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No. 266
September 17-30 2003
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17 September 2003
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Which Donk? Chevy or HMS for Skaifey at Bathurst? It’s a date, then A 2004 V8 Supercar calendar preview It’s an FI date, then End of season in Brazil. Yuk
10 All the McRae News Latest on Colin and Cassius <12 Rubber fetish Brawn and Michelin beg to differ 25 Motor Mouth Glendenning ain’t here, he's at Monza 26 Box Seat All the fun of FI, Italian-style 82 Talk Converter It’s almost time for Christmas cards!
28 Rve Minutes With Roland Dane Three times the 8s in V8 Supercar racing 30 Five Minutes With Mario Theissen BMW’s head of bhp speaks about 2004 32 More Ralts Part 2 of our yarn with Ron Tauranac
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58 A Hollywood Western Petter Solberg wins Rally Oz after an intense battle with Citroen’s Sebastian Loeb
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