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1958 floorplan from Boulder County Assessor card. <br />While in high school, around 1953, Ernest was part of the Fuel Fiend's Club, a group of boys devoted to <br />hot rods and drag racing. However, the Fuel Fiends also participated in the Fall Festival parade with a <br />float of a racing car and messages about safe driving. They also sponsored the town's March of Dimes <br />fundraiser raising $100 for the polio fund, organized their own Fuel Fiends softball team, and collected <br />scrap metal to finance the club. Several articles in the Louisville Times in 1956 reported on rigorous car <br />inspections before a 15-mile road race as well as the club's commitment to "enforce courtesy on the <br />highway among their members and give assistance to motorists in trouble." <br />ANNOUNCING <br />REORGANIZATION OF <br />Fuel Fiends Hot Rod Club <br />Amp' icati.od for Memberabip may be obtained From <br />Ernie Marinelli al 1440 Cannon Street <br />By the 196Os, after graduating from high school, Ernie Marinelli was operating the Marinelli Tire Co. out <br />of 1440 Cannon. <br />