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<blockquote data-quote="1 BAD 9T9" data-source="post: 299438" data-attributes="member: 3083"><p>After reading the sad story about Trevor Boys untimely passing I thought it appropriate to tell you about an episode I had with Earl Ross. Ross was born in<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune,_Prince_Edward_Island" target="_blank"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Prince Edward Island</span></a> and came to Ontario at the invite of Don Biederman. Earl was definitely the hot shoe racer in the 1970 racing at the local Ontario short tracks. Earl graduated through ARCA and then on to the big time of NASCAR. He was known for being the only Canadian, and one of only five non-American born drivers, to have won a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">NASCAR</span></a> Cup Series race. The victory at the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway helped Ross win the Winston Cup Rookie of the Year in 1974. Earl Ross passed in 2014.</p><p></p><p>Now for my anecdote story. I was walking through the pits at the NASCAR race in Ontario, California which is just east of Los Angeles, when I ran into another buddy of mine, Norm Lelliott (RIP) who was also a hot racer, a points champion and track record holder back in Canada in late model stock cars.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]107349[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Norm told me Earl Ross was shy a gas person in his pit crew. His car was owned by the legendary Junior Johnson, moonshiner turned NASCAR legend, and sponsored by the Canadian-owned Carling-O’Keefe Breweries. I had never even lifted a NASCAR refill gas can but I said “sure”. I had no gas man training and had never done it before. As it turned out I did not do a bad job and didn’t get the nozzle stuck in the filler tube to hold Earl up during his pit stops. I was glad he had not asked me to change tires. The real fun had started the day before when the boys took their rental cars out and used them as dodgem cars, just as most of the hot dog boys did. Norm and Earl had a three speed stick shift Ford Pinto rental car which they did 180 degree spins in and tore up the tranny so there was no third gear. Earl Ross had famous Cale Yarborough as a team mate. After the races Earl tells me to follow them down the back roads to the motel they are staying at off the Interstate. It was fortunate for me that the Pinto without top gear could only manage about 110 km/h (70 mph). I followed them in the dark driving a full size Dodge land yacht when all of a sudden they just disappeared. Next thing I knew I was flying off the edge of the earth, crashed down about four metres and then was jerked harshly back up on the other side. They had lured me through a dry river storm water runoff trough. I survived without regrets but it would have been great fun for them to see me wreck. At the hotel I ate with Junior and Cale as well as Earl and Norm where they all teased me about my adventure and wished that they had third gear to see if that Dodge really could fly.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]107350[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]107351[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 BAD 9T9, post: 299438, member: 3083"] After reading the sad story about Trevor Boys untimely passing I thought it appropriate to tell you about an episode I had with Earl Ross. Ross was born in[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune,_Prince_Edward_Island'] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Prince Edward Island[/COLOR][/URL] and came to Ontario at the invite of Don Biederman. Earl was definitely the hot shoe racer in the 1970 racing at the local Ontario short tracks. Earl graduated through ARCA and then on to the big time of NASCAR. He was known for being the only Canadian, and one of only five non-American born drivers, to have won a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR'][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]NASCAR[/COLOR][/URL] Cup Series race. The victory at the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway helped Ross win the Winston Cup Rookie of the Year in 1974. Earl Ross passed in 2014. Now for my anecdote story. I was walking through the pits at the NASCAR race in Ontario, California which is just east of Los Angeles, when I ran into another buddy of mine, Norm Lelliott (RIP) who was also a hot racer, a points champion and track record holder back in Canada in late model stock cars. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1680124852132.png"]107349[/ATTACH] Norm told me Earl Ross was shy a gas person in his pit crew. His car was owned by the legendary Junior Johnson, moonshiner turned NASCAR legend, and sponsored by the Canadian-owned Carling-O’Keefe Breweries. I had never even lifted a NASCAR refill gas can but I said “sure”. I had no gas man training and had never done it before. As it turned out I did not do a bad job and didn’t get the nozzle stuck in the filler tube to hold Earl up during his pit stops. I was glad he had not asked me to change tires. The real fun had started the day before when the boys took their rental cars out and used them as dodgem cars, just as most of the hot dog boys did. Norm and Earl had a three speed stick shift Ford Pinto rental car which they did 180 degree spins in and tore up the tranny so there was no third gear. Earl Ross had famous Cale Yarborough as a team mate. After the races Earl tells me to follow them down the back roads to the motel they are staying at off the Interstate. It was fortunate for me that the Pinto without top gear could only manage about 110 km/h (70 mph). I followed them in the dark driving a full size Dodge land yacht when all of a sudden they just disappeared. Next thing I knew I was flying off the edge of the earth, crashed down about four metres and then was jerked harshly back up on the other side. They had lured me through a dry river storm water runoff trough. I survived without regrets but it would have been great fun for them to see me wreck. At the hotel I ate with Junior and Cale as well as Earl and Norm where they all teased me about my adventure and wished that they had third gear to see if that Dodge really could fly. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1680124965097.png"]107350[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="1680124987282.png"]107351[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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