A tribute to Dick Trickle

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The Coca Cola 200 in its entirety. I thought about editing it down for times sake but I elected to show it all. It was a memorable race with a lot of people from all walks of racing! Rest In peace my brother! Click to enjoy!

http://youtu.be/kHofMfMA8pU

[steadysteve]

A tribute to Dick Trickle

Dick Trickle won the Buckeye 500 in 1974 at Columbus Motor Speedway.He had even been involved in a few wrecks that put him on the rear,but he was sooooo fast ,he had lapped almost every car to win.

His car was a beaten,crumpled mess in that SuperAmerica 99 Firebird.
So the next day,me,my dad and my brother (zerofor) went over to another driver's garage (we'll call him Bob) that Sunday,and there was Trickle's race car.Bob didnt have a metal puller,and my dad did at his shop.So,we went to my dad's west side shop with Dick and his car in tow.

We straightened out all the severe parts w/ the metal puller,and the other sheet metal,me and my brother pounded out flat the with rubber mallets,the otherv sheet metal parts.We started at around 9am,and took about 5 hours to get the wurk done.He raced in a show that Sunday in Indianaand won.

We had a friend for life,and was so saddened to hear of his passing.Dick,may all your races in the hereafter be checkered flags....

[Jimmy McKinley]

Awesome Bob. Trickle was in that Celebrity.

Sanders. Scarborough. Rogers. Keene. Mader. Bigley. Cope. Brown. Nooner. Gill. Porter. Miller. Anderson. Vaughn. Boone. Day. An "all-star" race for sure. That yellow and white #37 was out of Washington state, I believe.

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Jimmy Trickle was out all night and showed up at race time and won the blooming race. It was a who's who in Short track racing thats for sure!