Keith Olbermann

There is that lasting image of Dick Trickle in the Winston 500 lighting up a cigarette while driving his stock car with his knees during a caution lap.He places the cigarette through a hole he carved in his helmet for a quick toke and exhales.The green flag hits and out the window goes the cigarette butt and back to racing goes Trickle."Dick always had a cigarette lighter in his car," said fellow NASCAR driver Geoff Bodine.Trickle was a unique driver with a unique name who found cult-like status before his death Thursday.Trickle, whose larger-than-life personality and penchant for fun won him legions of fans despite a lack of success beyond the nation's small tracks, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. He was 71.The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said authorities received a call believed to be from Trickle, who said "there would be a dead body and it would be his." Authorities tried to call the number back, but no one answered.Trickle's body was found n...

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