Dick Trickle Dead In Apparent Suicide

[Gazi]

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=610446588967560&id=116469968365227

 

Lincolnton, NC – Retired race car driver Richard “Dick” Trickle, 71, died today from an apparent self inflicted gun shot wound.

The incident occurred at 12:02 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery on Highway 150 East in Boger City.

 

[Happy Panther]

:(

[Proudiddy]

The guy was known as Dick Trickle his entire life.  I'm just sayin'...

[Happy Panther]

I can't recall how true this was but ESPN said they would do a special on Dick Trickle if he ever won a race.

[Herbert The Love Bug]

he was always my favorite :(

[cptx]

The guy was known as Dick Trickle his entire life.  I'm just sayin'...

 

 

better than Junior Johnson

[Happy Panther]

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. [1] 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.

 

 

Heh

[Gazi]

Heh

[TheAmericanDream]

RIP I will always remember him being the one that would smoke during the yellow flags.

[TheAmericanDream]

Damn shame when you think the only way out of your problems is to kill yourself.

[saX man]

damn.  I met him a few times at the speedway club growing up.  Have that dude's autograph from way back.

[PhillyB]

a damn shame. weird that he did it in a cemetery 

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

dick... trickle...

[Murph]

Very sad day.