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Issue No. 020 4 – 10 September 2007
MATE vs MATE
the defending champion AND SERIES LEADER go HEAD-to-HEAD for sandown 500
y o t w e n s ’ x Ma WPS Racing to debut its first new car
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Issue No. 020 | 4 – 10 September 2007
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news 4 I’ll take ‘Starts with R’ The Rat and The Rick 7 Wow! A new car! 8 Fernando? Ren No 11 No VE for Fabian
chat 18 5 minutes with ... opinion 20 Van Leeuwen 21 Lambden 42 The Punter
race 22 Three Tenths! 26 Something He Eight 32 Happy Father’s Day
Wilson’s new ride Alonso buyback ruled out PMM sticks with VZ FF leader Tim Blanchard FF racing anomaly Masters Stroke WRC’s classic showdown
Gronholm, Loeb war in NZ! Stoner just keeps winning Muscle Car Masters a hit
trade 38 Trade and Industry / Raceshop 41 Classifieds
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