My favorite auto-racing posts (so far)

My best day as a sports writer

http://the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-best-day.html

Earnhardt played, and PR guy squirmed

http://the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2009/10/earnhardt-played-and-pr-guy-squirmed.html

Keeping watch over Bobby Isaac

http://the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2012/02/keeping-watch-over-bobby-isaac.html

Jerry and Bobby (Jerry Punch and Bobby Isaac)

http://the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2016/03/jerry.html

Wayne Auton: A life in racing

http://the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2012/02/wayne-auton-life-in-racing.html

OOPS! Remembering Louise Smith

http://the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2016/02/oops.html

One sweet ride for Chocolate Myers

http://the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2017/02/chocolate.html

At HMS, Allio takes his best shot at Hickory

http://the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2013/09/allio-best.html

Back Up to Speed; the Winston Cup Museum reopens (a magazine story from 2016)

http://the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2017/01/speed.html

My mom called me Richard, a quick story about Dick Trickle

http://the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2016/11/richard.html

EMAIL: tgilli52@gmail.com  TWITTER: EDITORatWORK

More entries from TARJ

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

EDITOR@WORK blog entries 

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• What I do when I'm editing

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn•

Entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!

My mom named me Richard

YEARS AGO, I WAS interviewing Dick Trickle, and, for some reason, I asked how he got the name Dick Trickle. The name seemed odd to everyone else, but Dick was serious about it.

"My mom named me Richard," he said in his straight forward manner, reminding me that Dick is a nickname for someone named Richard.

Dick was serious that day, but I found him funny over the years. I was saddened a few years ago when I learned of his death.

EMAIL: tgilli52@gmail.com  TWITTER: EDITORatWORK

More entries from TARJ

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

EDITOR@WORK blog entries 

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• What I do when I'm editing

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn•

Entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 12 years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!