A Smoke and A Beer

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 04/08/2020 at 18:00 • Filed to: Dick Trickle, NASCAR

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Dick Trickle would smoke during races. In the car. I don’t know if he would have a beer. 

Jim Spanfeller > f86sabre 04/08/2020 at 18:06

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Is that a made-up name? If not, that’s a very unfortunate name...

MultiplaOrgasms > f86sabre 04/08/2020 at 18:12

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Legend

interstate366, now In The Industry > Jim Spanfeller 04/08/2020 at 18:15

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Nope, it was his real name.

Jim Spanfeller > interstate366, now In The Industry 04/08/2020 at 18:17

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That poor guy...

shop-teacher > f86sabre 04/08/2020 at 18:29

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I was listening to an interview with Geoff Bodine on the Dinner with Racers podcast the other day. He said Dick Trickle’s rule was he needed one hour of sleep per hundred miles of race. So if they had a 400 mile race the next day, Trickle would drink beer until he needed to go to bed, sleep four hours, and then wake up and start drinking coffee until it was time to get in the car.

MoCamino > shop-teacher 04/08/2020 at 18:40

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Geez did he drive wearing a catheter or an adult diaper?  Seems like that would cause a lot of fluid output.  Of course they sweat a lot during a race....

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > f86sabre 04/08/2020 at 19:18

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I guess he could be drunk, just has to turn left !

shop-teacher > MoCamino 04/08/2020 at 19:59

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Yeah, I dunno man. Just hearing the story made me have to pee.

f86sabre > shop-teacher 04/09/2020 at 08:10

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I heard that story too. I have no doubt it was true. I saw Dick race once at a little short track in Minnesota. Just about the time he was making a name for himself in Cup. He destroyed the field. 

f86sabre > Jim Spanfeller 04/09/2020 at 08:15

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bmil128 > Jim Spanfeller 04/09/2020 at 16:31

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He was a legendary short track racer before making it to the NASCAR Cup series. He won over 1000 short track races. On SportsCenter Dan Patrick always called out wherever he finished in that day’s race due to his name. After retiring he killed himself In 2013  due to chronic chest pains.

https://www.sbnation.com/longform/2013/7/30/4567960/dick-trickle-suicide-nascar-profile