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Dick Trickle dead at 71
ESPN ^
| May 16, 2013
| David Newton
Posted on 05/16/2013 2:19:45 PM PDT by Gettin Betta
CONCORD, N.C. -- Retired stock car driver Dick Trickle, known for his colorful name and short track prowess, died on Thursday from an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71.
According to the Lincoln County, N.C., sheriff's department, the incident occurred at 12:02 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery off Highway 150 in Boger City.
The Lincoln County Communications Center received a call, apparently from Trickle, that "there would be a dead body and it would be his.'' Center workers tried to place a return call to the number but did not get an answer.
Emergency units found the body lying near the victim's pickup truck when they arrived.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: nascar
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What a shame. A colorful driver with a colorful name
To: Gettin Betta
Sad news.
He used to drive the number 64 Schneider car I think it was.
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:23:10 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Gettin Betta
Wonder if he was given a diagnosis of cancer ? RIP.
To: Gettin Betta
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:25:14 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: Gettin Betta
I think your post is going to get a “no thanks” but what do I know?
To: Responsibility2nd
He was a driver from a different time.
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:27:21 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Gettin Betta
Trickle was a fan favorite in NASCAR — often smoking cigarettes while he raced. Wonder if it was the ‘Winston cup’, that was gonna do him in and he just shortened the trip?.
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:28:29 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Gettin Betta
Trickle was a fan favorite in NASCAR — often smoking cigarettes while he raced. Wonder if it was the ‘Winston cup’, that was gonna do him in and he just shortened the trip?.
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:28:29 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Great unreported story: how Dick Trickle brought NASCAR to ESPN. They used to cover the sport simply so the anchors could say his name......
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:30:26 PM PDT
by
C. Edmund Wright
(Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
To: fieldmarshaldj
probably...lung cancer...but i don’t know...met him at CMS and knew him...friendly...always had the CIG on a rollbar clamp lit in the racecar!!!!!!!
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:31:26 PM PDT
by
ldish
(obama is finally in season...treason is the reason!!!!!)
To: Gettin Betta
I’ve heard that even in the last years he raced he had a lighter installed in the race car. He was one of the originals. RIP
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:32:25 PM PDT
by
EandH Dad
(sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
To: Gettin Betta
He used to smoke in his race car during cautions. I’m guessing cancer.
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:32:51 PM PDT
by
VRWC For Truth
(Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
To: Gettin Betta
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:33:05 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)
To: Responsibility2nd
You know they can’t resist
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:33:49 PM PDT
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wardaddy
(wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)
To: Monkey Face
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:35:14 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Sarah is right.)
To: Gettin Betta
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:39:00 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(President Obama; The Slumlord of the Rentseekers)
To: Gettin Betta
RIP
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:39:50 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: cripplecreek
Yep. It’s hard to believe that he was still racing not that long ago. And now there’s Kyle Busch in the M&Ms car. Sigh.
To: Gettin Betta
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:45:05 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Gettin Betta
Emergency units found the body lying near the victim's pickup truck when they arrived.Emergency units found the body lying near the victim's assailant's pickup truck when they arrived.
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posted on
05/16/2013 2:45:47 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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