Dick Trickle

Richard Leroy Trickle (October 27, 1941 – May 16, 2013), mostly referred to as "Dick", was an American race car driver. He raced for decades around the short tracks of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way. Trickle competed in the ASA, ARTGO, ARCA, All Pro, IMCA, NASCAR, and USAC.

Dick Trickle
Trickle (right, facing away) in 1998
Born	Richard Leroy Trickle (1941-10-27)October 27, 1941 Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	May 16, 2013(2013-05-16) (aged 71) Boger City, North Carolina, U.S.
Cause of death	Suicide by gunshot
Achievements	1984 and 1985 American Speed Association Champion 7 ARTGO championships between 1979 and 1987 Considered "America's Winningest Driver" with an estimated 1,200 career wins[1]
Awards	1968 USAC Stock Car Rookie of the Year 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
303 races run over 24 years
Best finish	15th (1989)
First race	1970 Daytona 500 Qualifier #2 (Daytona)
Last race	2002 MBNA Platinum 400 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 36 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
158 races run over 11 years
Best finish	11th (1999)
First race	1984 Red Carpet 200 (Milwaukee)
Last race	2001 Outback Steakhouse 300 (Kentucky)
First win	1997 Galaxy Foods 300 (Hickory)
Last win	1998 Dura-Lube 200 Presented by BI-LO (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 42 7

Trickle's 1968 Ford Torino, raced on Wisconsin tracks

In more than an estimated 2,200 races, Trickle logged one million laps and is believed to have won over 1,200 feature races.[2] He was billed as the winningest short track driver in history.[3] Trickle's career highlights include racing to 67 wins in 1972,[4] winning seven ARTGO Championships in nine years between 1979 and 1987, winning back to back ASA AC-Delco Challenge championships in 1984 and 1985, the 1968 USAC Stock Car rookie of the year, and winning the 1989 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award in the Winston Cup Series. Trickle was nicknamed the "White Knight" as referenced by his sponsored SuperAmerica paint scheme, when he raced in Wisconsin.[5]

Early life

Eight-year-old Dick Trickle was playing tag with his cousin Verlon on the rafters in a house under construction when he fell two floors to the basement and broke his hip.[6] He was transferred from a local hospital to the University of Wisconsin Hospital and continued his slow recovery.[6] His recovery was so slow that the doctors gave up and sent him home, presuming that he would be an invalid for the rest of his life.[6] Trickle later began to walk, although he walked with a slight limp for the rest of his life.[7] He spent three years in a cast from his waist to his foot.[6] While he was recovering as a nine-year-old, a friend took him to his first races at Crown Speedway in his hometown of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.[7] "When I got there I was flabbergasted," Trickle said. "I thought it was the neatest thing. Free shows were nothing compared to it. That race never left my mind until I was 16. I knew I was going to drive a race car when I was 16."[7]

Trickle married Darlene in 1961.[7][8] They originally lived at his grandmother's house for a while before they bought a trailer on someone else's property.[7] His nephew, Chris Trickle, was a race car driver before dying in a drive-by shooting.

Racing career

Wisconsin short track career

Trickle's family lived on welfare, so there was no money available for racing.[7] Trickle spent his summers working for area farmers, starting as a 13-year-old.[9] He also spent a lot of time at the Rudolph Blacksmith shop that his father was a partner in.[7] While his father was ill, his uncle Leonard ran the shop.[7]

"I worked part time at the shop to earn a nickel or dime," Trickle said. "At that age, it was mostly sweeping the shop, but I started to play with the welder and soon I could make an arc and then weld. I started junking machinery. I save some things getting a head start for when I would go racing at 16. I didn't have any money, but I had this pile of stuff to build a race car with. It was a hope chest."

"When I turned 16, I let the farmer I was working for keep most the money I earned until fall. That fall I collected my money and went down Main Street wheeling and dealing. I finally bought a 1950 Ford in good condition for $100. It was going to be my street car, but the urge to race got too strong and I cut up and made a stock car out of it."

"I did run the car a little bit before I cut it up and I ended up drag racing a classmate, Melvin Hunsinger, who had a 1949 Ford. He beat me. It seems kind of dumb when I already knew there was a car that could beat me. Eventually, I bought Hunsinger's 1949 Ford for $32.50 and put the motor in my car".[7]

Trickle started out as the slowest car in a 100-car field at a Stratford, Wisconsin short track race.[7] He raced that car at the end of the 1958 season and throughout the 1959 season, after which time he built a 1956 Ford into a race car using all of the knowledge that he had acquired.[7] In his first time out with the new car, he finished second in the feature event at Griffith Park at Wisconsin Rapids.[7] His competitors checked the rules and found out that Trickle was too young to race, even though he had already raced there for two years.[7] He had to race at other tracks for a year until he was old enough to race at his hometown track.[7] He raced for several years before deciding to race full-time.[7] After working at several jobs after high school, he had worked for two years for a local telephone company. He had been uncomfortable climbing telephone poles as he was afraid of heights.[7] He transferred to a different part of the company. Two or three years later he discussed racing full-time with his wife for he felt that he could be profitable, and they decided to make the change.[7]

Trickle raced at over 100 events each year for over 15 years.[7] He was racing at the Tomah-Sparta Speedway when Francis Kelly noticed that Trickle was always in contention for winning the races, but he lost a lot of them because he had an inferior motor. One day Kelly approached Trickle and asked him what it would cost for Trickle to win. Trickle told him a new motor; Kelly asked Trickle to compile a list of parts that he needed. When Kelly asked who would assemble the motor, Trickle responded that he could but he was a junkyard mechanic. Trickle suggested that Alan Kulwicki's father Jerry Kulwicki, who was building motors for Norm Nelson's USAC stock cars, should build the engine.[7]

A turning point in Trickle's career happened at the National Short Track Championship race at Rockford Speedway in 1966.[7] Trickle said, "The cars in that area were fancier and looked like they were ahead of us. They didn't treat us bad, but they sort of giggled at us kids with the rat cars. After two days, they look differently at those rat cars. I won and pocketed $1,645. Before, I questioned spending the money to travel that far. But if you could win, that was a different story."[7] Trickle started the 1967 season by winning at State Park Speedway and ended the season with 25 feature victories including wins at Wisconsin Dells Speedway (now Dells Raceway Park) and Golden Sands Speedway (near Wisconsin Rapids).[10]

He toured on the Central Wisconsin Racing Association (CWRA) tracks in 1971. The circuit consisted of larger asphalt track racing on most nights of the week.[11] The CWRA regular drivers were able to run over 100 events in a year, and most did the tour with one car and one engine.[12] Drivers would drive on Wednesday nights at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway, Thursday nights at State Park Speedway near Wausau, Friday nights at Capitol Speedway (now Madison International Speedway) near Madison, La Crosse, or Adams-Friendship, Saturday nights at Wisconsin Dells Speedway, and Sunday nights at Griffith Park.[12] Tuesday nights were available for special events.[12]

On Thursday nights at the quarter mile State Park Speedway, he won seven features and lowered his July 1 14.27 second track record to 14.09 seconds on the following week.[11] On Friday nights he raced primarily at Capitol Speedway, winning most nights that it did not rain and his car did not break.[13] Trickle went to Adams-Friendship on July 23 and won the feature after setting the track record.[14] He held the track record at six tracks: Adams-Friendship, Capitol, Wausau, Wisconsin Dells, and La Crosse.[14] He raced at the newly opened third mile Wisconsin Dells Speedway on Saturday nights. By the end of the year, Trickle had won 58 feature events.[15]

Trickle started his 1972 season by winning at Golden Sands Speedway near Wisconsin Rapids.[4] Wisconsin's short track racing season starts in April. By May 13, he had twelve wins in thirteen events.[4] He got this fifteenth win in twenty starts on May 27.[4] Trickle became the winningest short track driver that year when he won his 67th race.[4]

Trickle won numerous special events outside of Wisconsin in 1973, including a 200-lap feature at Rolla, Missouri in April, followed by winning a 50-lap feature the following day at I-70 Speedway near Odessa, Missouri.[16] In May he won a 50-lapper at Springfield, Missouri and two more features at I-70 Speedway.[16] Trickle used his purple 1970 Ford Mustang to win at the Minnesota Fair and at Rockford Speedway in September.[16] He had a total of 57 wins in 1973.[7]

Sanctioning bodies put in a weight-per-cubic-inch rule, and Trickle's career had problems in 1974 and 1975. "Fords almost broke me. I couldn't get any pieces for racing at my level. It took two years of hard labor and depleting my funds to realize I couldn't do this anymore. I told myself either I had to change my program or get out of racing."[7] Therefore, Trickle decided to use a General Motors car and engine. He bought a car for $13,000 on his word that he would pay for it by September. He won 35 or 40 races that year and paid for the car by July.[7]

In 1982, Trickle won track championship at State Park Speedway in Wausau where he started out the season by winning the first two features and seven total.[5] He also won the track championship at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway after winning three events in August.[5] That season he won his first Miller 200 special event at the Milwaukee Mile.[17] Trickle started racing out of state a lot more in 1983.[18] Of all of Trickle's victories, his best memory was winning the 1983 World Crown 300 in Georgia. "It took three weeks of preparation and a lot of determination," he said. "It was the biggest payday of my career up to that point ($50,000)."[7] He beat Jim Sauter by two car-lengths at the season opener, and won three straight races in May.[18] After winning on June 1, LaCrosse business raised a $700 bounty for anyone who could beat him.[19] Trickle skipped the following week, and returned the week after to lose to Steve Burgess.[19] He did not win as much at State Park, but he did win the track championship.[18] Trickle won ASA races at Coeburn, Virginia and Cayuga, Ontario in 1984, as well as the Red, White, and Blue state championship series at WIR and the Slinger Nationals at Slinger.[20]

Regional and national touring career

Trickle raced in United States Automobile Club (USAC) stock cars in 1968, and he won the series' rookie of the year award.[21]

NASCAR career

2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National car

1989 rookie of the year car

Heilig Meyers' car

In 1989, Trickle made his full schedule debut driving the No. 84 Miller High Life Buick for Stavola Brothers Racing. He had raced occasionally during the 1970s and 1980s.[22] He was rookie of the year in NASCAR's Winston Cup Series at age 48 (and a grandfather), becoming the oldest driver in Winston Cup history to do so.[23] After being given the rookie of the year trophy at the NASCAR awards banquet, he quipped "I guess I’d just like to thank everyone who gave a young guy like me a chance".[23] His best career Winston Cup finish was third (five times). He started 303 races, with 15 top five and 36 top ten finishes.

In 1990, he won the Winston Open (the qualifying race to fill out the field of The Winston, which is now the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race) in the No. 66 TropArtic Pontiac. The Open was a non-points event for drivers who did not win in the previous year. He beat Rob Moroso by 8 inches, the smallest margin of victory at the event. He also won his only career Cup pole, at Dover Downs International Speedway. In the middle of the 1991 season, he went to drive the No. 24 Team III Racing Pontiac. His best finish was sixth at Dover International Speedway. In 1992, he teamed up once again with the Stavola Brothers, driving the No. 8 Snickers Ford. In 1993, he drove the No. 75 Carolina Pottery Ford for Butch Mock Motorsports and then the No. 41 Manheim Auctions Chevy for Larry Hedrick Motorsports.

Part of his popularity stemmed from his unusual, double-entendre name. ESPN's Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann often made it a point to mention where he finished whenever NASCAR highlights were featured on SportsCenter.[24] He was also widely noted for having drilled a hole in his safety helmet so that he could smoke while racing, and for installing cigarette lighters in his race cars.[24] Trickle was allowed by NASCAR to smoke in the race car during yellow flag periods, and in the 1990 Winston 500 (now the Aaron's 499), Trickle was seen on live television by the in-car camera lighting up and smoking a cigarette.

Trickle even made fun of his lack of success in NASCAR's top-level series in a 1997 TV commercial for NAPA Auto Parts. In it, Trickle announces a contest where fans can win $100,000 if they pick the winner of that year's NAPA 500 race. "A little tip...it's gonna be me," he says, as an on-screen graphic points out "Dick is 0 for 243 in Cup races". "I think we get champagne (after winning)," says Trickle.[25]

Dick also raced in the Busch Series, where he won two races. He had 158 career starts, with 24 top five and 42 top ten finishes. He made his Busch Series debut in 1984.

Through the 2000s, Trickle continued to race in occasional events in Wisconsin, including the 2001 and 2007, Slinger Nationals at Slinger Super Speedway and in the ASA Midwest Tour.

Legacy

Trickle (right) at the 2009 Dick Trickle 99

Grand marshal at 2012 Slinger Nationals race

The La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway created the Dick Trickle 99 race, a 99 lap super late model event during its annual Oktoberfest race weekend.[26] Wisconsin International Raceway has named a building in turn two the "Dick Trickle Pavilion".[27] Trickle served as the de facto grand marshal of the Slinger Nationals after he retired until his death.[28]

His crashes at the Lake Placid bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track at the Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge (NASCAR and NHRA drivers raise funds for the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, owned by Bodine, to build sleds for the United States Olympic bobsled team) has that turn (17, 18, 19, the "heart curve") named the "Trickle Turn".[29]

The main character of 1990 NASCAR feature film Days of Thunder is named Cole Trickle.

Death

Trickle's family and Rich Bickle giving tribute at the 2013 Slinger Nationals

Trickle died May 16, 2013, from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.[30] The incident occurred at 12:02 pm at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boger City, North Carolina. The Lincoln County Communications Center received a call, apparently from the victim, saying that "there's going to be a dead body. Suicide." When the 911 operator asked who was about to commit suicide, Trickle responded: "I'm the one."[28] Police attempted to call his phone back, but there was no response.[30] Trickle was found dead beside his pickup truck.[30] His granddaughter, who died in a car accident, is buried in the same cemetery.[31]

Trickle's family later released a statement which in part said: "He had been suffering for some time with severe chronic pain, had seen many doctors, none of which could find the source of his pain. His family as well as all those who knew him find his death very hard to accept, and though we will hurt from losing him for some time, he’s no longer suffering and we take comfort knowing he’s with his very special angel."[24]

NASCAR chairman Brian France released a statement saying "Dick was a legend in the short track racing community, particularly in his home state of Wisconsin, and he was a true fan favorite. Personalities like Dick Trickle helped shape our sport. He will be missed."[30] Former competitor Rusty Wallace battled Trickle for championships at several levels. "I'm in 100 percent shock. Dick Trickle was my mentor," Wallace said. "When I was short track racing, I would call him every Monday morning and he would always help me with race setups and stuff. He and I had such a good time telling little stories, but he was the guy that taught me almost everything in the American Speed Association. And he was the guy that I battled right to the end for my 1983 ASA championship. I barely beat the guy that taught me everything. I'd not seen Dick as much as I'd like to of late. He was a legend. A man that'd won over a thousand short track races, was one of the most winning short trackers in America, was a role model to many short track racers coming up. Could just do magic with the race car and he taught me so much about racing. My success in the ASA and what Trickle taught me is what got me into NASCAR. That's what got me hired by Cliff Stewart back in '84. Between Larry Phillips and Dick Trickle, they taught me everything."[32]

A moment of silence was observed for Trickle during the start of the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 17. A tribute was held for Trickle at the July 2013 Slinger Nationals race with his family telling stories about his career.[33]

Legacy and memorial

Trickle's ASA car on display at Golden Sands Speedway's 2018 Dick Trickle Memorial race

Trickle's Wisconsin friends and competitors, including Tom Reffner and Marv Marzofka, began organizing a Dick Trickle memorial fund to build a memorial statue at Rudolph Community Park.[34] The group is collecting money including securing the title sponsorship of a super late model race at Golden Sands Speedway.[35]

Various Midwestern short tracks have Trickle Memorial races, with most being 99 laps for his car number. The most famous of the Dick Trickle Classic races is at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway in Wisconsin, which was started in 2007. The Trickle Classic there consists of three 33-lap races, with scoring similar to Vermont's Milk Bowl. Winners have included Skyler Holzhausen and Johnny Sauter, both of whose fathers raced against Trickle in his career.

Wins in major series

Although he won no premiership championship races, he was very successful elsewhere:

• 1 Non-championship qualifying race (All-Star Showdown, 1990)
• 2 NASCAR Second-tier championship series race wins
• 32 American Speed Association wins
• 70 wins in NASCAR's now-defunct "Elite" Division (68 Midwest, when known as ARTGO and 2 Southwest)
• 2 USAC wins

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	NGNC	Pts
1970	Fran Kelly Racing	09	Ford	RSD	DAY	DAY 17	DAY 26	RCH	CAR	SVH	ATL	BRI	TAL	NWS	CLB	DAR	BLV	LGY	CLT	SMR	MAR	MCH	RSD	HCY	KPT	GPS	DAY	AST	TPN	TRN	BRI	SMR	NSV	ATL	CLB	ONA	MCH	TAL	BGS	SBO	DAR	HCY	RCH	DOV	NCF	NWS	CLT	MAR	MGR	CAR	LGY	114th	0

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NWCC	Pts
1973	Howard & Egerton Racing	1	Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	CLT	DOV	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	BRI	ATL	TAL	NSV	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT 5	CAR									81st	NA
1974	Jack Doering Racing	81	Dodge	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT 7	RSD	MCH	DAY	BRI	NSV	ATL	POC	TAL	MCH	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR										47th	24.49
	Marcis Auto Racing	2	Dodge																												CLT 8
			Mercury																													CAR 7	ONT
1975	Puro Racing	75	Mercury	RSD	DAY 36	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	DAR	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	ONT							113th	55
1976	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	RSD	DAY	CAR	RCH	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT 32	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT							105th	67
1977	Frasson Racing	99	Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	NWS	DAR	BRI	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 29	CAR	ATL	ONT							99th	76
1978	Puro Racing		Ford	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	DOV	CLT	NSV	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 39	CAR	ATL	ONT							109th	46
1984	Billy Matthews Racing	42	Chevy	DAY 36	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	ATL	RSD							87th	55
1985		09		DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	DOV	CLT 36	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL								CLT 36	CAR	ATL	RSD									58th	197
	DiGard Motorsports	10	Pontiac																		MCH 8	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS
1986	Billy Matthews Racing	42	Chevy	DAY 17	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	DOV	CLT DNQ	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR 15	ATL	RSD								55th	230
1989	Stavola Brothers Racing	84	Buick	DAY	CAR 13	ATL 3	RCH 25	DAR 13	BRI 5	NWS 4	MAR 3	TAL 27	CLT 29	DOV 21	SON 30	POC 24	MCH 25	DAY 8	POC 20	TAL 16	GLN 34	MCH 19	BRI 28	DAR 17	RCH 8	DOV 25	MAR 3	CLT 30	NWS 12	CAR 5	PHO 7	ATL 35								15th	3203
1990	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	66	Pontiac	DAY 12	RCH 5	CAR 23	ATL 14	DAR 22	BRI 13	NWS 24	MAR 9	TAL 27	CLT 12	DOV 3	SON 39	POC 25	MCH 24	DAY 19	POC 15	TAL 36	GLN 30	MCH 32	BRI 17	DAR 11	RCH 7	DOV 23	MAR 22	NWS 29	CLT 30	CAR 36	PHO 40	ATL 37								22nd	2863
1991				DAY 11	RCH 15	CAR 29	ATL 28	DAR																																35th	1258
	AAG Racing	34	Buick						BRI 30	NWS 26	MAR 32	TAL	CLT 40	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY
	Team III Racing	24	Pontiac																POC 35	TAL 20	GLN	MCH 21	BRI 27	DAR 23	RCH	DOV 6	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL
1992	RahMoc Enterprises	75	Olds	DAY 5																																				20th	3097
	Stavola Brothers Racing	8	Ford		CAR 36	RCH 22	ATL 5	DAR 7	BRI 5	NWS 11	MAR 17	TAL 19	CLT 10	DOV 9	SON 26	POC 29	MCH 20	DAY 35	POC 9	TAL 28	GLN 24	MCH 19	BRI 23	DAR 27	RCH 20	DOV 27	MAR 6	NWS 18	CLT 9	CAR 16	PHO 40	ATL 37
1993	Butch Mock Motorsports	75	Ford	DAY 41	CAR 29	RCH 21	ATL 37	DAR 20	BRI 22	NWS 33	MAR 14	TAL 31	SON 20	CLT 19	DOV 28	POC 36	MCH 31	DAY 26	NHA 33	POC 30	TAL 19	GLN																		30th	2224
	Roulo Brothers Racing	39	Chevy																				MCH 39	BRI	DAR	RCH 25
	King Racing	26	Ford																								DOV 25	MAR
	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	41	Chevy																										NWS 30	CLT 22	CAR 9	PHO 31	ATL 5
1994	Active Motorsports	32	Chevy	DAY 20	CAR 14	RCH 37	ATL 28	DAR 29	BRI 34	NWS 24	MAR 32	TAL 36	SON DNQ	CLT 38	DOV 38	POC 34	MCH DNQ	DAY 21	NHA 34	POC DNQ	TAL DNQ	IND DNQ	GLN 32	MCH 41	BRI 17	DAR 38	RCH 12	DOV 21	MAR 32	NWS 16	CLT 13	CAR 8	PHO 39	ATL DNQ						34th	2019
1995	Bud Moore Engineering	15	Ford	DAY 11	CAR 22	RCH 12	ATL 22	DAR 28	BRI 30	NWS 32	MAR 24	TAL 38	SON 24	CLT 16	DOV 32	POC 22	MCH 16	DAY 12	NHA 34	POC 10	TAL 38	IND 18	GLN 28	MCH 13	BRI 35	DAR 36	RCH 18	DOV 23	MAR 15	NWS 19	CLT 32	CAR 16	PHO 29	ATL 23						25th	2875
1996	Schnell Motorsports	63	Ford	DAY 43	CAR DNQ																																			36th	2131
	TriStar Motorsports	19	Ford			RCH DNQ	ATL 14	DAR 35	BRI 8	NWS 22	MAR DNQ	TAL 19	SON 29	CLT 20	DOV 28
	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford													POC 26	MCH 39	DAY 28	NHA 27	POC 18	TAL 38	IND 23	GLN 39	MCH 38	BRI 26	DAR 36	RCH 27	DOV 23	MAR 13	NWS DNQ	CLT 35	CAR 31	PHO 20	ATL DNQ
1997				DAY 30	CAR 19	RCH 29	ATL 28	DAR DNQ	TEX 23	BRI 11	MAR 30	SON DNQ	TAL 15	CLT 33	DOV 41	POC 26	MCH 23	CAL 22	DAY 25	NHA 25	POC 19	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH 39	BRI 3	DAR 13	RCH 19	NHA 22	DOV 18	MAR 42	CLT 14	TAL 23	CAR 5	PHO 40	ATL 14					31st	2629
1998				DAY 27	CAR 37	LVS 16	ATL 6	DAR 24	BRI 13	TEX 22	MAR 37	TAL 20	CAL 37	CLT 21	DOV 21	RCH 17	MCH 24	POC 27	SON 33	NHA 17	POC 29	IND 18	GLN 41	MCH 38	BRI 43	NHA 19	DAR 33	RCH 42	DOV 31	MAR 33	CLT 33	TAL 38	DAY DNQ	PHO 19	CAR 23	ATL 12				29th	2678
1999	Elliott-Marino Racing	13	Ford	DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL																																	47th	528
	LJ Racing	91	Chevy					DAR 26	TEX DNQ	BRI 31	MAR 31	TAL DNQ	CAL	RCH 32	CLT DNQ	DOV 43	MCH	POC 40	SON	DAY	NHA 29	POC	IND DNQ	GLN		BRI DNQ	DAR
	MB2 Motorsports	36	Pontiac																						MCH 40
	Rudd Performance Motorsports	10	Ford																									RCH QL^†
	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	41	Chevy																										NHA DNQ	DOV DNQ	MAR DNQ	CLT 41	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL
2000	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	14	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR 31	BRI 27																															51st	423
	Joe Bessey Motorsports	60	Chevy							TEX 28	MAR	TAL 39	CAL 37	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT 23	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM
	Marcis Auto Racing	71	Chevy																																		ATL DNQ
2001				DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MAR QL^‡	TAL	PHO	CAR 33	HOM	ATL	NHA	65th	64
2002				DAY	CAR DNQ	LVS	ATL 42	DAR	BRI 42	TEX	MAR					DOV 42	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	66th	111
	Evernham Motorsports	91	Dodge									TAL DNQ	CAL	RCH	CLT
^† - Qualified for Ricky Rudd · ^‡ - Qualified for Dave Marcis

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1970	Fran Kelly Racing	Ford	36	26
1975	Puro Racing	Mercury	27	36
1984	Billy Matthews Racing	Chevrolet	21	36
1986	Billy Matthews Racing	Chevrolet	28	17
1990	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Pontiac	32	12
1991			28	11
1992	RahMoc Enterprises	Oldsmobile	28	5
1993	Butch Mock Motorsports	Ford	21	41
1994	Active Motorsports	Chevrolet	29	20
1995	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	17	11
1996	Schnell Motorsports	Ford	28	43
1997	Donlavey Racing	Ford	27	30
1998			34	27
1999	Elliott-Marino Racing	Ford	DNQ

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NBGNC	Pts
1984	Hendrick Motorsports	15	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	CAR	HCY	MAR	DAR	ROU	NSV	LGY	MLW 3	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	HCY	IRP	LGY	SBO	BRI	DAR	RCH	NWS	CLT	HCY	CAR	MAR					69th	185
1990	Mac Martin Motorsports	92	Pontiac	DAY 23	RCH	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	HCY	CLT 2^*																						62nd	264
	Pharo Racing	33	Olds													DOV 7	ROU	VOL	MYB	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NHA	CAR	MAR
1991	Mac Martin Motorsports	92	Chevy	DAY 42	RCH	CAR	MAR	VOL	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	CLT 2	DOV	ROU	HCY	MYB	GLN	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB													37th	1050
			Olds																						IRP 3	ROU	BRI 19
	Highline Racing	18	Pontiac																									DAR 4	RCH 23	DOV 4	CLT DNQ	NHA	CAR 28	MAR 28
1992		2		DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR 4	BRI 25	HCY	LAN	DUB	NZH	CLT 8	DOV	ROU	MYB	GLN	VOL	NHA	TAL	IRP	ROU	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR	HCY			56th	390
1994	Shoemaker Racing	64	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	SBO	TAL	HCY	IRP	MCH 5	BRI 5	DAR	RCH	DOV 14	CLT DNQ		CAR 40						53rd	532
	Petty Enterprises	43	Pontiac																											MAR 35
1996	Shoemaker Racing	64	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL 13	NSV 8	DAR 9	BRI 8	HCY 27	NZH 4	CLT 2	DOV 40	SBO 14	MYB 7	GLN 12	MLW 15	NHA 12	TAL 7	IRP 8	MCH 37	BRI 23	DAR 3	RCH 5	DOV 30	CLT 25	CAR 16	HOM 35								12th	2728
1997				DAY 19	CAR 11	RCH 32	ATL 18	LVS 2	DAR 3	HCY 1	TEX 16	BRI 5	NSV 15	TAL 10	NHA	NZH 27	CLT 11	DOV 37	SBO 17	GLN 30	MLW 14	MYB	GTY 21	IRP 27	MCH 42	BRI 15	DAR 3	RCH 4	DOV 38	CLT 39	CAL 25	CAR 2	HOM 41				14th	3074
1998				DAY 23	CAR 11	LVS 22	NSV 9	DAR 3	BRI 13	TEX DNQ	HCY 11	TAL 5^*	NHA 13	NZH 12	CLT 20	DOV 12	RCH 8	PPR	GLN	MLW 41	MYB	CAL 39	SBO	IRP	MCH 11	BRI 39	DAR 1	RCH 8	DOV 42	CLT 34	GTY	CAR	ATL 38	HOM 43			22nd	2441
1999	Spencer Motor Ventures	5	Chevy	DAY 26	CAR DNQ	LVS 31	ATL 31	DAR 37	TEX DNQ	NSV 42	BRI 21	TAL 11	CAL 26	NHA 11	RCH 11	NZH 13	CLT 31	DOV 5	SBO 21^*	GLN 20	MLW 9	MYB 17	PPR 6	GTY 16	IRP 14	MCH 29	BRI 17	DAR 21	RCH 12	DOV 12	CLT 16	CAR 19	MEM 6	PHO 24	HOM 35		11th	3154
2000				DAY 16	CAR 41	LVS 29	ATL 8	DAR 32	BRI 10	TEX 12	NSV 33	TAL 37	CAL 13	RCH 23	NHA 30	CLT 37	DOV 17	SBO 39	MYB 26	GLN 40	MLW 19	NZH 35	PPR 14	GTY 16	IRP 25	MCH 15	BRI 35	DAR 33	RCH 7	DOV 20	CLT 34	CAR 40	MEM 25	PHO 23	HOM 23		22nd	2808
2001	Jay Robinson Racing	49	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN 38	MLW	GLN	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM	132nd	49

Bibliography

Notes

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6. Grubba, page 20
7. Grubba, pages 211–222
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10. Grubba, pages 27 – 29
11. Grubba, page 70
12. Grubba, page 7
13. Grubba, page 72
14. Grubba, page 73
15. Grubba, page 75
16. Grubba, pages 101–102
17. Grubba, page 1982
18. Grubba, page 183
19. Grubba, page 184
20. Grubba, page 192
21. Grubba, page 32
22. Dick Trickle NASCAR statistics
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References

• Grubba, Dale (2000). The Golden Age of Wisconsin Auto Racing (2000 ed.). Oregon, Wisconsin: Badger Books. ISBN 1878569678.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Dick Trickle driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Dick Trickle elegy at SB Nation

Sporting positions
Preceded by Rusty Wallace	ASA National Tour Champion 1984, 1985	Succeeded by Mark Martin
Preceded by Dave Watson	ARTGO Challenge Series Champion 1977	Succeeded by Tom Reffner
Preceded by Tom Reffner	ARTGO Challenge Series Champion 1979, 1980	Succeeded by Jim Sauter
Preceded by Jim Sauter	ARTGO Challenge Series Champion 1983, 1984, 1985	Succeeded by Joe Shear
Preceded by Joe Shear	ARTGO Challenge Series Champion 1987	Succeeded by Joe Shear
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Ken Bouchard	NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1989	Succeeded by Rob Moroso