the Pope -- had failed to persuade Governor Rick Perry. Texas Observer reporter John Harlan said that Perry is likely to face an aggressive re-election challenge, "and there is no way he needs to be seen to be soft on NASCAR barbecue thieves, even if he were only the lookout man."

Officials said Lee requested a final meal of brisket, sausage, chicken, spare ribs, rib tips, baby back ribs, chorizo and banana pudding.

[#3Fan]

LOL Excellent!

[dighton]

HA! A fabulous return on my ping-investment.

[gracex7]

I could hear Dale Gribble saying your words!

[Wneighbor]

Thanks for the ping Samwise. Think they're onto me?

[WestCoastGal]

Hey I saw Cale Yarborough and DW trying to race them down the Interstate. :~)

[aculeus]

HA! A fabulous return on my ping-investment.

Yes!

[glock rocks]

ROFL OMG !!

[mhking]

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[stainlessbanner]

BBQ to go please!

[Rebelbase]

Does NASCAR have a pigpower rating for the BBQ car series?

[ctlpdad]

This is a triple pinger - Nascar, Just damn (HMB)& BBQ

Not bad for a rainy thursday morning in connecticut.

[Poohbah]

IowaHawk, YOU DA MAN!

I snorted Mountain Dew all over my keyboard.

[Poohbah]

I want to know if they have restrictor plate requirements for grilling steaks at Daytona...

[Fawnn]

Thanks for the ping, stainless.

IowaHawk: post #24 is hilarious!

[B Knotts]

*snort*

[B Knotts]

One minor correction:

It was the 11th execution in Texas today...