Dell Crill

Delbert Crill (September 27, 1939 – September 2, 1997) was a pioneering American driver of dirt modified stock cars. Known for driving car number "10 pins" with 10 lit bowling pins on the roof, he was always a favorite of the younger race fans.

Racing career Crill began racing in 1956 in a 1939 Ford campaigned by Malcolm and Willard Ryder from Chaumont, New York . He was barely 17, but his mother signed a form falsifying his age so Crill could race. Crill was also crowned the 1960 track champion.

After the 1960 season ended, Crill fractured his pelvis in a work related injury and left the driver’s seat to raise a family and eventually become road supervisor for the village of Boonville, New York. The Ryder brothers put Paul Shirley behind the wheel the following year prior to exiting the sport.