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American racing driver

Richard Allen Bickle Jr. (born May 13, 1961) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. Now retired from NASCAR racing, Bickle, who never completed a full season in the NASCAR Cup Series, had a long history in short track racing. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described him in 2012 as a "stud on the short tracks in the late 1980s and early '90s and a journeyman who rarely caught a break in NASCAR." He won three NASCAR truck races and had a career best fourth place finish in the Cup Series in 218 career NASCAR starts. The younger Bickle began racing motocross at the age of five. While winning the 250cc championship on Sunday nights when he was 16, he raced stock cars at Jefferson Speedway on Saturday nights in 1977. Bickle won the Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway a record five times: 1990, 1991, 1996, 1998 and 1999.

In 1990, Bickle made his debut in the American Speed Association, a Midwest based racing organization based primarily in short tracks. He finished runner up to Johnny Benson in Rookie of the Year standings. (Ironically, Benson would take over Bickle's old Cup ride in 2000.)

Bickle made his NASCAR Winston Cup debut in 1989 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, in his self owned, unsponsored #02 Buick. He finished 39th out of 42 cars after his engine expired 37 laps into the race. He made his first start in the Daytona 500 the next year when, once again driving his own underfunded Oldsmobile, and finished 28th, five laps down. Bickle competed in 11 events over the next three years (leading one lap at Charlotte in 1993). 1994 marked a then career high in terms of starts, driving ten races, most of them for Harry Melling. After years of limited starts, Bickle made the full time jump to Cup in 1998, driving the #98 Thorn Apple Valley Ford Taurus for Cale Yarborough, replacing Greg Sacks who had been critically injured in an accident at Texas. Bickle had two top five qualifying efforts and finished a career best 4th at Martinsville and delivered an emotional post race interview. When the sponsorship went away, Bickle signed with Tyler Jet Motorsports to drive the #45 10 10 345 Lucky Dog Pontiac. It was an up and down year for Bickle and the team; Bickle posted top 10s at the Pontiac Excitement 400 and the Pocono 500. However he had trouble qualifying for races, and after the Pepsi Southern 500 at Darlington, he was released from the team. Bickle drove some for Melling Racing that year. In 2000, Bickle did substitute duty for Joe Bessey's team, and drove one race for Morgan McClure Motorsports the following year, in addition to driving once for Midwest Transit Racing.

Bickle found considerably more success in the lower levels of NASCAR than he did in Winston Cup. He made his Busch Series debut in 1993 at Atlanta, finishing 27th with engine failure. Bickle's best season in the Busch Series was 1995, where he won one pole and had four top 10 finishes in a limited schedule. In 2001, he made his first full time run in the Busch Series, driving the #59 Kingsford Chevy, and competed in 27 events before he was released. He has run only one Busch Series race since then.

Bickle began racing in the Craftsman Truck Series in 1996 for Petty Enterprises, winning two poles, having 9 top 10 finishes, and wound up a solid 11th in points. For the 1997 season, he switched to the #17 DieHard Chevrolet owned by Darrell Waltrip Motorsports, and the combination was an instant success. Bickle started four races on the pole position, winning three. He nearly won a fourth race at Sonoma until both a chaotic next to last restart occurred as well as rookie Boris Said retaliating against Bickle for contact during that restart; foiling the race for Bickle. When the checkered flag fell on the season, he was second in championship points. Since then he has run a limited schedule in the trucks, the most starts he's had in a season since then is twelve in 2003.

Bickle occasionally races at special events at his home tracks in Wisconsin. He began concentrating more being a businessman and by 2012 he operated three businesses. He owned a hot rod shop in Janesville, Wisconsin, a bar in Madison, Wisconsin, and a drive shaft business in Madison. Bickle is co owner of a controversial strip club in Bristol, WI. At the end of the 2012 season, Bickle won the National Short Track Championship race at Rockford Speedway for the second time. Bickle announced that 2013 would be his final season of racing stock cars; competing for the full season in the ARCA Midwest Tour, he also returned to Slinger Super Speedway where he won his fourth Slinger Nationals after the apparent winner, Steve Apel, was disqualified. Bickle battled for the lead in the middle of the 2013 National Short Track Championship race and ended up finishing fourth. He came out of retirement in 2015 racing at the Slinger Nationals, Madison, and several races at Wisconsin International Raceway. In 2015, he was inducted in the Southeastern Wisconsin Short Track Hall of Fame citing his two Slinger track championships and four Slinger Nationals wins. After the signing tour, Bickle continued to race super lates, and in 2020 said that the 2021 Snowball Derby will be his last contest. Bickle started the 2021 year racing a snowmobile in January at Eagle River, Wisconsin. He won the Outlaw 600 class feature at the Vintage World Championship Snowmobile Derby. After several years away from a major racing series, Bickle would return to run the 2021 ARCA Menards season opener at Daytona for Empire Racing. On May 2, 2021, Bickle won the annual Joe Shear Classic ARCA Midwest Tour race at Madison International Speedway. He won the Jim Sauter Classic ARCA Midwest race at Dells Raceway Park in early September. He was chasing the weekly Super Late Model season track championship at Slinger; on the following Sunday night he won the final race and finished second to Luke Fenhaus for the championship.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 1989 Bickle Racing 02 Buick DAY CAR ATL RCH DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT39 NWS CAR PHO ATL22 62nd 143 1990 Olds DAY28 RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 84th 79 1991 Close Racing 47 Olds DAYDNQ RCH CAR26 ATL34 DAR24 BRI NWSDNQ MAR TAL CLT DOVDNQ SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 51st 237 1992 TTC Motorsports Inc. 45 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MARDNQ NWS20 CLT25 CAR PHO ATL34 49th 252 1993 DAYDNQ CAR RCHDNQ ATLDNQ DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL38 SON CLT21 DOV POC MCH DAYDNQ NHA POC TALDNQ GLN MCH41 BRIDNQ DAR RCHDNQ DOV MAR NWSDNQ CLT40 CAR PHO ATL36 48th 292 1994 DAYDNQ RCHDNQ TALDNQ MCH35 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLTDNQ CAR ATLDNQ 43rd 849 Melling Racing 9 Ford CAR41 ATL37 DAR23 BRI NWSDNQ MAR TALDNQ SON CLT34 DOV POC28 MCH30 DAY20 NHA21 POC34 IND29 GLN Roulo Brothers Racing 39 Chevy PHO37 1995 Dick Brooks Racing 40 Pontiac DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA38 POC30 TAL IND37 GLN MCHDNQ BRI31 DAR21 RCH DOV35 MARDNQ NWS27 CLT38 CAR PHO ATL 45th 538 1997 Darrell Waltrip Motorsports 26 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR SON TAL CLT DOV POC MCH CAL DAY NHA POC IND34 GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO ATL 65th 61 1998 Cale Yarborough Motorsports 98 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR41 TALDNQ CALDNQ CLT24 DOV31 RCH27 MCH27 POC32 SON31 NHA38 POC28 IND39 GLN22 MCH28 BRI18 NHA40 DAR19 RCHDNQ DOV19 MAR4 CLT17 TALDNQ DAY39 PHO11 CAR18 ATLDNQ 39th 1773 1999 Tyler Jet Motorsports 45 Pontiac DAY33 CARDNQ LVS23 ATL30 DARDNQ TEX12 BRIDNQ MAR11 TAL14 CAL32 RCH10 CLT25 DOV33 MCH24 POC24 SON21 DAY18 NHA14 POC7 INDDNQ GLN36 MCH28 BRIDNQ DAR23 RCH 38th 2149 Melling Racing 9 Ford NHA20 DOV36 MAR37 CLT39 TAL41 LJ Racing 91 Chevy CARDNQ PHO HOM ATL 2000 Joe Bessey Motorsports 60 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR30 TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY NHA POC MARDNQ CLT TAL21 CARDNQ PHO35 HOM ATL 56th 231 Coulter Racing 61 Chevy INDDNQ GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV 2001 Midwest Transit Racing 50 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND32 GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT 56th 137 Morgan McClure Motorsports 4 Chevy MAR31 TAL PHO CAR BAM Racing 49 Chevy HOMDNQ ATL NHA 2003 Conely Racing 79 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX TAL MAR CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO CARDNQ NA 78 HOMDNQ

Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 1990 Bickle Racing Oldsmobile 29 28 1991 Close Racing Oldsmobile DNQ 1993 TTC Motrosports Inc. Ford DNQ 1994 DNQ 1999 Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 22 33

NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Pts Ref 1990 Beard Motorsports 00 Pontiac DAYDNQ RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCY CLT DOV ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NHA CAR MAR NA 1994 98 Chevy DAYDNQ CAR RCH ATL27 MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW SBO 76th 171 TTC Motrosports Inc. 45 Ford TAL42 HCY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR Gene Petty Motorsports 88 Chevy CAR37 1995 Virtue Racing 54 Ford DAY5 CAR RCH ATL13 NSV DAR BRI HCY NHA33 NZH CLT8 DOV16 MYB GLN MLW10 TALDNQ SBO IRP MCH15 BRI DAR RCH DOV37 CLT41 CAR7 HOM11 33rd 1220 1996 45 DAYDNQ CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM NA 1998 Bickle Smith Motorsports 91 Ford DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT33 DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH HOM41 79th 183 ST Motorsports 59 Chevy DOV28 CLT GTY CAR ATL 1999 Bickle Smith Motorsports 91 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH39 BRI CLTDNQ CARDNQ 64th 516 HVP Motorsports 63 Chevy DAR27 RCH11 DOVDNQ MEM39 Pontiac PHO27 Bickle Smith Motorsports 91 Pontiac HOM11 2000 DAY CAR LVSDNQ ATLDNQ DAR29 BRI TEXDNQ NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLTDNQ DOVDNQ SBO5 MYB5 GLN MLW35 NZH PPR GTY41 IRP MCHDNQ BRI DAR RCHDNQ DOV CLTDNQ CARDNQ MEM PHODNQ HOMDNQ 70th 329 2001 ST Motorsports 59 Chevy DAY16 CAR7 LVS15 ATL29 DAR15 BRI39 TEX23 NSH12 TAL13 CAL29 RCH16 NHA21 NZH8 CLT17 DOV26 KEN27 MLW12 GLN22 CHI28 GTY PPR IRP9 MCH29 BRI20 DAR25 RCH16 DOV24 KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM 24th 2595 2003 PF2 Motorsports 94 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO38 CARDNQ HOM 147th 49

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pts Ref 1996 Petty Enterprises 43 Dodge HOM21 PHO30 POR27 EVG4 TUS2* CNS32 HPT12 BRI19 NZH15 MLW20 LVL27 I7010 IRP5 FLM3 GLN5 NSV18 RCH16 NHA12 MAR7 NWS8 SON29 MMR8 PHO11 LVS11 11th 2914 1997 Darrell Waltrip Motorsports 17 Chevy WDW3 TUS2 HOM11 PHO5 POR1* EVG1* I704 NHA20 TEX21 BRI2 NZH4 MLW3 LVL5 CNS5 HPT23 IRP10 FLM3 NSV6 GLN16 RCH4 MAR1* SON12 MMR5 CAL26 PHO18 LVS16 2nd 3737 1998 PacWest S/T Motorsports 78 Dodge WDW10 43rd 551 Tyler Jet Motorsports 17 Chevy HOM17 PHO POR EVG I70 GLN TEX BRI MLW NZH CAL PPR IRP NHA FLM NSV HPT LVL Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Ford RCH6 MEM GTY MAR5 SON MMR PHO LVS 1999 Bickle Smith Motorsports 45 Ford HOM PHO EVG MMR MAR36 MEM PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH7 LVS LVL TEX CAL 66th 201 2002 Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Ford DAY DAR MAR GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM6 MLW11 KAN13 KEN15 NHA12 MCH12 IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM 28th 776 2003 Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY19 DAR MMR 22nd 1288 Fasscore Motorsports 9 Ford MAR8 Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Ford CLT10 DOV32 TEX24 SBO12 TEX MAR12 PHO33 HOM22 Dodge MEM12 MLW27 KAN13 KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL LVS 2005 Green Light Racing 08 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY36 MFD5 CLT MLW28 KAN KEN MEM IRP 47th 458 07 DOV27 TEX MCH NSH27 BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 1989 Bickle Racing 65 Chevy DAY29 ATL KIL TAL2 FRS POC KIL HAG POC TAL34 DEL FRS ISF 33rd Venturini Motorsports 25 Chevy TOL4 DSF SLM ATL 1990 Bickle Racing 65 Chevy DAYDNQ ATL KIL TAL FRS POC KIL TOL HAG POC TAL MCH ISF TOL DSF WIN DEL ATL NA 1991 Roulo Brothers Racing 26 Chevy DAY ATL KIL TAL TOL FRS POC MCH3 KIL FRS DEL POC TAL HPT MCH ISF TOL DSF TWS ATL 102nd 1992 39 DAY FIF23 TWS TAL TOL KIL POC MCH FRS KIL NSH DEL3 POC HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS SLM ATL39 59th 1993 DAY FIF18 TWS TAL KIL CMS FRS TOL POC MCH FRS POC KIL ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN 65th TTC Motrosports Inc. 45 Ford ATL34 1994 DAY TAL FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH42 DMS POC POC KIL FRS INF I70 ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL 112th 1996 Darrell Waltrip Motorsports 11 Chevy DAY ATL SLM TAL FIF LVL CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN CLT ATL4 127th 2021 Empire Racing 45 Chevy DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN MCH ISF MLW DSF BRI SLM KAN 97th 29

Barnyard To Brickyard The Rich Bickle Story, John Close.