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Issue 298
8 — 21 December 2004
www.mnews.com.au
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The World is not enough SBR, Marcos plan a 3-peat
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Younger than Springtime Kicking off 2005 with a bang io We have a cunning pian Jean Todt wants to keep on testing 12 Two-tiered assauit Canto and Luff get into the TBA V8 series 25 And now, the forecast Grant Denyer gets all Brutal 26 Box Seat Why won't anyone just hire Tonio Liuzzi? 82 Talk Converter Some end of season’s greetings
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features 28 Five Minutes With The 3 Amigos Marcos, Rusty and The Rat turn it on 30 Five Minutes With Stephane Ratei What is planned for GTs and Bathurst? 32 Tripie Treat Steve Ellery teils us exclusively the reasons behind his move 36 My other car is also a BMW.Williams Webber on the dawn of a new era 38 Willing and Abie What happened when Davo and Power drove the Minardi 44 New World Order A peek behind 2005's World Touring Car Championship
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48 Dad, I got Stoned in Sydney. Again Marcos takes title #2 and pretty much everything else at Eastern Creek. Russell was second, The Rat flew and the HRTs crashed into each other at the first corner. All the news from Sydney Biokes with V8s and Wings The latest on World Series Sprintcars
Photos Cover: Ford Racing Media Contents: Ford Racing Media and sutton-images.com
regulars 21 Bikes
58 Raliying 62 Speedway 64 Drag Racing 68 National Scene 75 Marketplace 3