Ex-NASCAR Driver Dick Trickle Dead of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

According to authorities, fomer NASCAR driver Dick Trickle is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71.

The Associated Press reported:

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says authorities received a call believed to be from Trickle on Thursday saying that "there would be a dead body and it would be his." Authorities tried to call the number back, but no one answered. The sheriff says Trickle's body was found near his pickup truck at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boger City, N.C., about 40 miles northwest of Charlotte.

Kenny Wallace posted the following on his Twitter page:

According to the Sporting News:

Trickle, who is reported to have more than 1,200 feature wins to his credit on short track throughout the Midwest, began competing in NASCAR’s Cup series full time in 1989 and ran the majority of races from 1989-1998. The 1989 Cup rookie of the year, Trickle had 15 top-10 finishes and finished third five times.

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