Retired stock-car driver Dick Trickle, known for his colorful name and short-track prowess, died on Thursday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71. According to the Lincoln County, N.C., sheriff's department, the incident occurred at 12:02 p.m. ET at Forest Lawn Cemetery off Highway 150 in Boger City. The Lincoln County Communications Center received a call, apparently from Trickle, that "there would be a dead body and it would be his." Center workers tried to place a return call to the number but did not get an answer. Emergency units found Trickle's body lying near his pickup truck when they arrived. Lt. Tim Johnson, who heads the Lincoln County detective department, said that at the family's request, no additional information would be released at this time. Johnson said there would be an investigation, which is standard in cases such as these. "He called in," Johnson said. "It's not the first time we've had these. It's always a sad situation ... even sadder for the family." Read more http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cu...e-dead-apparent-self-inflicted-gun-shot-wound
