Retired NASCAR driver Dick Trickle dies of apparent self-inflicted wound

    By Greg Botelho and John Branch, CNN

    Updated 1226 GMT (2026 HKT) May 17, 2013

    Dick Trickle poses with his Mercury racing car at Daytona International Speedway in February 1975. Trickle died Thursday, May 16, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, a North Carolina sheriff's office said.
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    NASCAR legend Dick Trickle – Dick Trickle poses with his Mercury racing car at Daytona International Speedway in February 1975. Trickle died Thursday, May 16, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, a North Carolina sheriff's office said.
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    Dick Trickle poses for a photo in the 1980s.
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    NASCAR legend Dick Trickle – Dick Trickle poses for a photo in the 1980s.
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    Dick Trickle sits in his car before the start of a NASCAR race in 1993.
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    NASCAR legend Dick Trickle