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Conference vmsnet::nascar$note:nascar

Title:	NASCAR RACING
Notice:	Congrats to Jeff Burton on the win, and MadMike on the 3rd Boy
Moderator:	VMSNET::M_MACIOLEK

Created:	Tue Sep 18 1990
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	295
Total number of notes:	15864

279.0. "Trickle Trouble?" by PCBUOA::SLINN () Wed Feb 12 1997 09:24

    I don't want a rumor to start if its bad info, but....
    
    A good friend who lives in S.C., and is an avid race fan, asked If I
    knew about Dick Trickle???  She had heard that "a nascar racer,
    Trickle, has been found shot" on the radio....does anyone have other
    info?  
    
    Caroline

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279.1		STOSS1::DPROSE		`Wed Feb 12 1997 09:48`	5
	he was a nephew I think?? it was not dick Dennis
279.2		BSS::JILSON	WFH in the Chemung River Valley	`Wed Feb 12 1997 11:57`	8
	Chris Trickle of Southwest Tour seies was driving a convertable when he was shot in the head and crashed off the road in Las Vegas. He has a 50/50 chance of surviving. He has had some surgery to remove bullet fragments from his brain. The investigation continues. It is suspected that this resulted in some altercation on the highway he was driving. Chris is a cousin of Dick. Jilly
279.3	Nando story	HBAHBA::HAAS	Come on down, Gilbert Brown	`Wed Feb 12 1997 14:17`	60
	Promising stock car racer still critical after shooting __________________________________________________________________________ Copyright � 1997 Nando.net Copyright � 1997 The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (Feb 12, 1997 10:42 a.m. EST) -- A promising stock car racer remained in critical condition Tuesday as police appealed again for help in finding the gunman who shot him. Chris Trickle, nephew of NASCAR Winston Cup regular Dick Trickle, was in critical condition at University Medical Center after surgery to remove a bullet in his head. Police said they had some theories but little evidence in the shooting, which took place Sunday night as Trickle drove on a dark overpass above Interstate 15, just south of the Las Vegas Strip. Trickle had been on his way across town to play tennis at a health club when the shooting occurred. "We're looking at it as a possible traffic altercation that resulted in a shooting," said Las Vegas Metro Police Lt. Wayne Petersen. "But any guess we have about how it may have happened is purely speculation." Petersen said a doctor and his wife who came upon Trickle in his car after the shooting administered first aid and flagged down a city bus driver to get additional help. He said police were trying to find the couple to talk to them about what they may have seen. "We have very little to go on," Petersen said. "We're hoping that maybe some member of the public might have seen something." Dozens of family, friends and crew members, meanwhile, kept a 24-hour vigil at the hospital. They offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to his assailant. Dr. Lonnie Hammargren, who performed the surgery on Trickle, said he removed part of the bullet in his brain and was somewhat encouraged by his progress Tuesday. "I feel good about it right now," said Hammargren, who estimated Trickle's chances of survival at 50-50. "The next three days will tell." The 24-year-old was a rising star on NASCAR circles, with one win and five top-5 finishes in the SouthWest Tour Division this season. He was on the verge of breaking into the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ranks and was known as a hard charger on the track and a nice guy off of it. "He never got in hassles with anybody," said Brian Kizer, a longtime friend and a crew member for Trickle. Richie Clyne, president of the new 110,000-seat Las Vegas Motor Speedway, said NASCAR officials had called along with many others concerned about Trickle. "The entire racing community in Las Vegas is in shock," Clyne said.