31 Quotes by Dick Trickle

We bought a ticket and got up in the stands. We got there fairly early and were sitting for what seemed like a half hour, 45 minutes, when all of sudden, here comes my truck and my car across the track. I told Darlene, 'I can't believe Big John (Boettcher) brought my car up here.' So I raced. That was my honeymoon.

We bought a ticket and got up in the stands, ... We got there fairly early and were sitting for what seemed like a half hour, 45 minutes, when all of sudden, here comes my truck and my car across the track. I told Darlene, 'I can't believe Big John (Boettcher) brought my car up here.' So I raced. That was my honeymoon.

There were a lot of races I was going to win at Milwaukee, but I had mechanical problems or something would happen, ... In the early years, it just took a long time for me to win a race. I got in somebody's oil one time and got in the wall, had a clutch go out once. . . so when I finally won one, it was a long time coming.

It started as a hobby when I was a kid, and I'm finishing as a hobby.

Racing is in my blood, I can't quite get out of it yet.

I don't race a lot, half a dozen (races) a year maybe.

Some pushers are way better than others.

I did it for a living, made a career out of it, but now I've turned it into somewhat of a hobby.

Not yet, when I'm gone I'll be a legend, right now I'm just very good at what I do.