Dick Trickle's Helmet and Legacy

this Dick Trickle helmet, for example . M-hm. Tom Ruffner held an auction in memory of Dick Trickle, and I won the helmet in that auction. Tom Ripner handed it to me at the finish line at Dells Raceway Park when I won. You see, I also have a lot of respect for Tom Refnner. They competed side by side , and I'm sure that after the races they sometimes sorted things out if there were any conflicts. It happens to everyone, but you know, I drove away and forgot. But they were close friends. They once worked on their cars side by side in the same garage. Really? Was it in Dick's workshop, which was originally a service station or something? I do n't know for sure, but I know it was somewhere in Rapids. But anyway, Dick is in our Hall of Fame. We are now in the Illinois Hall of Fame. The reason Dick Trickle is in the Hall of Fame here in Illinois is because he won the first Rockford Speedway Short Track Championship in 1966. And this is a significant milestone. So he was honored. His sisters arrived and presented him with the award. Wow, that's cool. That is, to win a track championship while living in Wisconsin Rapids. It's not even close, well, I mean, the populated parts of Wisconsin are pretty close from here. Wisconsin Rapids—no. It's like coming here every week. Well, and also, you know, when these guys competed, they rode as a whole group. In other words, together they performed on different tracks every night. They could be in Wausau, Golden Sands, La Crosse, The Dells, Capital. They competed every night except Monday. And those guys, they had to take care of the same car, and they had to show a lot of respect for each other's driving— major league drivers. That's