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Issue 251
26 Fedruary - ii March 2003
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Race time The 2003 V8 Supercars are on the track
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Friday on Jag’s mind As they opt for Friday testing Show us ya V8s Lotsa pics of 2003 V8 Supercars
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10 Grey power Ron and Frank go for the smaller teams 15 Team Emmo Fittipaldi tanked in FI: now he’s trying CART 25 Motor Mouth Why Steve Johnson’s pants fall down 26 Box Seat Joe Saward: the only Pom mentioning cricket 90 Talk Converter That’s where we convert, er, talk
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28 Five Minutes With Alex Yoong From FI to Malaysia to Eastern Creek 30 Five Minutes With Wayne Gardner WG hangs up the (full-time) helmet 32 Win on Sunday, Barramundi We get behind the wheel of OzEmall Racing’s new Falcon BA V8 Supercar. Brad and JB now have no fingernails left 42 Grand Prix Preview Who will win this season? We all know that, but we asked Mr Webber for his Insights into what else would happen In FI In 2003 52 V8 Supercar Preview Will Skalfe make It 4 straight? Will the DJR cars keep hitting each other? What will Prodrive do? It’s going to be a massive year
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Wakefield Park Konica V8s Now is the Winterbottom of our discontent
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made glorious by this son of... Stone Brothers Racing Speed Reiding Jonny Reid takes the ‘honours’ in F4KPBFI 74 Daytona 500 It rained and rained and Michael Waltrip reigned in another huge start to the Winston Cup
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