Dick Trickle

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Saw this the other day...elsewhere...:cool:

I remember watching him alot during his last years in CUP....always hoping he would do well

...I really get a kick outta this small clip

 
Great guy too!

Met him up at Slinger back in 2005 before he developed his heart condition or whatever it was that made him settle down.

He was very outgoing and friendly and was really surprised when I told him how much I remembered about him during his time driving for Cale in the 66 car.

He is was like Ken Schrader when it came to racing. Always looking to run a race in almost anything in order to earn a buck.

Really miss seeing him around and wondering how he is doing now.
 

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Dick Trickle never got the credit he deserved in Cup. Unfortunately most of cup racing occurred well past his prime years. He was a great driver who was treated more like a novelty name by the casual media.


I remember seeing Trickle winning a BGN race at Hickory in the early 90's. Man he talked a long time in victory lane, it was great too. I had fun with that moment, I knew he was in early 50's. A time to cherish, even as a racing giant, you know your days are numbered, and by that time the years were adding up.


My first awareness of Trickle was as a kid, they sold a model car of the #99 Mustang in the early 70's. I got to see him running the #99 Firebirds or Trans Ams at Nashville first, he was called the "white knight" then, his cars were white and the numbers looked medieval.


In 1983 , Trickle won the World Crown 300 at the old Jeffco track (now Gresholm motorsports park) , it paid $ 100,000 more than most of the cup races paid at the time. It was simply a better more prestigious day in Short track racing then.


A lot of old ASA guys like Trickle, Eddy, Sennaker, Fair, and other short track giants of the era like Jack Ingram, Lund, Lindley, Ard, Bob Pressley, Jody Ridley, and even Alan Kulwicki should go into Nascar's hall of fame.


The ASA guys didn't directly help the Nascar brand, but good oval short tracking racing isn't that limited. Alan Kulwicki doesn't have 10 "Nascar years" and may never get in, maybe Trickle will not. But those guys gave a lot to the kind of racing we love, I think their worthy to get in some time in the future.


And Trickle was also a poor boy, who done good, The wikipedia link about him, that you can mash here is pretty good.
 
Cool Pic Guido!......and a neaty story from you too Greg.

Funny you mentioned those names as I was just looking at the ASA pic a couple of hours ago.....interviewee is Jim Sauter and then from the left...Eddy, Senneker, Butch Miller...over to the right thats Trickle behind Alan Kulwicki

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Thanks for starting the thread, Clutch.

That pic was taken back when I met him in 2005.

We got caught in a rain shower and qualifying was delayed.

I Had worked with Kenny Wallace the previous 2 years and came out to see Kenny run but was able to meet Trickle and a few others that joined in for that race.

And my t-shirt was from a car show that I did in Iola Wisconsin just before that race.

The theme was Woodies and there were many of those beautiful old cars there. Couldn't resist getting the t-shirt.
 
Dick Trickle never got the credit he deserved in Cup. Unfortunately most of cup racing occurred well past his prime years. He was a great driver who was treated more like a novelty name by the casual media.


I remember seeing Trickle winning a BGN race at Hickory in the early 90's. Man he talked a long time in victory lane, it was great too. I had fun with that moment, I knew he was in early 50's. A time to cherish, even as a racing giant, you know your days are numbered, and by that time the years were adding up.


My first awareness of Trickle was as a kid, they sold a model car of the #99 Mustang in the early 70's. I got to see him running the #99 Firebirds or Trans Ams at Nashville first, he was called the "white knight" then, his cars were white and the numbers looked medieval.


In 1983 , Trickle won the World Crown 300 at the old Jeffco track (now Gresholm motorsports park) , it paid $ 100,000 more than most of the cup races paid at the time. It was simply a better more prestigious day in Short track racing then.


A lot of old ASA guys like Trickle, Eddy, Sennaker, Fair, and other short track giants of the era like Jack Ingram, Lund, Lindley, Ard, Bob Pressley, Jody Ridley, and even Alan Kulwicki should go into Nascar's hall of fame.


The ASA guys didn't directly help the Nascar brand, but good oval short tracking racing isn't that limited. Alan Kulwicki doesn't have 10 "Nascar years" and may never get in, maybe Trickle will not. But those guys gave a lot to the kind of racing we love, I think their worthy to get in some time in the future.


And Trickle was also a poor boy, who done good, The wikipedia link about him, that you can mash here is pretty good.

Funny, i was at that event also. You must live in N.C. Really enjoyed that win. Funny, pace laps were so slow at Hickory, you could lean up against the fence and see the cigarette hangin out of his mouth during caution laps.
 
I used to have a picture of Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin and Alan Kulwiki in their ASA uniforms.

I also used to correspond with a guy who raced against Trickle way back even before the ASA days. He would tell me that after the races, he and Dick would tip a few back then. He had some great stories too.
 
Lol, yes I do rememer the early 90s telling my (now) missus that I liked this race car driver called Dick Trickle.
her response......"oh dear, thats unfortunate :D
 
Greg provided a great wiki link about Dick that talked about this Napa ad.
I remember it

 
With everything that's been happening around here lately I hope this isn't going to turn into a bash thread, too...
 
In Illinois we have a vintage race car series that travels around and one of the guys that has a few cars in that series replicated Dick Trickles old 99 car that was the white knight car. It was a beautiful looking car. They traveled with it for a summer and raced it in their series races. At the end of the year they retired it and put it into a museum some where. I know they got Dick to drive it one night himself.
 
Trickle....just cool...Smoking a cig under caution...all time Cool..:bazooka:
 
Funny, i was at that event also. You must live in N.C. Really enjoyed that win. Funny, pace laps were so slow at Hickory, you could lean up against the fence and see the cigarette hangin out of his mouth during caution laps.


Actually I live about 2.5 hours away in Greenville SC. I just loved the track, and especially the intimate setting, as you noted, you could see it all there. So I made the drive.


Watching 30 plus Busch Grand National cars buzz around that 3/8 mile joint is absolutely the most enjoyable races I have ever watched anywhere, anytime. I went to every Busch GN I could there, and I was never disappointed.


The first one I saw, Tommy Houston and Jack Ingram ran almost door to door for 80 laps. That was amazing, there's nothing like seeing two old pros duke it out on a short track. I don't have enough superlatives, it has both a beastly and a graceful element. But Larry Pearson won the race.


In 1989, I took my future ex to see one the BGN races there. She was a preacher's daughter, and I told her she would love racing at Hickory, what could go wrong?


We got there just before the races started, and it was always packed for those races, really crowded..
The guys behind us was rowdy, and I smelt them smoking dope. In all of my years of racing that was the only time I ever sensed anything like that. They even harassed the guy walking around selling souvenirs.

Well, she held the racing against me afterwards, even when I ran a few cars myself, she just wasn't into the racing.


But that's ok, the 1989 race was a barn burner. Jimmy Spencer spun Dale Jarrett out for the win, and that's the most p.o.'d Jarrett, I ever saw. He bumped Spencer's car when he stopped for the front stretch interview. He also promised to make Jimmy pay, this was Hickory, and Dale wanted to win in his backyard.


My favorite part of that race was a Robert Pressley maneuver, Robert was just getting started in BGN at time. He drove a solid black #59 unsponsered and owned by Brad Daughety.


Robert spun out and stoped backwards about 100 feet in front of the flag, and they raced back to the flag in those days. As the leaders ran through three and four Robert decided he wasn't going to loose a lap. So Robert slams the gas, does a perfect 180 and nails the gas back to the caution flag, in doing so he charged directly toward the leaders head on. You have to know Hickory to appreciate the moment, cause those Busch cars looked Hellacious coming off of turn four, it was the wildest move I ever saw. You was so close to the heat at Hickory, when a guy hits the wall of front of you, you get tense and recoil, as it looks like it coming straight at you.

Robert's move didn't work, the leader beat him to the line anyway. But that move had me talking fast for a week. Robert's cup career fizzled, but at that race, he had nerves of steel, he was the man.


Sorry this is a Trickle thread, I just got carried away remembering the short tracks. Their the the best imo, and Trickle was one of the giants.
 
Actually I live about 2.5 hours away in Greenville SC. I just loved the track, and especially the intimate setting, as you noted, you could see it all there. So I made the drive.


Watching 30 plus Busch Grand National cars buzz around that 3/8 mile joint is absolutely the most enjoyable races I have ever watched anywhere, anytime. I went to every Busch GN I could there, and I was never disappointed.


The first one I saw, Tommy Houston and Jack Ingram ran almost door to door for 80 laps. That was amazing, there's nothing like seeing two old pros duke it out on a short track. I don't have enough superlatives, it has both a beastly and a graceful element. But Larry Pearson won the race.


In 1989, I took my future ex to see one the BGN races there. She was a preacher's daughter, and I told her she would love racing at Hickory, what could go wrong?


We got there just before the races started, and it was always packed for those races, really crowded..
The guys behind us was rowdy, and I smelt them smoking dope. In all of my years of racing that was the only time I ever sensed anything like that. They even harassed the guy walking around selling souvenirs.

Well, she held the racing against me afterwards, even when I ran a few cars myself, she just wasn't into the racing.


But that's ok, the 1989 race was a barn burner. Jimmy Spencer spun Dale Jarrett out for the win, and that's the most p.o.'d Jarrett, I ever saw. He bumped Spencer's car when he stopped for the front stretch interview. He also promised to make Jimmy pay, this was Hickory, and Dale wanted to win in his backyard.


My favorite part of that race was a Robert Pressley maneuver, Robert was just getting started in BGN at time. He drove a solid black #59 unsponsered and owned by Brad Daughety.


Robert spun out and stoped backwards about 100 feet in front of the flag, and they raced back to the flag in those days. As the leaders ran through three and four Robert decided he wasn't going to loose a lap. So Robert slams the gas, does a perfect 180 and nails the gas back to the caution flag, in doing so he charged directly toward the leaders head on. You have to know Hickory to appreciate the moment, cause those Busch cars looked Hellacious coming off of turn four, it was the wildest move I ever saw. You was so close to the heat at Hickory, when a guy hits the wall of front of you, you get tense and recoil, as it looks like it coming straight at you.

Robert's move didn't work, the leader beat him to the line anyway. But that move had me talking fast for a week. Robert's cup career fizzled, but at that race, he had nerves of steel, he was the man.


Sorry this is a Trickle thread, I just got carried away remembering the short tracks. Their the the best imo, and Trickle was one of the giants.

That's some good stuff there man. I also spent many a nights at Hickory, but only saw a handful of Busch races there. They alays wanted 30 dollars a ticket, and my dad wouldn't pay that for a Busch race when we could go to Wilkesboro for the same price for the Cup race.

I actually drove 2 laps at Hickory. Not sanctioned laps though. My racing buddy and best friend were traveling Hickory after a few cold ones and decided to stop by because we wanted to take a sign at the front gate that state "N.C. LAW, NO HARD LIQUOR ON PREMISES". We'll we noticed the gate was open and decided to take a up close look at the legendary pavement, and that turned into 2 laps.
 
Back to Mr. Trickle, he also beat Earnhardt for a win at Darlington. Busch series event, and he beat Junior in which I think I remember a almost photo finish.

Also, I dega one year in the Dura Lube 64 car, he was running very well until a shock broke on the right front I think. Did he pit, no he continued to race until a caution so he could get it fixed.
 
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