Rickie Smith, a native of King, North Carolina, began racing a 1967 Camaro at Farmington, East Bend and Elk Creek Dragways in the 70's which started his professional journey as he teamed up with Keith Fowler and ended up winning two Super Modified Championships in 1976 & 1977.
With Farmington Dragway as his most frequented track and Rockingham being his favorite, the living legend "Tricky Rickie" Smith says his most memorable race day is when he was the first Pro Stock car into the 7's at Rockingham and the 1st carburetor car to run 200 mph and says his early influences were Ronnie Sox, Lee Edwards and Mike Boyles.
In 1982, Rickie began racing on his own and went on to win 5 Championships in 1982, 86, 87, 88 and 1989. Being the good country boy he is, his cars had names such as "Loretta Lynn" and "Oak Ridge Boys". Along the years, his most significant crew members have been Dale Hauser, Randy Campbell and Ronnie Wilson and says that Warren Johnson and Bob Glidden are his biggest rivals.
