Dick Trickle
NASCAR Xfinity Series career 158 races run over 11 years Best finish 11th (1999) First race 1984 Red Carpet 200 (Milwaukee) Last race 2001 Outback Steakhouse 300 (Kentucky) First win 1997 Galaxy Foods 300 (Hickory) Last win 1998 Dura-Lube 200 Presented by BI-LO (Darlington) Wins Top tens Poles 2 42 7 Trickle's 1968 Ford Torino, raced on Wisconsin tracks Richard "Dick" Trickle (October 27, 1941 – May 16, 2013) was 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. 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). Trickle was nicknamed the "White Knight" as referenced by his sponsored SuperAmerica paint scheme, when he raced in Wisconsin.