Earl Ross

[OLDMAN]

Earl Ross will be honoured by his home town of Ailsa Craig Ontario on December 1 2007. I believe the ceremony is at 1pm at the community centre. The road signs will be changed to comemorate them as Earls Home Town.
All well wishers are encouraged to attend. Earls contribution to not only the local racing but also nationaly in Canada is second to none. He has been an insperation to many a local racer to follow their driving asperations.
Congates Earl .

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[AutoAssembler]

Thanks for the info. This is really nice to see!

I'd to attend! I've been a fan of his since I was a teenager back in the late 60's, when I used to jump in the old farm truck and head over to Flamboro.



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[LAKER77]

Thanks for the info. I was always a major fan of Earls in my younger days and after becoming an official at delaware and then the super series I got to know him on a personal level. Always a class individual. I will be there.

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[Shadowracer]

Earl was my first racing hero, and was probably one of the best ambassadors the sport had IMO. I can remember seeing him and his car in many a parade and exhibition, and he was gracious and professional every time I ever met him...not to mention he was dynamite behind the wheel. I was a little young during the initial Carling years. To me, he'll always be the guy with the Coke-Can paintjob.

Best memory though was watching him cross the finish line to win the McKerlie Millen 200 in the Ron Box #68. Crowd went bananas.

Too bad I'm already booked up for the day. I'd love to be there.

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[AutoAssembler]

My first memories of Earl was at Flamboro. He had a little Chevy II or something with a small block taking on guys like Dick Van Dyke with a 427 Ford Tunnel Port and Howie Scannel with his 426 Dodge Hemi. He'd blow the doors off of them in the corners, but those guys had it on the straightaway. Then he finally got his 427 Rat Camaro. Man, those were the good old days!

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[GiddyG]

Staman, thank you for posting thos pics and the link.  Great shots.   

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[Shadowracer]

Hey thanks for the pics. The one of him kneeling in the field beside the car was from a promo postcard. I remember getting one after seeing him in the parade for the Ilderton fair.

The one at the bottom...thats the one I really remember. Although I have some old program pics that show that car with more aero on the front and back ends, and considerably more beat up. Sure that was at the end of the season? That thing looks brand new.

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[BD]

Would love to see Earl Ross in this series at Cayuga.

Pearson, Marcis, Gant back racing in 2008? Racing legends David Pearson, Dave Marcis, Harry Gant, James Hylton, Geoff Bodine and more have signed up to race in The Old School Racing Champions Tour (OSRCT) in 2008. Scheduled to run ten races in 2008, starting on May 18, 2008. Driver safety is priority number one with the OSRCT. All tracks on the schedule are ¾ a mile or less and include such venues as two-time Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway, the Music City Motorplex, Southside Speedway, Hickory Motor Speedway, South Boston Speedway, Flat Rock Speedway and the Springport Speedway. (OSRCT) is a new racing series debuting in 2008 that will have retired and semi-retired champion drivers competing in a 10 race regular season schedule followed by a “Last Chance Race” and a “Championship Race”.(OSRCT)(11-16-2007)


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[AutoAssembler]

Thanks for posting these pictures, Statsman. Man, do those top black and white pictures bring back memories.

The top picture looks like Flamboro. I can remember when they had the flex-beam with the chicken wire behind it. Donny Biederman used to come off the corners and use the flex-beam to get straightenned out!

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[swervn]

I forwarded the post regarding Earl's upcoming honour to Jayski but he requires more than a messageboard post before he will print it on his site.
 Is there a reputable source for this info so Earl can get some much deserved acclaim at an inrenational level?

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[Shadowracer]

You might be right Stats....but then it might be just new sheetmetal too.

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[Shadowracer]

Here's a few from me. Basically a couple program scans, plus one I took myself.

Earl battles George Pringle at Cayuga



Leading Terry Kitchen at Delaware.



Earl in Victory lane at an Export A race in Cayuga.



Here's one I snapped myself at A CASCAR race in Cayuga in the mid 90s.




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[GEGIL]

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[Mobil1fan]

That, folks, says it all right there...

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