Charles Everett "Hoss" Ellington (May 12, 1935 – May 31, 2014) was an American NASCAR driver and team owner.
He married Betty Frances Hunt on April 17, 1959, at the Mount Pleasant Methodist Parsonage.
He fielded cars for drivers such as Pearson, Fred Lorenzen, Cale Yarborough, A. J. Foyt, Donnie Allison, Kyle Petty, and Dale Jarrett, among others.
Born in Raleigh, North Carolina,[1] Ellington made his NASCAR Grand National debut at the 1968 Dixie 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway while driving his self-owned #61 Mercury; he finished in 31st place after suffering suspension failure after only 80 laps.
He competed at two other races that year, at Darlington Raceway and Lowes Motor Speedway, finishing 17th and 34th, respectively.
In 1969, he made his first start of the season at Rockingham, scoring his first career top ten with a tenth-place finish.
1974 was much better for the team, with A. J. Foyt, Charlie Glotzbach, Bobby Isaac, and Sam McQuagg splitting up 15 races.
A. J. Foyt ran seven races with Ellington, scoring an additional top five finish.
1978 was another successful year, with Allison winning at Atlanta and finishing 25th in points, again despite running a part-time schedule.
In the team's last race the season finale at Atlanta, Jarrett qualified 34th, but finished 41st after crashing on the fifth lap.
The team shut down after attempting to qualify for the 1989 Daytona 500 in an unsponsored Buick with driver Doug Heveron.