1977 -Trickle is SPS Champ

Dick Trickle

Wausau, Wis. (July 21, 1977) – Dick Trickle, Wisconsin Rapids, combined a feature victory with a King-of-the Mountain win to capture the mid-season championship title at the State Park Speedway here Thursday night.

Trickle passed Wausau's Larry Detjens on lap 29 of the second 30-lap feature after Detjens led for 10 laps of the contest

Detjens earlier turned fast time with a 14.576-second trip around the quarter-mile oval but couldn’t hold off the hard-charging Trickle.

Tom Steuding of Altoona captured the first feature race.

Steuding grabbed the lead on lap two and was never seriously challenged for the lead Dick Trickle finished second with Larry Detjens third and Marv Marzofka fourth

Wausau's Les Stankowski drove his 1976 Camaro to the semi- feature win.


Results –


Feature #1 –

1. Tom Steuding, Altoona
2. Dick Trickle, Wisconsin Rapids
3. Larry Detjens, Wausau
4. Marv Marzofka, Nekoosa
5. Jim Weber, Roseville, Minn.
6. Jim Bohmsach, Wisconsin Rapids
7. Jim Back, Vesper


Feature #2 - 

1. Dick Trickle
2. Larry Detjens
3. Mike Miller, Wisconsin Rapids
4. Marv Marzofka
5. Jim Back
6. Jim Weber
7. Mike DeMars, Minneapolis, Minn.