Chick Hicks

Chick Hicks is a race commentator on RSN and was a Piston Cup racer who was champion in 1985 and 2005. He raced from 1979 until 2006

Carca (1978)
Chick Hicks raced one season in the 1978 CARCA season. He finished second in the standings only losing to champion Claude Scruggs.

Texas Tea (1979 - 1992)
After his performance in CARCA, Chick Hicks was promoted to the Piston Cup to replace Rick Alloy. Chick Hicks scored his first race win at the 1980 Texas 400 and soon he became a regular winner. He also won the 1986 Piston Cup Championship.

Chick Hicks quickly gained a reputation for driving overly aggressive and causing huge crashes. At the 1988 Florida 500 he blatantly wrecked Strip Weathers at the start finish line and then proceeded to win. Even though he kept the win he was fined $100,000 and stripped of 75 points. This came back to bite him as he lost to Bill Racelott by only 26 points.

Chick Hicks started to get involved in even more crashes and was less successful. He won 2 races in 1990 but didn't win from 1991 to 1995! After he crashed yet ANOTHER crash at the 1992 Alabama 400, crashing into Rusty Wheelhouse and injuring him, the Piston Cup body finally had enough of his shenanigans and banned him from the rest of the season. Texas Tea fired him shortly after.

Team Chick (1993 - 1995)
After being fired from Texas Tea for bad conduct, Chick Hicks tried to run his own team. He didn’t have much success and never won a race.

hostile bank Takeover (1996 - 2006)
HTB (a brand new sponsor at the time) hired Chick Hicks after his own team ran out of money. Chick Hicks immediately won 5 races in 1996 and 2nd in the points. His other seasons weren't as good but he still won a few races like the 1997 Mood Springs 400 and 1998 Sludgee 500.

In 2000 he was 2nd again, losing out to his old sponsor's car (Anthony Wilford) by 300 points.

In 2005 he won 7 races. He started driving even more dangerously than he was in past seasons. He was responsible for causing a 30 car pile up in the 2005 Dinoco 400. At the 2005 Los Angeles Tiebreaker, Chick Hicks attempted to total McQueen several times. After he saw he wasn't going to win, he crashed into 2nd place Strip Weathers. McQueen stopped just before the chequered flag to push Weathers to the finish, making Chick Hicks the 2005 Piston Cup Champion. He was largely chastised for celebrating his victory

He came back for one more season in 2006 coming 2nd in points to McQueen, after that Chick Hicks retired from the Piston Cup.