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On the skids

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On the skids

Date7/21/1990

Names

McConnell, Colin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: On the skids: Paul Lawlor's Camaro had a heap of trouble in yesterday's Player's Ltd. or GM Motorsport race. Lawlor, of New Liskeard, Ont., limped around the course leaking oil after engine problems, and finished well back in the race won by John Cadman Jr.

Subject

Automobile racing

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0091003F

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