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Back on Ex Track

Back on Ex Track

Date5/13/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Back on Ex Track: While they look old, a Hobby car's antiquity is only skin deep. Under the hood they use six-cylinder racing engines with a maximum of 4.2 litres capable of developing up to 300 horsepower.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0091002F
On track: One Driver gets that caged-in feeling at Mosport while Marshall Nelson of Mississauga, right, takes his Formula 1600 machine for qualifying spin
On track: One Driver gets that caged-in feeling at Mosport while Marshall Nelson of Mississauga, right, takes his Formula 1600 machine for qualifying spin
5/20/1989
Wipe out! A Honda Civic has trouble negotiation an icy turn and rams into a snow bank on the track at the Minden Fairgrounds. There's little damage to(...)
Wipe out! A Honda Civic has trouble negotiation an icy turn and rams into a snow bank on the track at the Minden Fairgrounds. There's little damage to(...)
1/24/1987
Other racers (below) engage in some nail-biting excitement gently guiding their machines around the slippery track
Other racers (below) engage in some nail-biting excitement gently guiding their machines around the slippery track
1/24/1987
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(...)
5/4/1987
On track: One dirver gets that caged-in feeling at Mosport while Marshall Nelson of Mississauga, right, takes his Formula 1600 machine for qualifying spin
On track: One dirver gets that caged-in feeling at Mosport while Marshall Nelson of Mississauga, right, takes his Formula 1600 machine for qualifying spin
5/20/1989
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
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
Stock cars at pinecrest charge around corner as track opens for the season
Stock cars at pinecrest charge around corner as track opens for the season
3/28/1975
End of the line: Canadian Paul Tracy's crew pushes him off the track and out of the Molson Indy yesterday, a victim of a faulty gearbox
End of the line: Canadian Paul Tracy's crew pushes him off the track and out of the Molson Indy yesterday, a victim of a faulty gearbox
7/19/1992
There wasn't much to choose between Aldo and Mario Andretti when the twin brothers began racing cars professionally in Nazareth, Pa., back in 1959. Ha(...)
There wasn't much to choose between Aldo and Mario Andretti when the twin brothers began racing cars professionally in Nazareth, Pa., back in 1959. Ha(...)
7/29/1986
Beppe Gabbiani gives Clay Regazzoni a lift back to the pits after his mishap
Beppe Gabbiani gives Clay Regazzoni a lift back to the pits after his mishap
10/6/1978
Back in Track: A worker takes horse for walk to cool down after training session, above right, while another horse drills on training track, middle, and railbirds keep tabs on the workouts
Back in Track: A worker takes horse for walk to cool down after training session, above right, while another horse drills on training track, middle, and railbirds keep tabs on the workouts
3/5/1992