Rich Bickle - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Bickle also running California for Sacks

Rich Bickle will also run the #98 Thorn Apple Valley Ford at the California Speedway on May 3rd as Greg Sacks is still recovering from his Texas 500 injuries.(NASCAR Online)(4-26-98)...

Sacks could miss Talladega

TNN's Raceday reports that Greg Sacks may miss the Talladega race also. No sub mentioned but Rich Bickle will probably sub if Sacks has not recovered from his Texas injuries. Sources continue to tell me Sacks is on the hot seat, but he'll probably get a chance to return...

Sacks out? Bickle in?

Have to wonder...if you go to the Team Thorn Apple Valley site, www.tavi.com there is a bio on Rich Bickle, but no mention of Greg Sacks or of Bickle just being a sub for Martinsville. This may mean we will see Bickle in the #98 car past Martinsville. Sources tell ...

Testing at Greenville-Pickens

Testing at Greenville-Pickens Speedway continued today with Rich Bickle(#98), Jeff Gordon(#24), Robert Pressley(#77), Geoff Bodine(#7), Todd Bodine(#35), Hut Stricklin(#8) and Bobby Hamilton(#4).(MRM)(4-15-98)...

Testing at Greenville-Pickens

Testing continued at Greenville-Pickens(SC) Speedway today with Jeremy Mayfield( #12) and Jimmy Spencer (#23) testing once the rain let up. Testing continues Wednesday with Steve Grissom(#41), Rich Bickle(#98), Todd Bodine(#35) and Robert Pressley(#77).(MRM)(4-14-98...

Bickle to sub for Sacks at Martinsville

Rich Bickle will not drive the #17 Tyler Jet Motorsports Chevy at Martinsville, but will sub for Greg Sacks in the #98 as Sacks will take the week off to recover from his injuries from the Texas 500 wreck(4-10-98)...

Washington-Erving update

The owners of the Washington-Erving Motorsports team, Joe Washington and Julius Erving were at TMS Saturday to watch their BGN #50 Dr. Pepper Ford team race and to take part in a promotion involving local Boy and Girl Scouts which has a show car program with the Boy...

Bickle in the #17 at Martinsville?

Another item from the LTN Radio show: Rich Bickle will drive the #17 TJ Motorsports Chevy(former DW owned team) in the Cup race at Martinsville on 4/19(LTNRadio)(4-2-98) Nope, he may drive the #98....

Bickle driving Trucks at Homestead

Rich Bickle will be driving the #17 Sears-Diehard Truck of newly named T.J. Motorsports at this weekend's NCTS race at Homestead, FL. Tim J. Beverley, the new owner of Darrell Waltrip's #17 organization, has secured the driving services of Bickle for a one-race Truck...

LaJoie in the #50 at Darlington

It has been confirmed by Charlotte News 6 that Randy LaJoie will be in the #50 Bud Chevy for Darlington, subbing for Ricky Craven. No permanent sub has been named yet, Rick Bickle is rumored and there is an outside shot that LaJoie could take the job. Also possible...

Green released; now to the #1?

Sparky from iRACE hears that the Caterpillar/American Equipment Racing team has released David Green as driver, and that Green may be a candidate to fill in for the injured Steve Park. Green, you may remember, was tabbed to substitute for Park's car owner, none other...

Bickle not with Washington-Erving

From Inside NASCAR on TNN Sunday: Rich Bickle is not with the Washington-Erving Motorsports team anymore and will run selected BGN and Truck series races with an eye towards getting a Cup ride. I continue to hear he is a candidate for the #1 Pennzoil ride(3-16-98)...

Green or Bickle in for Park?

"Just got news from two separate, usually reliable sources that in this case are in direct conflict with each other. One reports David Green will leave the #96 Caterpillar team to replace Steve Park for the rest of this year in the Dale Earnhardt # 1 Pennzoil Winston...

Bickle to replace Bradberry? No

UPDATE II: Rich Bickle may be getting a Winston Cup ride in the next few weeks, according to sources close to Bickle.(JournalNow)(3-2-98) - I hear Bickle may be in line to take over the #78 Pilot Travel Network Ford for Gary Bradberry who has failed to make a race ...

Ten Busch races for Bickle

I hear Rich Bickle plans to run 10 BGN races and 10 Truck races out of his own Mooreville, NC shop. If/When Washington-Erving Motorsports gets sponsorship and is ready to race, the team will run out of Bickles shop to start(2-4-98)...

Washington-Erving Motorsports update

TNN's Motorsports Page/www.country.comreports that Washington-Erving Motorsports' (WEM) plan to only race in 10 races or so in 1998 and will not attempt the Daytona 500 and the first on-track appearance in '98 could be as late as Charlotte. Rich Bickle is still scheduled...

Washington Erving Motorsports up in the air

"The Washington Erving Motorsports(WEM) Winston Cup Series entry for 1998 isn't dead yet, but last rites certainly are in order. Without a primary sponsor, the team formed by former football star Joe Washington, basketball great Julius Erving and their partners has...

Washington-Erving still on hold

Noticed: During Ford testing, still no Rich Bickle in the #12 Washington-Erving Ford. I hear they have a few Tbirds purchased from TriStar Motorsports(who ran the #19 Ford in early 1997). I also hear 7up was to be the sponsor but some kind of snag has slowed or killed...

Washington-Erving number

UPDATE: Looks like I was incorrect(again) about the Washington-Erving Ford being #12, I hear now that it will be #32 or #60 or just maybe #12, so I give up and lets wait to see. I hear the shop the team and Rich Bickle is in is Bickle / Smith Motorsports new building...

Dave Marcis is NMPA Spirit Award recipient

Long-time Winston Cup driver Dave Marcis was named the 1997 NMPA Spirit Award recipient on Sunday. Marcis, who has struggled and battled for years as an independent owner-driver, beat out fellow quarterly winners Rick Hendrick, Joe Nemechek and Rich Bickle.(SpeedNet...