Dick Trickle

Okay.

Right next to Dick Trickle at the Goodyear building.

In 77, I know Roland started out as the driver.

He was the driver, yes.

No, that is a real driver.

And then what about this, Dick Trickle?

Imposter.

That is a real NASCAR driver and probably one of the most unforgettable names ever.

Yeah, but we qualified second.

It wasn't like we were slow, and we won that, and so now you're starting to see that maybe I can compete with you know, Dick Trickle and Bob Sineker and Mike Eddy and Joe Shearer and all these greats.

And, you know, the next year, we do.

You know, we're challenging most of the time.

It's all I thought about.

And that's...

I never thought about out-driving Larry Phillips, and I never thought about out-driving Dick Trickle, and I never thought about out-driving Dale Earnhardt.

If I made my car better, enough better, I'd win.

Immediately got off on Phillips and went about 30 miles an hour all the way home.

Your uncle Dick Trickle would be proud of you.

Well, maybe.

No, no relation at all, but...

What do you mean no relation? Well, he's not my uncle.

Oh, that's right.

Yeah.

Um-

I also, I also knew at a young age that the name Dick Trickle was just funny.

Well, everyone fucking knew that.

Uh-

Except Dick Trickle.

Uh, he knew.

He just-

Damn.

Is, is he related to Dick Trickle, NASCAR driver?

I didn't, I didn't-

[laughs]

It wasn't just Phillips and Rusty.

It was Dick Trickle and Bob Snyder, all those guys from up north came to this race.

And right before this race, we had gotten this new electronic ignition.

Mm.

for slinger I was really fortunate in my life.

I got to race against Dick Trickle a little bit in the later years of my late model racing.

He was still racing some.

I raced him up at La Crosse.

He's coming to the ring.

Dick Trickle is trickling into the impact zone.

My God.

He's the third man in Jerry Jarrett's pit crew.