A Lincoln County dispatcher received a call -- believed to have been placed by Trickle -- that `` there would be a dead body and it would be his , '' that county 's sheriff 's office said in a news release . 1990 : Mark Martin , Joey Logano , Keith Olbermann and others salute the late NASCAR driver . Richard ` ` Dick '' Trickle , a veteran driver , appears on the NASCAR scene in 1989 . North Carolina police get a call saying ` ` there would be a dead body and it would be his '' They find Trickle 's body , dead of an apparent self - inflicted gunshot wound .
1990 : Mark Martin , Joey Logano , Keith Olbermann and others salute the late NASCAR driver . Richard ` ` Dick '' Trickle , a veteran driver , appears on the NASCAR scene in 1989 . North Carolina police get a call saying ` ` there would be a dead body and it would be his '' They find Trickle 's body , dead of an apparent self - inflicted gunshot wound .