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Issue No. 045 11 – 17 March 2008
Dream weekend ... But Dick johnson racing faces a tough week
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Eastern Creek coverage inside
Power Will’s new indycar deal d r a w r o f
Exclusive: Australian Dakar assault
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Issue No. 045 | 10-16 March 2008
news 4 Wills and Ways 6 Falcon big crash 10 Dakardi Breezer 12 Sticks and Stones 14 Guest of honour
chat 20 5 minutes with ... opinion 20 Bargwanna 21 Rowley
race 24 Down by the Creek 30 Super Synergy 32 Paul and Layton 36 Bowe of a time 42 What a Feeling!
Davo wins, Power’s in! Richo’s BF out for good Aussie set for classic raid Kiwi to brave busted leg Michael gets LWR seat Will Davison Nothing mini about MINI Hello hello hello hello Davo gets his first Lowe wins FFord Aussies and Utes JB gets nolstalgic Toyota make history
trade 44 Trade and Industry / Raceshop / Classifieds
welcome Ben here is doing some fine Tune-ing before this weekend’s AGP Celebrity race ...