Pat Patrick

[zooker25]

I remember him racing at the World 100. Always a threat to win!

[Highwayman]

That was the Stricker Streak car. And it was badass.

[tls5416]

I remember the white and blue 44 car at Florence. Painted inside the (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)pit was the phrase "smooth is fast".

[ALLDIRT]

Pat was a very good friend . I followed him as many do Bloomquist . He won over
500 hundred features . Hundreds of top 5 finishes . He drove the Morgan Chandler 28
for awhile , The M&M vans , And the more famous Stricker Streak . After his second
place finish in the 83 World One Hundred . When Jeff Purvis passed him with about 10 laps
to go , on a restart , after the race he got out of the car , mad as hell , he gave it to me .
Said he was buying a new one , that this one might be out of luck . I still have it .
In 2019 I plan to donate it to the hall of fame in Florence at the north south , Where it belongs .

Sorry , I was in a hurry when I made this post . When I said he gave it to me , I meant
his racing uniform , the red one . I will be glad to donate it to the hall of fame . For a famous ,
and one of the best , and cleanest racers to date .

[lazyifoto]

Pat passed away a few years ago. He was one of those racer that other racers would like to be as good as. He raced against some of the best in the game and it was usually at Florence Speedway (Northern Kentucky Speedway )in its earlier days. I remember him in of course Strickers 68...M&M 44. a red 5..a black corvair 23 only a few times ...

[Clayton_Wetter]

Patrick is one of my very favorite drivers. Back when I first started reading about him, I didn't like him, but my first trip to Northern Kentucky Speedway changed my mind 100%. The track was about half as wide as it is now. He was the last off the gas going into the first turn as he set the car up perfectly near the top rails. What I was lead to believe about him being a rough driver was completely untrue, as he was one of the cleanest. Just wish he could have held on at Eldora that one year that he led almost all of the feature.

He made a trip to Barren County one time and won the Kentucky Classic. He had over 500 feature wins.

[TS FAN]

I know this is random, but ...

He was one of my childhood favorites. He was a local guy who was big-time nationally too. Fast forward a few decades and I was interviewing him for a feature article in DLM Magazine. I never finished it because I was going through a divorce at the time and had to give up my weekend gig, but he was the most enjoyable interview I ever had. Just a great guy and great personality. With so many great stories! Is he still alive, and do any of you longtime fans have any recollections of this legend?

I always felt that Pat had as much talent as anyone who ever got into a DLM. I knew him from the start of his career, and he was a character. Enjoyed him at Tri County speedway especially in his no. 5
Couple of things kind of make me smile. First was his interviews after winning at Tri County speedway.
Short and hilarious. An interviewer's nightmare. The other was his disastrous teaming up with Jim Cook in ZERO. Everyone thought it would be a raving success. NOPE. Jim and Pat just didn't jive plus the fact that Jim thought his drivers should practically sleep in his race cars. Not Pat, he drove in those days, period. So anyway we go to Eldora early in the year to see Pat and his new ride. ZERO. Well he qualifies all right but the dash starts and here comes Pat sideways all the way down the front straight away. Knowing Jim like a did, this was just not going to work. Obviously Pat went on to bigger and better things.

[TS FAN]

Patrick is one of my very favorite drivers. Back when I first started reading about him, I didn't like him, but my first trip to Northern Kentucky Speedway changed my mind 100%. The track was about half as wide as it is now. He was the last off the gas going into the first turn as he set the car up perfectly near the top rails. What I was lead to believe about him being a rough driver was completely untrue, as he was one of the cleanest. Just wish he could have held on at Eldora that one year that he led almost all of the feature.

He made a trip to Barren County one time and won the Kentucky Classic. He had over 500 feature wins.

Where you been?

[Clayton_Wetter]

Where you been?

I just don't know. I was abducted and put in a cellar somewhere. Even got water boarded!!!

[TS FAN]

LOL, but did you give in?

[Clayton_Wetter]

LOL, but did you give in?

Absolutely Not!!!!

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

I just don't know. I was abducted and put in a cellar somewhere. Even got water boarded!!!

That wasnt a cellar and it wasnt water boarded!

[Clayton_Wetter]

I always felt that Pat had as much talent as anyone who ever got into a DLM. I knew him from the start of his career, and he was a character. Enjoyed him at Tri County speedway especially in his no. 5
Couple of things kind of make me smile. First was his interviews after winning at Tri County speedway.
Short and hilarious. An interviewer's nightmare. The other was his disastrous teaming up with Jim Cook in ZERO. Everyone thought it would be a raving success. NOPE. Jim and Pat just didn't jive plus the fact that Jim thought his drivers should practically sleep in his race cars. Not Pat, he drove in those days, period. So anyway we go to Eldora early in the year to see Pat and his new ride. ZERO. Well he qualifies all right but the dash starts and here comes Pat sideways all the way down the front straight away. Knowing Jim like a did, this was just not going to work. Obviously Pat went on to bigger and better things.

Why did Tri-County close? Wish I had got to see him race there. And where was that track at?

[TS FAN]

Tri County was black topped in 1973 and ruined everything. It was in Reading Ohio out on rte 42. It remained open as a race track until 1988 when it was bought and turned into a truck driving school. Bill Rewine build a DML palace in 1967 but thought in 1973 black topping it was the way to go. It wasn't. Their weekly shows when it was dirt compared to what you would now see at a 10,000 race. BTW when the black top track closed after 1987, their sponsor ships and a lot of the crowd migrated to Florence which started their ascent to a top rated place for racing.

[kd1]

I know this is random, but ...

He was one of my childhood favorites. He was a local guy who was big-time nationally too. Fast forward a few decades and I was interviewing him for a feature article in DLM Magazine. I never finished it because I was going through a divorce at the time and had to give up my weekend gig, but he was the most enjoyable interview I ever had. Just a great guy and great personality. With so many great stories! Is he still alive, and do any of you longtime fans have any recollections of this legend?

If i'm wrong, please forgive me but I believe he passed a couple of years ago ..I hope i'm wrong about this.