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Dick Trickle original autograph Inside NASCAR magazine, Nazareth Speedway ticket:
$21.75
Item Number: A262
Autograph Of:Richard (Dick) Trickle
How signed:black marking pen
Autograph says: “DickTrickle”
Date:March/April 1997
Size:8” x 10 1/2”
Item offered:Autographed copy of Inside NASCAR magazine. Bonus Nazareth Speedwayticket
Content:Autographed copy of Inside NASCAR magazine for March/April 1997. Dick Trickle’s autograph is on thecover. BONUS ticket stub for NazarethSpeedway for Sunday, May 18, 1997 races. Both are great collector’s items forany car racing enthusiast!
Any Flaws:None Noted
More info:Richard "Dick" Trickle (October 27, 1941 – May 16, 2013) wasan American race car driver. He raced for decades around the short tracks ofWisconsin, winning many championships along the way. Trickle competed in theASA, ARTGO, ARCA, All Pro, IMCA, NASCAR, and USAC.
In more than an estimated 2,200 races, Trickle logged onemillion laps and is believed to have won over 1,200 feature races. He wasbilled as the winningest short track driver in history. Trickle's careerhighlights include racing to 67 wins in 1972, winning seven ARTGO Championshipsin nine years between 1979 and 1987, winning back to back ASA AC-DelcoChallenge championships in 1984 and 1985, the 1968 USAC Stock Car rookie of theyear, and winning the 1989 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award in the Winston Cup(now Sprint Cup) series. Trickle was nicknamed the "White Knight" asreferenced by his sponsored SuperAmerica paint scheme, when he raced inWisconsin.
In 1989 Trickle made his full schedule debut driving the No.84 Miller High Life Buick for Stavola Brothers Racing. He had racedoccasionally during the 1970s and 1980s. He was rookie of the year in NASCAR'sWinston Cup (now the Sprint Cup) series at age 48 (and a grandfather), becomingthe oldest driver in Winston Cup history to do so. After being given the rookieof the year trophy at the NASCAR awards banquet, he quipped "I guess I’djust like to thank everyone who gave a young guy like me a chance". Hisbest 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 (now the NASCAR SprintShowdown) in the No. 66 TropArtic Pontiac. It was a non-points all-star eventfor drivers who did not win in the previous year. He beat Rob Moroso by 8inches, the smallest margin of victory at the event. He also won his onlycareer Cup pole, at Dover Downs International Speedway. In the middle of the1991 season he went to drive the No. 24 Team III Racing Pontiac. His bestfinish was sixth at Dover International Speedway. In 1992 he teamed up onceagain with the Stavola Brothers, driving the No. 8 Snickers Ford. In 1993 hedrove the No. 75 Carolina Pottery Ford for Butch Mock Motorsports and then the No.41 Manheim sales 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 apoint to mention where he finished whenever NASCAR highlights were featured onSportsCenter. He was either referred as "Mr. Trickle" or the"Man". He was also widely noted for having drilled a hole in hissafety helmet so that he could smoke while racing, and for installing cigarettelighters in his race cars. Trickle was allowed by NASCAR to smoke in the racecar during yellow flag periods, and in the 1990 Winston 500 (now the Aaron's499), Trickle was seen on live television by the in-car camera lighting up andsmoking a cigarette.
Trickle even made fun of his lack of success in NASCAR'stop-level series in a 1997 TV commercial for NAPA Auto Parts. In it, Trickleannounces a contest where fans can win $100,000 if they pick the winner of thatyear's NAPA 500 race. "A little tip...it's gonna be me," he says, as anon-screen graphic points out "Dick is 0 for 243 in Cup races"."I think we get champagne (after winning)," says Trickle.
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 hisBusch Series debut in 1984.
Through the 2000s, Trickle continued to race in occasionalevents in Wisconsin, including the 2001 and 2007, Slinger Nationals at SlingerSuper Speedway and in the ASA Midwest Tour.
Trickle died May 16, 2013, from an apparently self-inflictedgunshot wound. The incident occurred at 12:02 pm at Forest Lawn Cemetery inBoger City, North Carolina. The Lincoln County Communications Center received acall, apparently from the victim, saying that "there's going to be a deadbody. Suicide." When the 911 operator asked who was about to commitsuicide, Trickle responded: "I'm the one." Police attempted to callhis phone back but there was no response. Trickle was found dead beside hispickup truck. His granddaughter, who died in a car accident, is buried in thesame cemetery.
Trickle's family later released a statement which in partsaid: "He had been suffering for some time with severe chronic pain, hadseen many doctors, none of which could find the source of his pain. His familyas well as all those who knew him find his death very hard to accept, andthough we will hurt from losing him for some time, he’s no longer suffering andwe take comfort knowing he’s with his very special angel."
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