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Issue No. 111 30 June – 6 July 2009
DONE DEAL
MARK SKAIFE TO DRIVE WITH in V8 enduros! – CLICK INSIDE FOR EXCLUSIVE FULL STORY –
MUSICAL CHAIRS
Kelly Racing’s midseason driver swap
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Issue No. 111 | 30 June – 6 July 2009
news 4 The winner is ...
Skaifey makes his enduro call 6 Mark McKelly Driver swap at Hi-Tec Racing 9 Two will do GRM to miss third praccie 14 IRL heads to SA! South America, that is ... 17 Falling on Hag times Nori out for a month
chat 20 5 minutes with ... opinion 22 van Leeuwen
Mark McNally
23 Caruso
The ways of life The ways of a winner’s life
28 Shannons Nationals 30 NASCAR 34 IndyCar 38 World Superbikes
Brothers win enduro Hey Porter, Hey Porter Joey Joe Joe wins Penske faulters, Ganassi wins I Spies with my little eyes
race 24 Commodore Cup trade 44 Classifieds
Yeehaw! The Holdsworths got in a good ol’ fashioned tankslapper at the Commodore Cup enduro at Winton!
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