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Motorsport News Issue 374 - August 2008

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NEWS 4

General Alert

Ambrose looks to 2009 – and Chevy?

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Greyed Scot

What David Coulthard is going to do next

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Bruce of Dakar Garland readies to take on desert classic

10 Suzuki double

No, not Garland’s navigator, the car!

OPINION 12 Motor Mouth

Ford goes Full Circle

20 Box Seat

The Family First Party

Photos Cover: Dirk Klynsmith Honda Racing Contents: sutton-images.com Ford Racing Media

82 The Back Page When Skaifey arrived at Clayton

FEATURE 18 Five Minutes with Craig Lowndes 22 Life begins at 40-something Mark Skaife has unfinished business in V8 Supercars 30 Boys will be Boys Motor racing left out of the Olympics? Not in Brighton! 36 Howard, re-elected Mark Howard has big plans for the future 42 An Aussie in Roger Penske’s neighbourhood Ryan Briscoe gears up for more wins in IndyCar

RACE 48 Hidden Valley V8s: Richo heads FPR’s first 1-2 52 Silverstone F1: Lewis wins, who cares about the rest? 54 Magny Cours F1: Massa cleans up, Kimi exhausted 56 MotoGP: Stoner wins, Rossi and Dani flying solo 58 WRC: Suzuki is chasing the leaders and getting closer

ON TRACK 60 National Velvet: A month of action from around the land 72 I would walk 1000 feet: NHRA shortens the track! 74 Son of Gorgeous: Brooke Tatnell lays it on the Line

TRADE 77 Race Shop/Industry News/Classifieds

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