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After a hard day's night around the campfires--complete with fights and thefts--mosport opened bright and clear today for an estimated 52,000 racing f(...)
After a hard day's night around the campfires--complete with fights and thefts--mosport opened bright and clear today for an estimated 52,000 racing f(...)

After a hard day's night around the campfires--complete with fights and thefts--mosport opened bright and clear today for an estimated 52,000 racing f(...)

Date6/5/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: After a hard day's night around the campfires--complete with fights and thefts--mosport opened bright and clear today for an estimated 52,000 racing fans. fans camped in tents or just sleeping bags in the infield to get the best view of today's 200-mile race, and kept police hopping with a display of hijinks that ranged from chain fights to dumping gasoline on a bonfire and damaging cars
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The Victoria Day Sprints next weekend will see a tremendous variety of racing machinery hit the Mosport asphalt as drivers test both themselves and their cars to the limit
The Victoria Day Sprints next weekend will see a tremendous variety of racing machinery hit the Mosport asphalt as drivers test both themselves and their cars to the limit
5/3/1988
The facts are clear that blacks contribute their fari share of thefts in Toronto, says A
The facts are clear that blacks contribute their fari share of thefts in Toronto, says A
9/18/1972
Waving other drivers past, three race marshall the wreckage of the racing car in which Wayne Kelly, 37, was decapitated at Mosport Park yesterday afte(...)
Waving other drivers past, three race marshall the wreckage of the racing car in which Wayne Kelly, 37, was decapitated at Mosport Park yesterday afte(...)
9/19/1971
Road warrior: Leonard Darrigo of Richmond Hil and his '55 Corvette came first in class - and fifth over-all - in vintage racing last weekend at Mosport Park
Road warrior: Leonard Darrigo of Richmond Hil and his '55 Corvette came first in class - and fifth over-all - in vintage racing last weekend at Mosport Park
7/3/1991
Wayne Zelmer stacks wood for campfires at Bolton Camp, Ontario
Wayne Zelmer stacks wood for campfires at Bolton Camp, Ontario
5/26/1972
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
Some of the thousands of cars at Mosport today for the Players 200 race are shown in this aerial view
Some of the thousands of cars at Mosport today for the Players 200 race are shown in this aerial view
6/6/1964
A long day at Mosport
A long day at Mosport
8/7/1986
A long day at Mosport
A long day at Mosport
8/7/1986
Victory kiss: A fan gives U.S. driver R.K. Smith a peck on the cheek after his team's Corvette won The Toronto Star 24-hour race yesterday at Mosport
Victory kiss: A fan gives U.S. driver R.K. Smith a peck on the cheek after his team's Corvette won The Toronto Star 24-hour race yesterday at Mosport
8/11/1991
Making Haste: Jeremy Dale of Toronto, leading an Olds Cutlass, Wins the Nissan Grand Prix IMSA GTS race last weekend at Mosport after a bumping incident
Making Haste: Jeremy Dale of Toronto, leading an Olds Cutlass, Wins the Nissan Grand Prix IMSA GTS race last weekend at Mosport after a bumping incident
5/20/1992
How about a push? An estimated 15,000 fans waren't told of the cancellation until late in the afternoon but mechanis tried to entertain the disgruntle(...)
How about a push? An estimated 15,000 fans waren't told of the cancellation until late in the afternoon but mechanis tried to entertain the disgruntle(...)
8/5/1978