Trickle was nicknamed the "White Knight" as referenced by his sponsored SuperAmerica paint scheme, when he raced in Wisconsin.

[4] Eight-year-old Dick Trickle was playing tag with his cousin Verlon on the rafters in a house under construction when he fell two floors to the basement and broke his hip.

""I did run the car a little bit before I cut it up and I ended up drag racing a classmate, Melvin Hunsinger, who had a 1949 Ford.

[6]Trickle started out as the slowest car in a 100-car field at a Stratford, Wisconsin short track race.

[6] In his first time out with the new car, he finished second in the feature event at Griffith Park at Wisconsin Rapids.

Two or three years later he discussed racing full-time with his wife for he felt that he could be profitable, and they decided to make the change.

[6] A turning point in Trickle's career happened at the National Short Track Championship race at Rockford Speedway in 1966.

[14] Trickle used his purple 1970 Ford Mustang to win at the Minnesota Fair and at Rockford Speedway in September.

[6] In 1982, Trickle won track championship at State Park Speedway in Wausau where he started out the season by winning the first two features and seven total.

[4] He also won the track championship at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway after winning three events in August.

[19] Trickle raced in United States Automobile Club (USAC) stock cars in 1968, and he won the series' rookie of the year award.

[20] Through the 1970s and 1980s, Trickle made sporadic appearances in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, including three Daytona 500 starts.

Invited by Bill France Sr. himself to join the series in the middle of his prospering short-track career, he quipped that he "didn't want to take the pay cut."

84 Miller High Life Buick for Stavola Brothers Racing replacing the injured Mike Alexander.

[21] After being given the rookie of the year trophy at the NASCAR awards banquet, he quipped "I guess I'd just like to thank everyone who gave a young guy like me a chance".

ESPN's Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann often made it a point to mention where he finished whenever NASCAR highlights were featured on SportsCenter.

Trickle even made fun of his lack of success in NASCAR's top-level series in a 1997 TV commercial for NAPA Auto Parts.

In it, Trickle announces a contest where fans can win $100,000 if they pick the winner of that year's NAPA 500 race.

[25] Trickle served as the de facto grand marshal of the Slinger Nationals after he retired until his death.

"[27] The main character of the 1990 NASCAR feature film Days of Thunder played by Tom Cruise is named Cole Trickle as a homage to Dick.

[28] The incident occurred at 12:02 pm at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boger City, North Carolina.

The Lincoln County Communications Center received a call, apparently from Trickle, saying that "there's going to be a dead body.

His family as well as all those who knew him find his death very hard to accept, and though we will hurt from losing him for some time, he's no longer suffering and we take comfort knowing he's with his very special angel.

"[22] NASCAR chairman Brian France released a statement saying "Dick was a legend in the short track racing community, particularly in his home state of Wisconsin, and he was a true fan favorite.

"[30] A moment of silence was observed for Trickle during the start of the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 17.

A tribute was held for Trickle at the July 2013 Slinger Nationals race with his family telling stories about his career.

[32] The group is collecting money including securing the title sponsorship of a super late model race at Golden Sands Speedway.

The most famous of the Dick Trickle Classic races is at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway in Wisconsin, which was started in 2007.

Winners have included Skyler Holzhausen and Johnny Sauter, both of whose fathers raced against Trickle in his career.

Although he won no premiership championship races, he was very successful elsewhere: (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.