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His final win there came in April of 1980 with team owner Hoss Ellington while driving a Chevrolet. Pearson’s first win at Darlington came with Holman-Moody, Ford’s powerhouse operation based ...
His final win there came in April of 1980 with team owner Hoss Ellington while driving a Chevrolet. Pearson’s first win at Darlington came with Holman-Moody, Ford’s powerhouse operation ...
"It was all about skateboarding." Ellington's uncle was famed NASCAR driver and team owner Charles Everett "Hoss" Ellington, who used to work on cars on the property that later became the Skate Barn.
In 1979, during the first live flag-to-flag coverage of a NASCAR Cup race on national television, Donnie Allison led 93 laps in Hoss Ellington’s No. 1 Oldsmobile. Allison took the white flag in ...
Jordan grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina, with a love for the sport instilled by his revered father, James, who worked on engines for Hoss Ellington, himself a team owner from the 1960s to 1980s.
After a daunting recovery, Fred Lorenzen attempted his last return in 1972 with Hoss Ellington with only a single start at Martinsville Speedway. Martinsville was the last time he graced a NASCAR ...
His second retirement stuck after his dissatisfaction with some of his Hoss Ellington-led crew boiled over before Charlotte’s 500-miler. “I had gone to the track before 8 a.m. My crew wasn’t ...
“He became a big stock-car fan and he bred us to do the same. Went to Darlington, Rockingham, Charlotte, Talladega. Hoss Ellington used to be from Wilmington (North Carolina) and he used to work on ...
It was the first victory for Donnie Allison and Wilmington, N.C.-based team owner Hoss Ellington, who were in their second season together. It was also the race in which Cale Yarborough ...
Moreover, his father used to work on a Cup Series car owned by a local insulation salesman, Hoss Ellington.
Jordan, who grew up a race fan in Wilmington, N.C. and even had strong ties to legendary car owner Hoss Ellington, made a point that he chose to come to Talladega and support his team even as the ...
The original Alabama Gang is together again in the NASCAR Hall of Fame after Donnie Allison’s enshrinement on Friday night. His brother Bobby Allison and Red Farmer preceded Donnie Allison into ...