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Issue No. 110 23 – 29 June 2009
sweeping changes ... but holden and ford want input
CARUSOFIED! MAIDEN V8 SUPERCAR VICTORY – MASSIVE HIDDEN VALLEY WRAP INSIDE –
PLUS! AMBROSE’S Sonoma near miss
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Issue No. 110 | 23 – 29 June 2009
news 4 We wanna play but ... Makes want involvement 6 Us too! 8 Holden safe 10 Sweet Sixteen 14 Insuring exit
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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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chat 20 5 minutes with ... McNamara opinion 2322 Branagan race
24 Hiding in a Valley 32 Percolating 34 Chuck Everywhere 36 Boys with Toys 38 King for a Day
trade 36 Classifieds
Drivers want involvement As GM slashes racing $$$ More V8s in 2010 Shannons out of 12 Hr Tony Cochrane We wanna play, but ... Ch-ch-changes JDub and MCar Formula Ford in NT Baxter to the Front Red Bullas rules Valley Kahne wins, Marcos stars
At least one V8 Supercar team brought everything they needed to Darwin; cars, engines, spares, drivers, engineers ... and a bat.
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