ThorSport Racing said Monday that fire had broken out in their Sandusky, Ohio, headquarters, causing significant damage to the 100,000-square-foot race shop.
According to a release provided by the organization owned by Duke and Rhonda Thorson, the blaze started shortly after midnight Monday in the shop’s basement. The team confirmed that no one was injured in the fire.
ThorSport general manager David Pepper told the Sandusky Register that the team’s vehicle fabrication shop was destroyed by the fire. Local firefighting officials told the Ohio newspaper that an investigation was ongoing to determine the cause of the fire.
ThorSport indicated in the release that it intended to compete as scheduled in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ next race, Saturday’s Speediatrics 200 (8:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM) at Iowa Speedway.
ThorSport, the longest-tenured team in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, fields four full-time Toyota trucks for two-time series champion Matt Crafton, Cameron Hayley and rookies Rico Abreu and Ben Rhodes. Crafton, a two-time winner this season, is the current leader in the points standings.
A spokesperson for Kyle Busch Motorsports said that the fellow Toyota team contacted ThorSport officials Monday with offers of help, providing space at KBM’s North Carolina-based shop and other assistance as needed.