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Burning rubber

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Burning rubber

Date7/9/1988

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Vinnick, Jeff (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Burning rubber: A young driver squeals his tires in the parking lot of the Finch Centre mail. Each weekend hundreds of similar muscle cars compete in high-stakes drag racing on a stretch of Highway 400 north of Steeles Ave. An American hot rod magazine has called that area one of the hottest illegal drag strips in North America.

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Automobile racing

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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_0090834F

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