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Mighty Midgets: The midget racers put powers to ground via four-stroke Japanese motorcycle engines at 850 cc and crank out about 100 horsepower
Mighty Midgets: The midget racers put powers to ground via four-stroke Japanese motorcycle engines at 850 cc and crank out about 100 horsepower

Mighty Midgets: The midget racers put powers to ground via four-stroke Japanese motorcycle engines at 850 cc and crank out about 100 horsepower

Date5/13/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mighty Midgets: The midget racers put powers to ground via four-stroke Japanese motorcycle engines at 850 cc and crank out about 100 horsepower.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0091001F
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