track racers coming up. Could just do magic with the race car and he taught me so much about racing. My success in the ASA and what Trickle taught me is what got me into NASCAR. That's what got me hired by Cliff Stewart back in '84. Between Larry Phillips and Dick Trickle, they taught me everything." A moment of silence was observed for Trickle during the start of the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 17. A tribute was held for Trickle at the July 2013 Slinger Nationals race with his family telling stories about his career. Legacy and memorial Trickle's Wisconsin friends and competitors, including Tom Reffner and Marv Marzofka, began organizing a Dick Trickle memorial fund to build a memorial statue at Rudolph Community Park. The group is collecting money including securing the title sponsorship of a super late model race at Golden Sands Speedway. Various Midwestern short tracks have Trickle Memorial races, with most being 99 laps for his car number. The most famous of the Dick Trickle Classic races is at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway in Wisconsin, which was started in 2007. The Trickle Classic there consists of three 33-lap races, with scoring similar to Vermont's Milk Bowl. Winners have included Skyler Holzhausen and Johnny Sauter, both of whose fathers raced against Trickle in his career. Wins in major series Although he won no premiership championship races, he was very successful elsewhere: 1 Non-championship qualifying race (All-Star Showdown, 1990) 2 NASCAR Second-tier championship series race wins 32 American Speed Association wins 70 wins in NASCAR's now-defunct "Elite" Division (68 Midwest, when known as ARTGO and 2 Southwest) 2 USAC wins Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Grand National Series Winston Cup Series Daytona 500 Busch Series Bibliography Notes References External links Dick Trickle elegy at SB Nation 1941 births 2013 suicides People from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Racing drivers from Wisconsin NASCAR drivers American Speed Association drivers Suicides by firearm in North Carolina People from Rudolph, Wisconsin Evernham Motorsports drivers ARCA Midwest Tour drivers USAC Stock Car drivers A. J. Foyt Enterprises drivers