A NASCAR team suffered a minor setback after losing two cars and some equipment when their car hauler caught fire on Thursday.
HScott Motorsports reported that the trailer hauling Michael Annett’s No. 46 entry caught fire on Interstate 20 outside Tyler, Texas. The truck was headed to the Texas Motor Speedway for the AAA Texas 500 race this weekend.
According to KLTV, the driver of the tractor trailer, Michael Dennis Smith, was able to pull over after seeing smoke and successfully unhook the trailer.
The No. 46 hauler caught fire today on the way to Texas Motor Speedway. We lost two cars and at-track equipment. …
Posted by HScott Motorsports on Thursday, November 5, 2015
No one was hurt in the blaze, but the team says over one million dollars in equipment was destroyed.
The team also reported that Annett will still be on the track this weekend, as a replacement No. 46 car is already on its way from their headquarters in North Carolina.