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On the fast track to success. Randy MacDonald is only 24 but he's got years of racing all sorts of vehicles behind him and a game plan he hopes will m(...)
On the fast track to success. Randy MacDonald is only 24 but he's got years of racing all sorts of vehicles behind him and a game plan he hopes will m(...)

On the fast track to success. Randy MacDonald is only 24 but he's got years of racing all sorts of vehicles behind him and a game plan he hopes will m(...)

Date5/4/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: On the fast track to success. Randy MacDonald is only 24 but he's got years of racing all sorts of vehicles behind him and a game plan he hopes will make him one of the best stock car racers on the continent. In 1985, the Oshawa-area man was named NASCAR North's Rookie of the Year, the first Canadian to win the award.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0090916F
Away it goes. Racing car driven by Les Scott of Chicago, he's still in it, flies through the air in cloud of dust and smoke. The car spun off track, j(...)
Away it goes. Racing car driven by Les Scott of Chicago, he's still in it, flies through the air in cloud of dust and smoke. The car spun off track, j(...)
1/15/1968
Burning rubber from rear tires of his 1,800-horse-power dragster at CNE yesterday, Gary Beck of Edmonton shows the form which he hopes will give him t(...)
Burning rubber from rear tires of his 1,800-horse-power dragster at CNE yesterday, Gary Beck of Edmonton shows the form which he hopes will give him t(...)
5/15/1974
Ben Scattergood is only 14 years old but he is determined to follow in Ludwig Heimrath's racing treadmarks
Ben Scattergood is only 14 years old but he is determined to follow in Ludwig Heimrath's racing treadmarks
7/17/1989
Hafty Hauler: The nearly 1,000 vehicles on display include an array of all-new models such as this GMC Suburban, plus concept cars, racers and classics
Hafty Hauler: The nearly 1,000 vehicles on display include an array of all-new models such as this GMC Suburban, plus concept cars, racers and classics
2/12/1992
Wet win: Al Unser Jr., the ultimate winner of the rain-soaked Molson Indy (on the left), slips past Randy Lewis, who gets some help from a marshal, on a very slick Lake Shore track
Wet win: Al Unser Jr., the ultimate winner of the rain-soaked Molson Indy (on the left), slips past Randy Lewis, who gets some help from a marshal, on a very slick Lake Shore track
7/22/1990
He's got a fan
He's got a fan
7/18/1989
Move over! AL Chute's 1988 T-Bird got banged around quite a bit as stock car racing returned to Exhibition Stadium last night. Windsor's Don Mallat won the evening's $20,000 feature race
Move over! AL Chute's 1988 T-Bird got banged around quite a bit as stock car racing returned to Exhibition Stadium last night. Windsor's Don Mallat won the evening's $20,000 feature race
5/26/1990
Summit meeting of sorts took place in Toronto last week when Jean-Marie Londeix of France (left), and Canada's Paul Brodie got together to record a rare program of saxophone duets for a CBC program
Summit meeting of sorts took place in Toronto last week when Jean-Marie Londeix of France (left), and Canada's Paul Brodie got together to record a rare program of saxophone duets for a CBC program
3/25/1975
Racing driver Paul Cooke suggests that for times when chasing a car is the only way to catch a suspect, police should be trained for high-speed driving, which is more dangerous than they think
Racing driver Paul Cooke suggests that for times when chasing a car is the only way to catch a suspect, police should be trained for high-speed driving, which is more dangerous than they think
5/6/1971
Speed is the name of the game at th Molson Indy, and the action during yesterday's final trials was definitely fast and furious as drivers such as Sco(...)
Speed is the name of the game at th Molson Indy, and the action during yesterday's final trials was definitely fast and furious as drivers such as Sco(...)
7/21/1990
Speed is the name of the game at the Molson Indy, and the action during yesterday's final trails was definitely fast and furious as drivers such as Sc(...)
Speed is the name of the game at the Molson Indy, and the action during yesterday's final trails was definitely fast and furious as drivers such as Sc(...)
7/21/1990
Speed is the name of the game at the Molson Indy, and the action during yesterday's final trials was definitely fast
Speed is the name of the game at the Molson Indy, and the action during yesterday's final trials was definitely fast
7/21/1990