A trailer with the NASCAR Sprint Cup race car Travis Kvapil was supposed to drive this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway was stolen overnight.

Police say the trailer with a red No. 44 race car inside was hitched to a pickup truck parked outside a Morrow hotel, about 15 miles south of Atlanta. All three were stolen.

NASCAR cars are usually transported by large tractor-trailer rigs, but the team Kvapil drives for Team Xtreme, operates on a smaller budget.

Morrow police Detective Sgt. Larry Oglesby says surveillance video shows the truck and trailer being driven out of the parking lot around 5:30 a.m. Friday.

The car was inside the plain white trailer. Oglesby says the person who stole it likely didn't realize the car was inside. He says thieves often assume it's lawn equipment or something else they can easily sell.

The 2015 Chevy  race car is valued at $250,000, according to a police report. Also inside the trailer was a spare engine valued at $100,000 and racing equipment valued at $17,500.

Oglesby says he hopes the trailer will be abandoned once the thief realizes what's inside.

A spokesman said the No. 44 team has withdrawn from this weekend's race.

Informaion from the Associated Press was included in this report.