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NASCAR drivers recall Dick Trickle as unique and fun - USA Today

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NASCAR drivers recall Dick Trickle as unique and fun - USA Today

CONCORD, N.C. – There is that lasting image of Dick Trickle in the Winston 500 lighting up a cigarette while driving his stock car with his knees during a caution lap. He places the cigarette through a hole he carved in his helmet for a quick toke and

(CNN) — Richard "Dick" Trickle — who parlayed a legendary reputation as a small-track driver into a full-time career on stock car racing's largest stages in the 1990s — died Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, a North Carolina

CONCORD, N.C. — There is that lasting image of Dick Trickle in the Winston 500 lighting up a cigarette while driving his stock car with his knees during a caution lap. He places the cigarette through a hole he carved in his

CONCORD, N.C. — A gruff but lovable man who mentored NASCAR champions and made magic on small tracks, Dick Trickle's suicide sent shock waves through the Charlotte Motor Speedway garage Friday. The news was particularly hard to grasp for 2003

"What Dick Trickle meant to Midwest small-track racing and to the sport in his era, he was the guy, the most significant racer in that era," reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski, a Michigan native, told reporters at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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