Posted by Cha on 7/14/2006, 10:23 am (Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Trickle gets back in the flow
Dick Trickle just signed up for Medicare. But that doesn't mean he won't try to kick some tailpipe against NASCAR star Matt Kenseth and other notable drivers when he comes out of semiretirement next Tuesday at the Slinger Nationals. Trickle turns 65 in October. He hasn't raced at NASCAR's top level since 2002, but still races occasionally at minor-league short tracks in his home state of Wisconsin. So, does he still have his skills? Trickle says he's probably not as tough as he was, but he's certainly as good. Trickle never won a race in 24 years at NASCAR's top level, then called Winston Cup. He did win two races in the second-tier Busch Series, and gained a cult following in part because of a name that could induce giggles from any self-respecting eighth-grader. ESPN commentators built the legend by noting where Trickle finished every week. In the Midwest, however, Trickle is known as perhaps the most formidable grassroots short-track driver in history.
Trickle now makes his home outside Charlotte, North Carolina.
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