Dave Marcis may turn over his #71 Realtree Chevy to Dick Trickle at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend. Marcis’ father is having surgery today. Marcis will decide today if he’ll stay with his father in Wisconsin or race in the Winston Cup finale Sunday(Speed Magazine)(11-16-2000) UPDATE: Dave Marcis’ father had surgery this week for colon cancer and Marcis skipped Friday’s first-round time trials at Atlanta to be with him. Veteran Dick Trickle is subbing for Marcis, 59, who is not expected to be back in time for Sunday’s NAPA 500. “I’ll be here the whole weekend. Me and the boys are going to have as much fun as we can and see if we can get this thing in the race,” Trickle said. (That’s Racin’)(11-17-2000) UPDATE 2: Trickle stood on his speed and failed to make the race(11-18-2000)
