CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV)- NASCAR drivers are slated to honor a racing legend before their race in Charlotte, after he called 911 before committing suicide in a Lincoln County cemetery.

According to the sheriff's office, Retired race car driver Richard "Dick" Trickle, 71, died Thursday from an apparent self inflicted gun shot wound.

Investigators say Trickle apparently went to the Forest Lawn Cemetery on Highway 150 East in Boger City around noon on Thursday.

He used his phone to call the Lincoln County Communications Center and told the 911 operator to come to the cemetery and "there would be a dead body and it would be his."  He then hung up the phone.

Communications Center workers attempted to call Trickle back, but he did not answer.

When emergency crews arrived on the scene, they reportedly found Trickle's body lying near his pickup truck.

LINCOLNTON, NC (WBTV)- Lincoln County Sheriff's Office narcotic's investigators, detectives and deputies have been deployed throughout the county Wednesday looking for 52 suspects for illegal drug activities.

The teams of deputies were assigned a list of individuals from each of the three county districts identified in true bills of indictment handed down by the Lincoln County Grand Jury, according to a news release from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. 

The round-up got underway shortly after a briefing at 5:30 a.m. at the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center.  

The officers are targeting 52 offenders on 125 felony drug charges.

NEWTON, NC (WBTV)- Former NASCAR Driver Jeremy Mayfield was hoping a ruling from a judge Wednesday would solve his legal troubles in Catawba County. Instead, the ruling means he likely will go to trial on charges of possession of stolen goods, possession of methamphetamine and several other charges.

Mayfield's attorneys had filed a motion to throw out a search warrant that was obtained by law enforcement in 2011 and led to the discovery of what authorities believe were stolen goods and methamphetamine in Mayfield's Catawba County home.

The defense argued that there was no credible basis for the warrant to be issued.

Catawba County Sheriff's Lt. Aaron Turk testified he obtained the warrant after speaking with an informant. Turk said the informant was John Franklin, a convicted felon who was facing more drug charges when he spoke with him.