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Issue No. 041 12 – 18 February 2008
K C O H S
OUT! Gore shuts doors at WPS V8 team
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And he walked away ...
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chat 20 5 minutes with ... opinion 2223 Branagan van Leeuwen 41 Rear of Grid
race 24 Bathurst 12-Hour 30 WRC Lat-mauler 34 BMF, not BMX
WPS closes shop FPR brings in new talent The Force (India) is with us A Mazda 3 really can Fly Honda holds key to Merge Luke Youlden Racing, not Racism Rocking around the Clock Skaifey in a Torana XU-1 Evolution – and Revolution Ford cleans up in Sweden Bathurst Support Races
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