July 9, 2012 at 10:15 am

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Scene: The 2012 Honda Indy

A look at one of Toronto's speediest (and nosiest) annual traditions.

By Steve Kupferman • Photos by Nancy Paiva

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177590 Helio Castroneves, from Brazil, relaxes with friends before the big race. 20120709indy3 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy3-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy3.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy3.jpg 900 599 {"aperture":"10","credit":"Nancy Paiva","camera":"NIKON D700","caption":"Brazilian, Helio Castroneves relaxes with friends before the big race at the Honda Indy in Toronto on July 8, 2012.","created_timestamp":"1341742276","copyright":"Nancy Paiva","focal_length":"24","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.0025"} https://torontoist.com/2012/07/scene-the-2012-honda-indy/slide/20120709indy3/ 20120709indy3 0 0

177591 Thirteen-year-old Taegen Poles prepares for her race. She was the only girl in the junior kart racing division. 20120709indy4 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy4-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy4.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy4.jpg 900 599 {"aperture":"9","credit":"Nancy Paiva","camera":"NIKON D700","caption":"13 year old Taegen Poles prepares for her race as the only girl in the junior rotax division of kart racing during the Honda Indy in Toronto on July 7,2012.","created_timestamp":"1341653250","copyright":"Nancy Paiva","focal_length":"24","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667"} https://torontoist.com/2012/07/scene-the-2012-honda-indy/slide/20120709indy4/ 20120709indy4 0 0

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177593 The winning car, Ryan Hunter-Reay, shown here at the start of the race. 20120709indy6 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy6-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy6.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy6.jpg 900 599 {"aperture":"4.5","credit":"Nancy Paiva","camera":"NIKON D700","caption":"The winning car at the start of the race driven by Ryan Hunter-Reay at the Honda Indy on July 8, 2012.","created_timestamp":"1341752593","copyright":"Nancy Paiva","focal_length":"175","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.000625"} https://torontoist.com/2012/07/scene-the-2012-honda-indy/slide/20120709indy6/ 20120709indy6 0 0

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177595 James Corley—from Indianapolis, Indiana—was the youngest guy in the group of tire balancers and rim installers. This was his third year at the Honda Indy. 20120709indy8 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy8-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy8.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy8.jpg 900 599 {"aperture":"10","credit":"Nancy Paiva","camera":"NIKON D700","caption":"James Corley, from Indianapolis Indiana is the youngest guy in the group of tire balancers and rim installers works his third year at the Honda Indy in Toronto on July 8, 2012.","created_timestamp":"1341741376","copyright":"Nancy Paiva","focal_length":"24","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.0015625"} https://torontoist.com/2012/07/scene-the-2012-honda-indy/slide/20120709indy8/ 20120709indy8 0 0

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177597 Hurry up and wait with some experienced flaggers. 20120709indy10 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy10-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy10.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy10.jpg 900 599 {"aperture":"4.5","credit":"Nancy Paiva","camera":"NIKON D700","caption":"Hurry up and wait with some experienced flaggers at the 2012 Honda Indy in Toronto on July 8, 2012.","created_timestamp":"1341749212","copyright":"Nancy Paiva","focal_length":"70","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.00125"} https://torontoist.com/2012/07/scene-the-2012-honda-indy/slide/20120709indy10/ 20120709indy10 0 0

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177599 Seven-year-old Marques Hall (attending his fifth Toronto Indy) jumps over a puddle left over from early-morning showers. 20120709indy12 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy12-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy12.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120709indy12.jpg 900 599 {"aperture":"2","credit":"Nancy Paiva","camera":"NIKON D700","caption":"7 year old Marques (attending his fifth Toronto Indy) Hall jumps over a puddle from early morning showers on Saturday July 7, 2012.","created_timestamp":"1341649984","copyright":"Nancy Paiva","focal_length":"24","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0004"} https://torontoist.com/2012/07/scene-the-2012-honda-indy/slide/20120709indy12/ 20120709indy12 0 0

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WHERE: Exhibition Place

WHEN: Saturday, July 7 and Sunday, July 8

WHAT: Each year, the Honda Indy turns Exhibition Place into a high-speed racetrack, and also fills downtown with the lawnmower-times-a-million sound of engines revving. Last weekend, at the 26th annual Indy, Ryan Hunter-Reay, a driver from the US, came in first place after leading the pack for much of the race. Our camera was closer to the action than most spectators are able to get. Click through for a look at what happened before Reay crossed the finish line.

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Scene: The 2012 Honda Indy

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