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Issue No. 094 3 – 10 March 2009
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Issue No. 094 | 3-9 March 2009
news 4 Black to the Future
6 Enzed Burnout 8 Johnny Mac time 10 Honda goes Brawn 12 Briscy Business 18 Mister Bishee
chat 24 5 minutes with ... opinion 26 Melandri 27 Van Leeuwen
race 28 Nori and Bennie
32 RoG to Trophy 36 Zappiest in the West 40 Krikkiest in the West
Todd and Rick’s new look ANDRA’s mega-deal Kiwi ace gets serious Car may test this week! Aussie tops IndyCar test Simon says ‘Evo IX’ Dale Wood Future up in the Air I see Red, I see Red, I see Red Super, Duperbikes at PI Busch is pretty Vegas Monaro rules ‘Slammers Farr wins Krikke Boys
trade 48 Classifieds Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne headed to Phillip Island with high hopes but his weekend (like his Ducati) never really got off the ground ...