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fpr change... engineering switch-a-roo for factory team
Issue No. 091 10 – 16 February 2009
Carrera Cup Crashes
D R I A B S I ? d n u o B 8 V All the latest news and opinion in the wake of Carrera Cup’s demise
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Go AGP in Style
Board locks in V8 changes
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Issue No. 091 | 10 – 16 Feb 2009
news 4 A Baird in the hand? Kiwi ace on TKR’s list 6 Porsche Pull-Out 9 V8s Rule! 12 Seb in at Red Bull 15 Life starts at 30(th) 16 KERS word
chat 20 5 minutes with ... opinion 26 Rowley 27 van Leeuwen
race 28 Bud Shoot-Out 32 Drag Racing 34 Speedway
CCup falls over We mean, V8 Rules! Yep, another one Ambrose to start fivehunner Who was really first? Craig Baird So long CCup, my old friend Young and Younger Harvick’s Harvest Reeds all round Garry’s six romp
trade 38 Classifieds NASCAR ... it’s just not quite close enough for our liking.
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