Racing career
Prickett competed in the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship between 1954 and 1960, finishing fourth in the standings in 1955. He scored at least fifteen wins during his time in the series. Between 1961 and 1971, he also competed in the NASCAR Modified National Championship, scoring at least seven wins.
In 1965, Prickett made his NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Division debut at the California State Fairgrounds Race Track, finishing seventh; he finished tenth in the following race at Ascot Park. He attempted eight races in 1966, failing to finish six of the seven races he qualified for as wall as failing to qualify at Ascot Park; in the lone race he finished, he scored a sixth-place result at the California State Fairgrounds. His starts included his NASCAR Grand National Series debut at Riverside International Raceway, where he drove for Wendell Scott; he only completed eleven laps before retiring from the race with transmission issues, finishing 39th.
Prickett ran thirteen of nineteen Pacific Coast Late Model races in 1967, scoring seven top-tens with a best finish of second at Shasta Speedway; he was also awarded the pole in the season finale at Clovis Speedway and led two laps. He finished twentieth in the combination race at Riverside due to distributor issues after 104 laps.
Prickett's final Pacific Coast Late Model Division season came in 1968, where he ran a majority of the schedule; he qualified for sixteen of seventeen attempts, failing to qualify at Orange Show Speedway, and he scored nine top-tens, including his lone career win at Medford Speedway. He finished seventh in the standings. In the combination race at Riverside, his final Grand National start, he was running at he finish and scored a career-best fourteenth.
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