Rich Bickle - WikiHQ

thumb|right|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." He won three NASCAR truck races and had a career-best fourth-place finish in the Cup Series in 218 career NASCAR starts. The younger Bickle began racing motocross at the age of five. While winning the 250cc championship on Sunday nights when he was sixteen, he raced stock cars at Jefferson Speedway on Saturday nights in 1977. Bickle won the Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway a record five times: 1990, 1991, 1996, 1998 and 1999.

ASA

In 1990, Bickle made his debut in the American Speed Association, a Midwest-based racing organization based primarily in short tracks. He finished runner up to Johnny Benson in Rookie of the Year standings.(Ironically, Benson would take over Bickle's old Cup ride in 2000.)

NASCAR career

NASCAR Winston Cup

thumb|left|upright|Bickle in 1996

Bickle made his NASCAR Winston Cup debut in 1989 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, in his self-owned, unsponsored No. 02 Buick. He finished 39th out of 42 cars after his engine expired 37 laps into the race. He made his first start in the Daytona 500 the next year when, once again driving his own underfunded Oldsmobile, and finished 28th, five laps down. Bickle competed in eleven events over the next three years (leading one lap at Charlotte in 1993). 1994 marked a then-career-high in terms of starts, driving ten races, most of them for Harry Melling. After years of limited starts, Bickle made the full-time jump to Cup in 1998, driving the No. 98 Thorn Apple Valley Ford Taurus for Cale Yarborough, replacing Greg Sacks who had been critically injured in an accident at Texas. Bickle had two top-five qualifying efforts and finished a career-best fourth at Martinsville and delivered an emotional post-race interview. When the sponsorship went away, Bickle signed with Tyler Jet Motorsports to drive the No. 45 10-10-345 Lucky Dog Pontiac. It was an up-and-down year for Bickle and the team; Bickle posted top-tens at the Pontiac Excitement 400 and the Pocono 500. However he had trouble qualifying for races, and after the Pepsi Southern 500 at Darlington, he was released from the team. Bickle drove some for Melling Racing that year. In 2000, Bickle did substitute duty for Joe Bessey's team, and drove one race for Morgan-McClure Motorsports the following year, in addition to driving once for Midwest Transit Racing.

NASCAR Busch Series

Bickle found considerably more success in the lower levels of NASCAR than he did in Winston Cup. He made his Busch Series debut in 1993 at Atlanta, finishing 27th with engine failure. Bickle's best season in the Busch Series was 1995, where he won one pole and had four top-ten finishes in a limited schedule. In 2001, he made his first full-time run in the Busch Series, driving the No. 59 Kingsford Chevy, and competed in 27 events before he was released. He has run only one Busch Series race since then.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

thumb|right|Bickle's 1997 truck

Bickle began racing in the Craftsman Truck Series in 1996 for Petty Enterprises, winning two poles, having nine top-ten finishes, and wound up a solid eleventh in points.

For the 1997 season, Bicklee switched to the No. 17 DieHard Chevrolet owned by Darrell Waltrip Motorsports, and the combination was an instant success. He started four races on the pole position, winning three. Bickle nearly won a fourth race at Sonoma until both a chaotic next-to-last restart occurred as well as rookie Boris Said retaliating against Bickle for contact during that restart; foiling the race for Bickle. When the checkered flag fell on the season, he was second in championship points. Afterwards, he ran a limited schedule in the trucks, the most starts he had in a season since then was twelve in 2003.

Career after NASCAR

Bickle occasionally races at special events at his home tracks in Wisconsin. He began concentrating more being a businessman and by 2012 he operated three businesses. He owned a hot rod shop in Janesville, Wisconsin, a bar in Madison, Wisconsin, and a drive-shaft business in Madison. Bickle is co-owner of a controversial strip club in Bristol, WI. At the end of the 2012 season, Bickle won the National Short Track Championship race at Rockford Speedway for the second time.

Bickle announced that 2013 would be his final season of racing stock cars; competing for the full season in the ARCA Midwest Tour, he also returned to Slinger Super Speedway where he won his fourth Slinger Nationals after the apparent winner, Steve Apel, was disqualified. Bickle battled for the lead in the middle of the 2013 National Short Track Championship race and ended up finishing fourth.

He came out of retirement in 2015 - racing at the Slinger Nationals, Madison, and several races at Wisconsin International Raceway. In 2015, he was inducted in the Southeastern Wisconsin Short Track Hall of Fame citing his two Slinger track championships and four Slinger Nationals wins. After the signing tour, Bickle continued to race super lates, and in 2020 said that the 2021 Snowball Derby will be his last contest.

Bickle started the 2021 year racing a snowmobile in January at Eagle River, Wisconsin. He won the Outlaw 600 class feature at the Vintage World Championship Snowmobile Derby. After several years away from a major racing series, Bickle would return to run the 2021 ARCA Menards season opener at Daytona for Empire Racing. On May 2, 2021, Bickle won the annual Joe Shear Classic ARCA Midwest Tour race at Madison International Speedway. He won the Jim Sauter Classic ARCA Midwest race at Dells Raceway Park in early September. He was chasing the weekly Super Late Model season track championship at Slinger; on the following Sunday night he won the final race and finished second to Luke Fenhaus for the championship.

Bickle has been one of the most vocal figures pertaining to motorsports today, his main complaint being that young drivers pay for their rides. On one podcast from 2021, Bickle said "Everybody wrecks everybody. They drive through you, and it's because daddy pays the bill...they don't know how to fix the car. They have daddy's money pay for it and fix it." Bickle, a rags-to-riches racer, coined the term "daddy's credit-card racers" to describe racers who he views have major funding behind them. Bickle was once quoted as saying "There's too many kids out there with daddy's credit-card racing money. They don't know a damn lug nut from a steering wheel, but their dads have millions of dollars and it's the only reason they ever get a shot at it." He later said "Nowadays all you do is just buy your way in...The problem in NASCAR is that they control everything. They have done a great job of wrecking the sport as far as I’m concerned." Bickle also stated in a 2021 podcast after his Daytona ARCA race that racers coming up need to be "knocked upside the head a little bit and their parents should've done it when they were growing up." He later went onto say "on a computer game (young racers) just push reset and they go again. (In real life) when they wreck, they get out of the car, daddy pays for it, and they go again. It's frustrating...They look at me like I'm an antique and I look at them like snotnose brats who shouldn't be here. What pisses me off is as soon as they get out of the car, they're on their phones."

One such incident happened in 2019 when Bickle was involved in an incident with two current NASCAR drivers, Carson Hocevar and Harrison Burton. Hocevar had caused an accident between Bickle and Burton during the Last Chance Qualifier during the Snowball Derby. Believing Burton to have caused the incident, an enraged Bickle engaged in an expletive-filled rant against Burton, but would later apologize.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

!colspan=45| NASCAR Winston Cup Series results

! Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! 34

! 35

! 36

! Pts

! Ref

! 1989

! rowspan=2| Bickle Racing

! rowspan=2| 02

! Buick

| DAY

| CAR

| ATL

| RCH

| DAR

| BRI

| NWS

| MAR

| TAL

| CLT

| DOV

| SON

| POC

| MCH

| DAY

| POC

| TAL

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT 39

| NWS

| CAR

| PHO

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL 22

| colspan=7|

! 62nd

! 143

! 1990

! Olds

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY 28

| RCH

| CAR

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| NWS

| MAR

| TAL

| CLT

| DOV

| SON

| POC

| MCH

| DAY

| POC

| TAL

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| NWS

| CLT

| CAR

| PHO

| ATL

| colspan=7|

! 84th

! 79

! 1991

! Close Racing

! 47

! Olds

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY DNQ

| RCH

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR 26

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL 34

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR 24

| BRI

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NWS DNQ

| MAR

| TAL

| CLT

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DOV DNQ

| SON

| POC

| MCH

| DAY

| POC

| TAL

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| NWS

| CLT

| CAR

| PHO

| ATL

| colspan=7|

! 51st

! 237

! 1992

! rowspan=3| TTC Motorsports Inc.

! rowspan=3| 45

! rowspan=3| Ford

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| NWS

| MAR

| TAL

| CLT

| DOV

| SON

| POC

| MCH

| DAY

| POC

| TAL

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MAR DNQ

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS 20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT 25

| CAR

| PHO

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL 34

| colspan=7|

! 49th

! 252

! 1993

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY DNQ

| CAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ATL DNQ

| DAR

| BRI

| NWS

| MAR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL 38

| SON

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT 21

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY DNQ

| NHA

| POC

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL DNQ

| GLN

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH 41

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRI DNQ

| DAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH DNQ

| DOV

| MAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NWS DNQ

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT 40

| CAR

| PHO

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL 36

| colspan=6|

! 48th

! 292

! rowspan=3| 1994

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH DNQ

| colspan=14|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL DNQ

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH 35

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| NWS

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT DNQ

| CAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ATL DNQ

| colspan=5|

! rowspan=3| 43rd

! rowspan=3| 849

! rowspan=3|

! Melling Racing

! 9

! Ford

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR 41

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL 37

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR 23

| BRI

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NWS DNQ

| MAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL DNQ

| SON

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT 34

| DOV

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC 28

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH 30

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY 20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA 21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC 34

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IND 29

| GLN

| colspan=16|

! Roulo Brothers Racing

! 39

! Chevy

| colspan=29|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO 37

| colspan=6|

! 1995

! Dick Brooks Racing

! 40

! Pontiac

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| NWS

| MAR

| TAL

| SON

| CLT

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| DAY

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA 38

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC 30

| TAL

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IND 37

| GLN

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MCH DNQ

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI 31

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR 21

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV 35

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MAR DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NWS 27

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT 38

| CAR

| PHO

| ATL

| colspan=5|

! 45th

! 538

! 1997

! nowrap| Darrell Waltrip Motorsports

! 26

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| DAR

| TEX

| BRI

| MAR

| SON

| TAL

| CLT

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| CAL

| DAY

| NHA

| POC

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IND 34

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| NHA

| DOV

| MAR

| CLT

| TAL

| CAR

| PHO

| ATL

| colspan=4|

! 65th

! 61

! 1998

! nowrap| Cale Yarborough Motorsports

! 98

! Ford

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR 41

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAL DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT 24

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV 31

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH 27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH 27

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC 32

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON 31

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA 38

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC 28

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IND 39

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLN 22

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH 28

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI 18

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA 40

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR 19

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH DNQ

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV 19

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR 4

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT 17

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL DNQ

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY 39

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO 11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR 18

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ATL DNQ

| colspan=3|

! 39th

! 1773

! rowspan=3| 1999

! Tyler Jet Motorsports

! 45

! Pontiac

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY 33

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LVS 23

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL 30

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAR DNQ

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TEX 12

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRI DNQ

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR 11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL 14

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAL 32

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH 10

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT 25

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV 33

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH 24

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC 24

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON 21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY 18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA 14

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POC 7

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| IND DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLN 36

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH 28

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRI DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR 23

| RCH

| colspan=11|

! rowspan=3| 38th

! rowspan=3| 2149

! rowspan=3|

! Melling Racing

! 9

! Ford

| colspan=25|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA 20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV 36

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR 37

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT 39

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL 41

| colspan=6|

! LJ Racing

! 91

! Chevy

| colspan=30|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR DNQ

| PHO

| HOM

| ATL

| colspan=2|

! rowspan=2| 2000

! Joe Bessey Motorsports

! 60

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR 30

| TAL

| CAL

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| MCH

| POC

| SON

| DAY

| NHA

| POC

| colspan=8|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MAR DNQ

| CLT

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL 21

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO 35

| HOM

| ATL

| colspan=2|

! rowspan=2| 56th

! rowspan=2| 231

! rowspan=2|

! Coulter Racing

! 61

! Chevy

| colspan=19|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| IND DNQ

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| NHA

| DOV

| colspan=9|

! rowspan=3| 2001

! Midwest Transit Racing

! 50

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| MAR

| TAL

| CAL

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| MCH

| POC

| SON

| DAY

| CHI

| NHA

| POC

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IND 32

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| colspan=7|

! rowspan=3| 56th

! rowspan=3| 137

! rowspan=3|

! nowrap| Morgan-McClure Motorsports

! 4

! Chevy

| colspan=29|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR 31

| TAL

| PHO

| CAR

| colspan=3|

! BAM Racing

! 49

! Chevy

| colspan=33|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| HOM DNQ

| ATL

| NHA

! rowspan=2| 2003

! rowspan=2| Conely Racing

! 79

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| TAL

| MAR

| CAL

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| SON

| DAY

| CHI

| NHA

| POC

| IND

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| NHA

| DOV

| TAL

| KAN

| CLT

| MAR

| ATL

| PHO

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR DNQ

! rowspan=2| NA

! rowspan=2| -

! rowspan=2|

! 78

| colspan=35|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| HOM DNQ

Daytona 500

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

! Year

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Start

! Finish

| 1990

| Bickle Racing

| Oldsmobile

|align=center| 29

|align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28

| 1991

| Close Racing

| Oldsmobile

|colspan=2 align=center style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

| 1993

| rowspan=2| TTC Motrosports Inc.

| rowspan=2| Ford

|colspan=2 align=center style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

| 1994

|colspan=2 align=center style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

| 1999

| Tyler Jet Motorsports

| Pontiac

|align=center| 22

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 33

Busch Series

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

!colspan=42| NASCAR Busch Series results

! Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! 34

! Pts

! Ref

! 1990

! Beard Motorsports

! 00

! Pontiac

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY DNQ

| RCH

| CAR

| MAR

| HCY

| DAR

| BRI

| LAN

| SBO

| NZH

| HCY

| CLT

| DOV

| ROU

| VOL

| MYB

| OXF

| NHA

| SBO

| DUB

| IRP

| ROU

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| CLT

| NHA

| CAR

| MAR

| colspan=3|

! NA

! -

! rowspan=3| 1994

! 98

! Chevy

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY DNQ

| CAR

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL 27

| MAR

| DAR

| HCY

| BRI

| ROU

| NHA

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| MYB

| GLN

| MLW

| SBO

| colspan=17|

! rowspan=3| 76th

! rowspan=3| 171

! rowspan=3|

! TTC Motrosports Inc.

! 45

! Ford

| colspan=17|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL 42

| HCY

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| CLT

| MAR

| colspan=7|

! Gene Petty Motorsports

! 88

! Chevy

| colspan=27|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR 37

| colspan=6|

! 1995

! rowspan=2| Virtue Racing

! 54

! rowspan=2| Ford

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY 5

| CAR

| RCH

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL 13

| NSV

| DAR

| BRI

| HCY

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA 33

| NZH

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT 8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV 16

| MYB

| GLN

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MLW 10

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL DNQ

| SBO

| IRP

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH 15

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV 37

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT 41

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR 7

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOM 11

| colspan=8|

! 33rd

! 1220

! 1996

! 45

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY DNQ

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| NSV

| DAR

| BRI

| HCY

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| SBO

| MYB

| GLN

| MLW

| NHA

| TAL

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| CLT

| CAR

| HOM

| colspan=8|

! NA

! -

! rowspan=2| 1998

! nowrap| Bickle-Smith Motorsports

! 91

! Ford

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| NSV

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| HCY

| TAL

| NHA

| NZH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT 33

| DOV

| RCH

| PPR

| GLN

| MLW

| MYB

| CAL

| SBO

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| colspan=5|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM 41

| colspan=3|

! rowspan=2| 79th

! rowspan=2| 183

! rowspan=2|

! ST Motorsports

! 59

! Chevy

| colspan=25|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV 28

| CLT

| GTY

| CAR

| ATL

| colspan=4|

! rowspan=4| 1999

! Bickle-Smith Motorsports

! 91

! Ford

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| TEX

| NSV

| BRI

| TAL

| CAL

| NHA

| RCH

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| SBO

| GLN

| MLW

| MYB

| PPR

| GTY

| IRP

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH 39

| BRI

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR DNQ

| colspan=5|

! rowspan=4| 64th

! rowspan=4| 516

! rowspan=4|

! rowspan=2| HVP Motorsports

! rowspan=2| 63

! Chevy

| colspan=24|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR 27

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH 11

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DOV DNQ

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MEM 39

| colspan=4|

! Pontiac

| colspan=30|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO 27

| colspan=3|

! rowspan=2| Bickle-Smith Motorsports

! rowspan=2| 91

! rowspan=2| Pontiac

| colspan=31|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOM 11

| colspan=2|

! 2000

| DAY

| CAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| LVS DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ATL DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR 29

| BRI

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TEX DNQ

| NSV

| TAL

| CAL

| RCH

| NHA

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DOV DNQ

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SBO 5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MYB 5

| GLN

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MLW 35

| NZH

| PPR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GTY 41

| IRP

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MCH DNQ

| BRI

| DAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH DNQ

| DOV

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR DNQ

| MEM

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| PHO DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| HOM DNQ

| colspan=2|

! 70th

! 329

! 2001

! ST Motorsports

! 59

! Chevy

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY 16

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR 7

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LVS 15

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL 29

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR 15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI 39

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TEX 23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSH 12

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL 13

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAL 29

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH 16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA 21

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NZH 8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT 17

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV 26

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KEN 27

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MLW 12

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLN 22

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHI 28

| GTY

| PPR

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| IRP 9

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH 29

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI 20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR 25

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH 16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV 24

| KAN

| CLT

| MEM

| PHO

| CAR

| HOM

! 24th

! 2595

! 2003

! PF2 Motorsports

! 94

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| TAL

| NSH

| CAL

| RCH

| GTY

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| NSH

| KEN

| MLW

| DAY

| CHI

| NHA

| PPR

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| MEM

| ATL

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO 38

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR DNQ

| HOM

! 147th

! 49

Craftsman Truck Series

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

!colspan=34| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results

! Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! Pts

! Ref

! 1996

! Petty Enterprises

! 43

! Dodge

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM 21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO 30

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR 27

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| EVG 4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TUS 2*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CNS 32

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HPT 12

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI 19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NZH 15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MLW 20

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LVL 27

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| I70 10

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| IRP 5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FLM 3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GLN 5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV 18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH 16

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA 12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR 7

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS 8

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SON 29

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MMR 8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO 11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LVS 11

| colspan=3|

! 11th

! 2914

! 1997

! nowrap| Darrell Waltrip Motorsports

! 17

! Chevy

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| WDW 3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TUS 2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOM 11

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PHO 5

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| POR 1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| EVG 1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| I70 4

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA 20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TEX 21

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI 2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NZH 4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MLW 3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LVL 5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CNS 5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HPT 23

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| IRP 10

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FLM 3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSV 6

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN 16

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH 4

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR 1*

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SON 12

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MMR 5

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAL 26

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO 18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LVS 16

! 2nd

! 3737

! rowspan=3| 1998

! PacWest S/T Motorsports

! 78

! Dodge

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| WDW 10

| colspan=26|

! rowspan=3| 43rd

! rowspan=3| 551

! rowspan=3|

! Tyler Jet Motorsports

! 17

! Chevy

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOM 17

| PHO

| POR

| EVG

| I70

| GLN

| TEX

| BRI

| MLW

| NZH

| CAL

| PPR

| IRP

| NHA

| FLM

| NSV

| HPT

| LVL

| colspan=8|

! Billy Ballew Motorsports

! 15

! Ford

| colspan=19|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH 6

| MEM

| GTY

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR 5

| SON

| MMR

| PHO

| LVS

! 1999

! Bickle-Smith Motorsports

! 45

! Ford

| HOM

| PHO

| EVG

| MMR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR 36

| MEM

| PPR

| I70

| BRI

| TEX

| PIR

| GLN

| MLW

| NSV

| NZH

| MCH

| NHA

| IRP

| GTY

| HPT

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH 7

| LVS

| LVL

| TEX

| CAL

| colspan=2|

! 66th

! 201

! 2002

! Billy Ballew Motorsports

! 15

! Ford

| DAY

| DAR

| MAR

| GTY

| PPR

| DOV

| TEX

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MEM 6

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MLW 11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KAN 13

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KEN 15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA 12

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH 12

| IRP

| NSH

| RCH

| TEX

| SBO

| LVS

| CAL

| PHO

| HOM

| colspan=5|

! 28th

! 776

! rowspan=4| 2003

! Green Light Racing

! 07

! Chevy

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY 19

| DAR

| MMR

| colspan=24|

! rowspan=4| 22nd

! rowspan=4| 1288

! rowspan=4|

! Fasscore Motorsports

! 9

! Ford

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR 8

| colspan=23|

! rowspan=2| Billy Ballew Motorsports

! rowspan=2| 15

! Ford

| colspan=4|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT 10

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV 32

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TEX 24

| colspan=13|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SBO 12

| TEX

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR 12

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO 33

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM 22

| colspan=2|

! Dodge

| colspan=7|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEM 12

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MLW 27

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KAN 13

| KEN

| GTW

| MCH

| IRP

| NSH

| BRI

| RCH

| NHA

| CAL

| LVS

| colspan=7|

! rowspan=2| 2005

! rowspan=2| Green Light Racing

! 08

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| DAY

| CAL

| ATL

| MAR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GTY 36

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MFD 5

| CLT

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MLW 28

| KAN

| KEN

| MEM

| IRP

| colspan=12|

! rowspan=2| 47th

! rowspan=2| 458

! rowspan=2|

! 07

| colspan=7|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV 27

| TEX

| MCH

| colspan=5|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NSH 27

| BRI

| RCH

| NHA

| LVS

| MAR

| ATL

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

| colspan=2|

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

!colspan=45| ARCA Menards Series results

! Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! Pts

! Ref

! rowspan=2| 1989

! Bickle Racing

! 65

! Chevy

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY 29

| ATL

| KIL

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL 2

| FRS

| POC

| KIL

| HAG

| POC

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL 34

| DEL

| FRS

| ISF

| colspan=12|

! rowspan=2| 33rd

! rowspan=2| -

! rowspan=2|

! Venturini Motorsports

! 25

! Chevy

| colspan=13|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TOL 4

| DSF

| SLM

| ATL

| colspan=8|

! 1990

! Bickle Racing

! 65

! Chevy

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY DNQ

| ATL

| KIL

| TAL

| FRS

| POC

| KIL

| TOL

| HAG

| POC

| TAL

| MCH

| ISF

| TOL

| DSF

| WIN

| DEL

| ATL

| colspan=7|

! NA

! -

! 1991

! rowspan=3| Roulo Brothers Racing

! 26

! rowspan=3| Chevy

| DAY

| ATL

| KIL

| TAL

| TOL

| FRS

| POC

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH 3

| KIL

| FRS

| DEL

| POC

| TAL

| HPT

| MCH

| ISF

| TOL

| DSF

| TWS

| ATL

| colspan=5|

! 102nd

! -

! 1992

! rowspan=2| 39

| DAY

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIF 23

| TWS

| TAL

| TOL

| KIL

| POC

| MCH

| FRS

| KIL

| NSH

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DEL 3

| POC

| HPT

| FRS

| ISF

| TOL

| DSF

| TWS

| SLM

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL 39

| colspan=4|

! 59th

! -

! rowspan=2| 1993

| DAY

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIF 18

| TWS

| TAL

| KIL

| CMS

| FRS

| TOL

| POC

| MCH

| FRS

| POC

| KIL

| ISF

| DSF

| TOL

| SLM

| WIN

| colspan=7|

! rowspan=2| 65th

! rowspan=2| -

! rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2| TTC Motrosports Inc.

! rowspan=2| 45

! rowspan=2| Ford

| colspan=18|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL 34

| colspan=6|

! 1994

| DAY

| TAL

| FIF

| LVL

| KIL

| TOL

| FRS

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH 42

| DMS

| POC

| KIL

| FRS

| INF

| I70

| ISF

| DSF

| TOL

| SLM

| WIN

| ATL

| colspan=4|

! 112th

! -

! 1996

! nowrap| Darrell Waltrip Motorsports

! 11

! Chevy

| DAY

| ATL

| SLM

| TAL

| FIF

| LVL

| CLT

| KIL

| FRS

| POC

| MCH

| FRS

| TOL

| POC

| MCH

| INF

| SBS

| ISF

| DSF

| KIL

| SLM

| WIN

| CLT

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL 4

! 127th

! -

! 2021

! Empire Racing

! 45

! Chevy

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY

| PHO

| TAL

| KAN

| TOL

| CLT

| MOH

| POC

| ELK

| BLN

| IOW

| WIN

| GLN

| MCH

| ISF

| MLW

| DSF

| BRI

| SLM

| KAN

| colspan=5|

! 97th

! 29

References

Autobiography

Barnyard To Brickyard - The Rich Bickle Story, John Close.

ASA

NASCAR career

NASCAR Winston Cup

NASCAR Busch Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Career after NASCAR

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

Winston Cup Series

Daytona 500

Busch Series

Craftsman Truck Series

ARCA Menards Series

References

Autobiography

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