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Trickle Racing At The Milwaukee Mile - August 28
Racing Legend Competing In His Own Super Late Model
Milwaukee, Wis. (August 3, 2005) – Racing legend Dick Trickle returns to The
Milwaukee Mile to compete in the Sunday, August 28 Governor’s Cup Stock Car
race, driving his own completely rebuilt racecar that he’s driven with great
success in Wisconsin and throughout the Midwest.
The Wisconsin Rapids native now resides in Iron Station, NC, and remains one
of the most popular Badger State race drivers to achieve success in NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup Series racing. Trickle will race in the MARS Super Late Model
division. Over 60 cars are expected from a four state area to challenge
Trickle, who’s won an estimated 1,200 short track stock car races in his
illustrious career.
The Super Late Model race is one of six scheduled over the Governor’s Cup
weekend at The Milwaukee Mile, headlined by the return of the USAC Valvoline
National Sprint Car Series on Saturday, August 27, and a 200-mile NASCAR
Autozone Elite Division, Midwest Series race on Sunday afternoon.
Last year, Elko, Minnesota’s Dan Fredrickson bested LaCrosse Fairgrounds
Speedway champion Charlie Menard and Slinger Super Speedway regular Eric
Fransen to the checkered flag in the Super Late Model event.
An expected 150-plus grass roots stock car racers in three additional
Governor’s Cup stock car divisions will practice, qualify and race August
26-28 at The ‘Mile.
“We are fortunate to have an icon like Dick Trickle racing his own racecar
again at The Milwaukee Mile,” commented Gary Girard, Milwaukee Mile general
manager. “He’ll be right at home competing on a weekend with
NASCAR Midwest Series, USAC National Sprint Cars and grass roots stock car
racers from across the Midwest. This is certainly going to be one great
destination weekend for race fans.”
Trickle is expected to take full advantage of two Friday afternoon, August 26
practice sessions. Friday tickets are affordably priced at $5.
Tickets to the USAC Sprint Cars, NASCAR qualifying and Governor’s Cup Stock
Car races on Saturday range from $10 to $20. Sunday’s packed on-track
schedule offers a 40-lap Governor’s Cup SuperTruck Series feature, the
50-lap MARS Super Late Model feature and the 200-lap NASCAR Midwest Series
main event. The best seat on Sunday is priced at $25.
Always a Milwaukee Mile fan-favorite, Trickle won four of the 22 American
Speed Association races he competed in at The Milwaukee Mile between 1978 and
2000. His best finish in six NASCAR Busch Series starts at The ‘Mile
was in 1984, when he started on the pole position and finished third behind
race winner Sam Ard and the late NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki, a Milwaukee
native.
Details will be released in the near future on a special Dick Trickle race fan
autograph session on race weekend.
Money-saving weekend ticket packages and individual event day tickets are
available by calling The Milwaukee Mile ticket office at (414) 453-8277, or by
visiting www.milwaukeemile.com.
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