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Racing to win
Racing to win

Racing to win

Date7/13/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Racing to win: When Renato Silva takes to the track in his Formula Ford he's aiming for more than first place. He began racing after his 4-month-old son Renato Jr. died of Werding Hoffmann disease, a form of muscular dystrophy, and has promised to dontate all prize money to research.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0090940F
Racing down memory lane. John Sebert, 53, of Port Perry, has combined a love of auto racing with a love of nostalgia by racing the vintage car circuit(...)
Racing down memory lane. John Sebert, 53, of Port Perry, has combined a love of auto racing with a love of nostalgia by racing the vintage car circuit(...)
8/10/1983
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
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
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(...)
6/5/1965
Diana Carter, Canada's leading woman sports car racing driver
Diana Carter, Canada's leading woman sports car racing driver
6/6/1966
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
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
Sports - Auto Racing - Misc (1991)
Sports - Auto Racing - Misc (1991)
7/20/1991
The Star's John Mahler, a racing car buff, took pictures from the inside of this machine yesterday and Friday
The Star's John Mahler, a racing car buff, took pictures from the inside of this machine yesterday and Friday
7/19/1986
Driver Paul Tracy was a nine-time winner on the American Racing Series circuit
Driver Paul Tracy was a nine-time winner on the American Racing Series circuit
7/22/1990
Auto rally racing 1988 Top Cup Finael pre-race tests at Pickering, Ont
Auto rally racing 1988 Top Cup Finael pre-race tests at Pickering, Ont
8/19/1988
Racing fans will also be keen to see the open-wheel formula cars (below) indulging in close combat, the F2000 cars, in particular, likely to set a cra(...)
Racing fans will also be keen to see the open-wheel formula cars (below) indulging in close combat, the F2000 cars, in particular, likely to set a cra(...)
5/3/1988