Not yet, when I'm gone I'll be a legend, right now I'm just very good at what I do.
"Richard "Dick" Trickle" was an American auto racing/race car driver. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing/short tracks of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way. Trickle competed in the American Speed Association/ASA, ARTGO, Automobile Racing Club of America/ARCA, All Pro, International Motor Contest Association/IMCA, NASCAR, and United States Automobile Club/USAC.
In more than an estimated 2,200 races, Trickle logged one million laps and is believed to have won over 1,200 feature races. He was billed as the winningest short track driver in history. Trickle's career highlights include racing to 67 wins in 1972, winning seven ARTGO Championships in nine years between 1979 to 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 what was then called the Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup Series/Sprint Cup). Trickle was nicknamed the "White Knight" as referenced by his sponsored SuperAmerica paint scheme, when he raced in Wisconsin.
More Dick Trickle on Wikipedia.I don't race a lot, half a dozen (races) a year maybe.
I play with my tractors and live somewhat of a family life and just try to enjoy trying to retire sooner or later.
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.
That's the most memorable one, but it's not the most fun to remember.
The whole idea is to run competitive.
The one that hurts the most is that Busch race I had won.
Racing is in my blood, I can't quite get out of it yet.
Probably the biggest story was when I got married in '61.
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