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On his way to winning Can-Am race at Mosport yesterday is Charlie Kemp of Jackson, Miss
On his way to winning Can-Am race at Mosport yesterday is Charlie Kemp of Jackson, Miss

On his way to winning Can-Am race at Mosport yesterday is Charlie Kemp of Jackson, Miss

Date6/10/1973
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  • On his way to winning Can-Am race at Mosport yesterday is Charlie Kemp of Jackson, Miss
  • On his way to winning Can-Am race at Mosport yesterday is Charlie Kemp of Jackson, Miss., who leads a group of cars around the first turn after passing the grandstand. Kemp, who drove a turbo-charged Royal Crown Porsche 917-10, won $15,000 in his first race as a fulltime professional driver before an enormous crowd of more than 60,000 fans, the largest ever to see a sports attraction in Canada.
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Original Toronto Star caption: On his way to winning Can-Am race at Mosport yesterday is Charlie Kemp of Jackson, Miss., who leads a group of cars around the first turn after passing the grandstand. Kemp, who drove a turbo-charged Royal Crown Porsche 917-10, won $15,000 in his first race as a fulltime professional driver before an enormous crowd of more than 60,000 fans, the largest ever to see a sports attraction in Canada.
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
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