| Dick
McCabe's forty-year racing career began innocently enough when
he built his first race car - a six-cylinder powered '36 Chevy
coupe - at fourteen years old.
When he
retired from racing in 1995, Dick had gone from the wide-eyed
teenager to racing with and against stock car racing's
biggest stars.
He began
racing six-cylinder coupes, first at Dover (N.H.) Speedway and
later at his home track - Beech Ridge Speedway. He graduated
from the Class 'B' bombers to drive Supermodifieds and Modifieds.
Dick joined
the NASCAR North Tour in 1976 where he became known as the
"Irish Angel". He won back-to-back Tour championships
in 1981 and 1982 and four consecutive Oxford Open Comp Series
titles from 1981-84.
In 1988, he
won the OXFORD 250, a victory he says was the biggest of his
career. In 1992 and 1993, Dick won back-to-back NASCAR Busch
North Series championships.
Three times
Dick qualified for the "Goody's 300" NASCAR Nationwide
Series race at Daytona International Speedway. He finished
eleventh in 1984 and twelfth in 1985.
Dick was
inducted into the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame in 2002
and the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
Dick resides
in Kennebunkport where he owns a trucking business. |
