Rich Bickle

Rich Bickle
Bickle at a 2019 race
BornRichard Allen Bickle Jr.
(1961-05-13) May 13, 1961 (age 63)
Edgerton, Wisconsin, U.S.
Achievements1992, 1996, 2003, 2013 Slinger Nationals Winner
1990, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 Snowball Derby Winner
1990, 2010 National Short Track Championship Winner
AwardsInducted into the Southeastern Wisconsin Short Track Hall of Fame (2015)[1]
NASCAR Cup Series career
85 races run over 12 years
Best finish38th (1999)
First race1989 All Pro Auto Parts 500 (Charlotte)
Last race2001 Old Dominion 500 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
54 races run over 7 years
Best finish24th (2001)
First race1994 Busch Light 300 (Atlanta)
Last race2003 Bashas' Supermarkets 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 9 1
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
79 races run over 7 years
Best finish2nd (1997)
First race1996 Florida Dodge Dealers 400 (Homestead)
Last race2005 Toyota Tundra 200 (Nashville)
First win1997 Craftsman 200 (Portland)
Last win1997 Hanes 250 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 34 6
Bickle (center) after winning the final stock car races at Lake Geneva Raceway in 2006

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."[2] He won three NASCAR truck races and had a career-best fourth-place finish in the Cup Series in 218 career NASCAR starts.[2]

  1. ^ "The Southeastern Wisconsin Short Track Hall of Fame Inductees". Full Throttle. Waupaca, Wisconsin: Multi Media Channels LLC. May 2015. p. 17.
  2. ^ a b Kallmann, Dave (June 29, 2012). "Career revived, Bickle could contend at Slinger". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 6C. Retrieved July 4, 2012.