Dick Trickle
Dick Trickle
Richard "Dick" Tricklewas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth27 October 1941
CityWisconsin Rapids, WI
CountryUnited States of America
careers hobbies made
I did it for a living, made a career out of it, but now I've turned it into somewhat of a hobby.
best-friends both close larry
Larry and Kathy (his wife) were both close friends of mine. I thought a lot of them. I still do.
fix good starting time work
I said we've got to fix it good enough to be able to get it back on the truck. We did that, and had a little time left. I thought, Hey, let's work on it a little more and get it good enough so we can get some starting money.'
fun memorable
That's the most memorable one, but it's not the most fun to remember.
car friday good practicing run thursday
I am going to be doing some practicing on Thursday and Friday and we run some qualifying heats on Saturday, ... I've wanted to do this for a while. I wanted to have a good car when we did it. I think we've got a good car.
We're pretty excited. It's going to be fun,
wall winning race
There were a lot of races I was going to win at Milwaukee, but I had mechanical problems or something would happen, ... In the early years, it just took a long time for me to win a race. I got in somebody's oil one time and got in the wall, had a clutch go out once. . . so when I finally won one, it was a long time coming.
kids finishing hobbies
It started as a hobby when I was a kid, and I'm finishing as a hobby.
blood racing i-can
Racing is in my blood, I can't quite get out of it yet.
race years half
I don't race a lot, half a dozen (races) a year maybe.
way
Some pushers are way better than others.
legends gone very-good
Not yet, when I'm gone I'll be a legend, right now I'm just very good at what I do.
car flying fighter
It's like flying jet fighters in a gymnasium
across believe bought brought car early fairly half john seemed sitting ticket truck
We bought a ticket and got up in the stands. We got there fairly early and were sitting for what seemed like a half hour, 45 minutes, when all of sudden, here comes my truck and my car across the track. I told Darlene, 'I can't believe Big John (Boettcher) brought my car up here.' So I raced. That was my honeymoon.