Years ago, after he finished a race near Madison, a friend and I had
the pleasure of tipping a few cold ones with Dick. He was a lot of fun.
Loved talking to his fans.
Jeff Senty
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Mike Mehl wrote:
>
> http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/dick-trickle-former-nas
> car-driver-dead-self-inflicted-202844077.html
> I am sure some of you have
> seen this. It is very sad. Dick was a great guy and an incredible
> driver. The oldest NASCAR Cup rookie in history. I met Dick at the
> Daytona 500 back
> when low budget teams raced their way into the 500. He was all about
> fans. He would race at New Smyrna speedway in his own stockcar each
> night during
> speedweeks and then hustle a ride at the 500. I spent a very
> entertaining
> evening with him at New Smyrna getting his take on life and racing.
> He said
> if you had to run a 500 lap race you need 5 hours sleep, 400, 4 hours
> and if
> you had to run a 100 lap race you didn't need to sleep at all. You
> could party
> all night with the fans. Gotta love the smoking during a yellow flag
> video in
> the link.
> Mike Mehl #46 TR4
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