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2-15 October 2002
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First glimpse Ford fans, meet your new V8 Supercar
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Stars, stripes and Gurney flaps FI legend to spearhead All-American FI effort
11 New warpaint Kmart machinery gets a touch-up for the Mountain 12 Move over Enge? Courtney due for Arden F3000 test
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27 Motor Mouth MN s Ed shares his travel tips 28 Box Seat Saward meets Costner. If you write it, they will come 92 Talk Converter Speak up!
features 30 Five Minutes With James Courtney James reflects on his F3 campaign 32 Ford's main man Howard Marsden on all things blue and oval-shaped 3S The countdown begins The Bathurst 1000 is almost here, and nine out of 10 doctors recommend that you prepare by reading our extensive preview. The other doctor has been deregistered Testing times A day in the forest with ARC young gun Spencer Lowndes
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A 56 Accidental hero A bizarre win is still a win. Just ask Rubens Barrichello 64 Viper strike Morgan swoops to a Nations Cup win at Phillip Island 66 Island supports Manderson wins F3 crown, GT Performance down to the wire 68 Sanremo is my specialty Panizzi gets his Italian WRC hat-trick MIVIBI 72 Game over Possum makes it ARC title number seven in the Yarra Valley
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Photos: Cover: Bob Potts. Contents: Marsh/BOTHWELL, Neil BlacKbourn. Dirk Kiynsmith.
24 Bikes
70 Rallying
76 Speedway
78 NASCAR
80 Drag Racing
82 Histories
84 National Scene
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