The "Flakes" opens today...first race in honor of Ross Morton

Hickory Hill Hoff · #1 04-19-2008, 08:27 AM

Spring is officially here with the opening of Finger Lakes racetrack in Farmington N.Y. the first race of the meet will be in honor of the late Ross Morton where there will be no race call. It will be quite different not hearing his voice.

sumitas · #2 04-19-2008, 07:43 PM

A fitting tribute. I hope the flakes has a great year. A very important track in the scheme of things in NY racing.

ontheoutside · #3 04-20-2008, 10:36 AM

could someone tell what happened to ross?i can kind of tell from reading he passed
but how?

jballscalls · #4 04-20-2008, 10:43 AM

i believe he had a stroke, there are some articles on drf.com if you search there.

ALostTexan · #5 04-20-2008, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

Spring is officially here with the opening of Finger Lakes racetrack in Farmington N.Y. the first race of the meet will be in honor of the late Ross Morton where there will be no race call. It will be quite different not hearing his voice.

I have never heard of this sort of tribute, but I think that is really, really cool. Classy way to honor a race caller...