Charles Everett "Hoss" Ellington was an American NASCAR driver and team owner.
17 Facts About Hoss Ellington
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Hoss Ellington married Betty Frances Hunt on April 17,1959, at the Mount Pleasant Methodist Parsonage.
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Hoss Ellington made 31 starts as a driver between 1968 and 1970 in the Grand National Series, finishing in the top 10 four times, all in 1969.
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Hoss Ellington later became a successful team owner, with five wins, four of them by Donnie Allison and the other one by David Pearson.
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Hoss Ellington's team collected 52 top fives and 92 top ten finishes.
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Hoss Ellington competed at two other races that year, at Darlington Raceway and Lowes Motor Speedway, finishing 17th and 34th, respectively.
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Hoss Ellington competed in 15 races, finishing in the top ten four times, including two career-best 7th-place finishes.
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Hoss Ellington then retired as a driver after the 1970 American 500 race in order to focus on being a team owner.
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In 1972, Hoss Ellington began fielding cars as an owner for Fred Lorenzen.
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Later in the season, Hoss Ellington had Cale Yarborough run three races in the Hoss Ellington car, earning two top 10s, and John Sears ran one race for the team, finishing 5th.
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In 1973, Hoss Ellington hired Ramo Stott, Charlie Glotzbach, and Gordon Johncock to drive for him, and the team again ran 11 races between the three drivers, but only scored one Top 5 and Top 10, with Johncock finishing fourth at the Firecracker 400 at Daytona.
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Hoss Ellington ran two races with Ellington, finishing third at Talladega in his first race with the team.
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Foyt ran seven races with Hoss Ellington, scoring an additional top five finish.
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Hoss Ellington finished 24th in points despite running a partial schedule.
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Hoss Ellington ran 18 races in 1983 and 17 in 1984.
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In 1986, Sterling Marlin ran a partial schedule for Hoss Ellington scoring two top 5 finishes and four top 10s, including the Firecracker 400 where he led six laps and almost won, coming in second.
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Hoss Ellington died on May 31,2014, in Wilmington, North Carolina, after a lengthy illness.