Dick Trickle News

August 9, 1998

August 9, 1998

August 9, 1998
Ted Christopher took over for Dick Trickle in the #90 Ford and Boris Said took over for Jimmy Spencer in the #23 Winston Ford on lap 9 of the Bud at the Glen. (08-09-1998)

Pocono qualifying

Pocono qualifying

July 25, 1998
Qualifying is over, Dick Trickle was fastest 2nd round with a speed of 166.546mph. 10 of the 21 cars stood on their 1st round time, all made the race. 11 cars made 2nd round attempts and only 5 were faster than their 1st round efforts. #35 Tabasco Pontiac failed to

Markham in for Trickle

Markham in for Trickle

July 9, 1998
Curtis Markham will be in the #64 BGN Chevy in place of regular driver Dick Trickle who in at Loudon, NH for the Jiffy Lube 300 Cup race.(7-10-98)

IROC testing

IROC testing

June 12, 1998
Dick Trickle, Dave Marcis and Jim Sauter, test drivers for the International Race of Champions(IROC), will be at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway next week for more tests of the Pontiac Firebirds that will race there on July 31.(SpeedNet)(6-12-98)

Markham in for Trickle at Pikes Peak

Markham in for Trickle at Pikes Peak

June 11, 1998
Curtis Markham will drive the #64 Schneider Trucking BGN Chevy for Dick Trickle at Pikes Peak in the Lycos Com250(NASCAR Online), by the way the track has an official home page at www.ppir.com.(6-11-98)

Richmond BGN testing

Richmond BGN testing

May 28, 1998
Dick Trickle in the #90 Heilig Meyers Ford, Derrike Cope in the #92 Kraft BGN Chevy and Mike Laughlin, Jr in the #45 Hunter Specialties BGN Chevy finished testing at Richmond today.(WC Today Radio)(5-28-98) (05-28-1998)

Testing at Richmond

Testing at Richmond

May 26, 1998
Testing at Richmond today were the Cup teams of #8-Buckshot Jones; #21 Michael Waltrip and #90 Dick Trickle and the BGN teams of #15-Kenny Schrader; #34 Mike McLaughlin and #11 Kevin Cywinski.(NASCAR Today Radio)(5-26-98) (05-26-1998)

Lepage and Trickle will make it to Nazareth

Lepage and Trickle will make it to Nazareth

May 17, 1998
UPDATE: Stanton Barrett will reportedly race the #40 ChannelLock Chevy if Kevin Lepage can't make it to the BGN race in Nazareth on Sunday. Lepage is running in the Winston Open Saturday night in the #91 LJ Racing Chevy.(NASCAR Online)(5-16-98), Lepage will make it

Drivers involved in qualifying/practice accidents

Drivers involved in qualifying/practice accidents

May 1, 1998
Brett Bodine #11 Paychex Ford; Dale Jarrett #88 Quality Care Ford; Dick Trickle #90 Heilig Meyers Ford(practice); and Todd Bodine #35 Tabasco Pontiac(practice), who was taken to a local hospital for observation. Todd was later released and returned to the track - all

Second round qualifying at Talladega

Second round qualifying at Talladega

April 25, 1998
Fourteen teams requalified Saturday for the DieHard 500. Dennis Setzer was the fastest in the Bill Elliott owned #89 McRib Thunderbird during second round qualifying with a lap of 192.332mph(would have been 18th fastest on 1st day) in the McRib Ford Thunderbird. All

Donlavey Racing loses another fabricator

Donlavey Racing loses another fabricator

April 25, 1998
Having already lost a fabricator to Roush Racing, Richmond, Va.-based Donlavey Racing had a chassis specialist lured away this week by the first-year team owned by Bill Elliott and Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino. Team manager Jeff Kirk is frustrated by the defections

Cup owner points

Cup owner points

April 18, 1998
From Henry of Stock Car Fans: WC Owner points are used as tie-breakers in qualifying, and today we had ties for 3rd (Jeff Gordon/Rudd), 15th (Jeff Burton/Kyle Petty), 23rd (Dale Jarrett/Lake Speed), and 37th (Dick Trickle/Wally Dallenbach

Different look for Trickle

Different look for Trickle

April 17, 1998
Dick Trickle had that green roof panel owner Junie Donlavey wanted and was reported here a few weeks back. Junie wanted the #90 Helig Meyers Ford to loose some of the black in the color as it was hard to pick put in a crowd of cars. It was supposed to debut at Texas

Testing at Talladega

Testing at Talladega

April 14, 1998
Testing also continued at Talladega after a bit of a rain delay. Sterling Marlin, Joe Nemechek(BGN & WC) and Elton Sawyer tested SABCO cars, Dennis Setzer tested the #89 Elliott Ford(no sponsor seen), Kenny Schrader(#33), Ernie Irvan(#36), Kenny Irwin(#28), Dick

Testing News from Talladega

Testing News from Talladega

April 13, 1998
Sterling Marlin, Kenny Wallace, Gary Bradberry, Ernie Irvan, Dick Trickle, Johnny Benson and Matt Kenseth(#60) tested at Talladega today. Also Mike Dillon and Dave Marcis tested the Dale Earnhardt #3 Chevy. Mark Gibson, Micky Gibbs and David Bonnett also help test