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Originally Posted by backitin
A sad day for sure when he died. One of the great guys who dying doing what he loved and was one of the best at it. He died being great at his finest, which means he'll be great as long as theres one last sprintcar is still rolling around a track somewhere. RIP and for him thats probly means he's still behind the wheel, cause that was when he was at true peace, like all the great ones.
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My favorite memory of Rich was when the Silver Crown cars ran at Salem in 1988. Rich was driving the Wilke car which had been backed into the wall at the fairgrounds the week before. During practice, it was obvious that they hadn't straightened out the rear axle. His left rear was bouncing down the track like a basketball. I was standing behind his pit when he pulled it in. A.J. Watson said they would load up early. Rich said we didn't pull down here to load it up. He set quick time and led the first thirty laps or so until he couln't drive it anymore. No one could manhandle an ill handling race car like Rich.