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Issue No. 218 August 16 - 22 2011
LEE HOLDSWORTH STILL WANTED AT GRM HOLDSWORTH MIGHT BE ON THE MARKET, BUT GARRY ROGERS TELLS US THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE OVER BETWEEN LEE AND GRM
WILL POWER GOES NUTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE!
DAVO READY TO TAKE ON THE EIGHTS AND HRT
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THE INSIDE LINE ON AUSTRALIA’S NEWEST FORMULA 1 DRIVER - ONLY IN THE AUGUST ISSUE OF MOTORSPORT NEWS PLUS: RYAN WALKINSHAW ON TAKING OVER HIS DAD’S BUSINESS, WE TALK TO ASIF KAPADIA, THE DIRECTOR BEHIND THE SENNA MOVIE, REVEAL ALEX ZANARDI’S OLYMPIC DREAM, SPEAK TO THE LATEST KIWI TO TAKE ON THE FAMOUS #51, LEARN ABOUT A V8 SUPERCAR THAT RACES AT THE NURBURGRING AND GET THE LATEST ON AUSTRALIAN RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER RYAN SMART ... AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!
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Issue No. 218 | August 16 - 22 2011
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Leethal Injection Why Garry still wants Lee 6 Why are softs so hard? Davo on FPR’s Sprint tyre woes 10 For the Record ... Morris re-sets Lakeside record 12 The Schu fits ... still One more year for Michael 32 Burdon’s Rock and Roll Full sequence of Burdon flip
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comment 24 Diffey: Rain, Hail and Shine 25 Adam: Wings, but Slick? Nah.
race 26 Shannons Nationals 34 IndyCar 36 Lakeside Historics 38 Winton Historics 40 Knoxville Nationals
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