The High Park Grand Prix
Posted Aug 12, 2022, 7:14 PM UTC
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Very cool stuff OP, thanks for sharing!
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Do you remember when people used to have a sense of humor and adventure? Pepperidge farm remembers.
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Did you read the caption? The race was shut down due to Toronto's "no fun" attitude. Toronto has never been comfortable with adventure or its resident's sense of humour. Christopher Clark wrote a book in 1898 making fun of our puritan attitudes here...
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I guess you were the one who didn’t read, because there was no race. They “posed” the (non-moving) cars and took photos as if there had been a race, but it was all a hoax.
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You are correct, though in my defense there's no indication in the caption that the race was fake, which is what I had read and commented upon. FWIW, the article sure seems to confirm Toronto's puritan attitudes...
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Awesome!!!
There used to be a horse racing track just north of the park too!
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Hilarious.
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if you replace that car with a pack entitled granddads who are "speedtraining" around and through crowds people out for a peaceful walk its pretty accurate for high park of today...."
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This is outrageous. Was this recent? How the F did this not get coverage? Oh I no, Dougiie and his little buddies suppressed it.
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This is hilarious.
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Part 2: https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/rennlist.com-vbulletin/732x944/highpark2\_fe271d3659e5b138915ce4c03806e957ec4175cd.jpgPart 3: https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/rennlist.com-vbulletin/724x941/highpark3\_6e5f152ed5d76a94fb31e4ae0efa9f243099d2cc.jpgPart 4: https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/rennlist.com-vbulletin/726x949/highpark4\_29b22371b84c14bcf5ab9ff1a39396c4ee163ae2.jpg
Source: https://varac.ca/documents/publications/Pit-Signals-201404.pdf
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Fixed links:
Part 2: https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/rennlist.com-vbulletin/732x944/highpark2_fe271d3659e5b138915ce4c03806e957ec4175cd.jpg
Part 3: https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/rennlist.com-vbulletin/724x941/highpark3_6e5f152ed5d76a94fb31e4ae0efa9f243099d2cc.jpg
Part 4: https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/rennlist.com-vbulletin/726x949/highpark4_29b22371b84c14bcf5ab9ff1a39396c4ee163ae2.jpg
TL;DR: An auto club photographed static cars in what looked like dynamic racing photos and released a fictitious recap of a non-existent race in High Park. Locals and government officials were not amused.