Rich Bickle | |||||||
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![]() Bickle at a 2019 race | |||||||
Born | Richard Allen Bickle Jr. May 13, 1961 Edgerton, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||
Achievements | 1992, 1996, 2003, 2013 Slinger Nationals Winner 1990, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 Snowball Derby Winner 1990, 2010 National Short Track Championship Winner | ||||||
Awards | Inducted into the Southeastern Wisconsin Short Track Hall of Fame (2015)[1] | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
85 races run over 12 years | |||||||
Best finish | 38th (1999) | ||||||
First race | 1989 All Pro Auto Parts 500 (Charlotte) | ||||||
Last race | 2001 Old Dominion 500 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
54 races run over 7 years | |||||||
Best finish | 24th (2001) | ||||||
First race | 1994 Busch Light 300 (Atlanta) | ||||||
Last race | 2003 Bashas' Supermarkets 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
79 races run over 7 years | |||||||
Best finish | 2nd (1997) | ||||||
First race | 1996 Florida Dodge Dealers 400 (Homestead) | ||||||
Last race | 2005 Toyota Tundra 200 (Nashville) | ||||||
First win | 1997 Craftsman 200 (Portland) | ||||||
Last win | 1997 Hanes 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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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]