Earl Lee Brooks (August 11, 1929 – July 21, 2010) was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver whose career spanned from 1962 to 1979.

Brooks has competed in 43,196 laps of professional stock car racing - the equivalent of driving 33,402.1 miles or 53,755.5 kilometres on the back country roads.

His "second job" was being a mechanic for a garage on Lynchburg's Mayflower Drive; where he worked from Monday to Friday to pay off any bills that NASCAR couldn't help with.

He was enshrined in the Lynchburg Area Sports Hall of Fame prior to his death in 1997 for the hard work that he did to promote the local community in NASCAR.

Brooks was a lifelong resident of Lynchburg and never left to pursue his career in a higher-profile location like Charlotte (North Carolina), or Daytona Beach (Florida).