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Issue No. 109 16 – 22 June 2009
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V8s seek motorsport manager ... and a new CEO
Aussie Le Mans Victory Brabham re-writes history in classic 24 hour
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Contributing Writers 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) Drag Racing: Dave Ostaszewski (USA), Ken Ferguson, John Bosher, Luke Nieuwhof National: Lachlan Mansell, Mark Jones, Aaron Shaw.
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Issue No. 109 | 16 June – 22 June 2009
news 4 V8 Board and Sword It’s been a big week ... 6 Wild ones 8 Bayliss tests ... 12 OP’s last words 17 Drewer’s GT2 test
chat 20 5 minutes with ... opinion 22 Branagan
Four V8 wildcards done ... and he was pretty quick Feb 2010, at very best Aussie expanding Steven Richards
23 Brabham
Brabham is the best Me, my bro and Le Mans
28 NASCAR 32 Race extra 34 Race extra
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Busch Tucker Erickson shows speed Karts beat V8s to NT
race 24 Le Mans
trade 36 Classifieds
Retro Valley: At the very first Hidden Valley encounter in 1998, Russell Ingall won. Can he do it again this weekend?
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