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7 — 20 April 2004
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Josh da Boss Hunt to take on the Atlantics - and Champs!
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PD is very appealing Why Dumbrell got his points back 8 1 vron! No, it’s Al. it’s coming here and it looks good 9 Boom Time More pics of McLarens blowing up 14 Vauxhall’s Monaro? What next, you cads? Holden A30s? 25 Motor Mouth Mr Ed gets into the PC crowd
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26 Box Seat Saward of Arabia 82 Talk Converter Please send them Easter cards with cute little bunnies on them
features 28 Five Minutes With Troy Hunt Australia’s next Champ Car driver has a chat 30 Five Minutes With Chris Atkinson The Gold Coast lad done brilliant in Perth 32 The Fuil Brazilian Triple 8’s Max Wilson on Ford teams, past and present 36 You bend ’em, we mend ’em GRM worked hard and took two VYs to Sydney 40 Middle Eastern View Why Bahrain represents a new age for Formula One
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44 Quick Rick’s Slick Creek Trick It rained, it stopped and then it rained again. Throught it all. The Rickster came home with a (very) wet sail 52 Red Ships in the Desert Ferraris dominate front row, Ferraris dominate race. It was cooler on race day and the McLarens blow up. It all sounds so familiar 60 Those Creeking FFs Three winners, dry and wet. It was one of those weekends 61 Great Carrera Movie Richo. Davo and Rtzo?
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