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Issue No. 083 2 – 8 December 2008
! the eve of his Oran Park farewell SHOCK On
SKAIFE:
Rising Stars Falls
tom owns hrt
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Issue No. 083 | 02 – 08 Dec 2008
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6 Rise and fall ... 9 Times two 12 Selling the Bulls 14 Next F1 star ... 22 Mojo Magic
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chat 24 5 minutes with ... opinion 26 Branagan
F1: Will Buxton, Mark Glendenning, Paolo Filisetti Europe: Quentin Spurring, David Addison US: Martin D. Clark, Phil Morris Speedway: Greg Boscato, Geoff Rounds, Darren Sutton, Tony Millard (UK) Rally: Ryan Lahiff Drag Racing: Dave Ostaszewski (USA), Ken Ferguson, John Bosher National: Mark Wicks, Mark Jones, Aaron Shaw, Daniel Powell
Uncle Tom takes the lot The stars no more TKR driver All the F1 news McConville tests Dream team announced Chad Reed
27 Whincup
When timing matters Doing what I do ...
32 Tasman Revival 36 World Rotax Finals 38 New Zealand
Looking back in time Those damn Brits All the action across the ditch
race 28 Shannons Nationals The other ‘Great Dane’ trade 40 Classifieds
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It’s been a pretty impressive year for Simonsen and he capped it off by dominating the GT enduro