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All Smiles JC, Ingall and Frosty get comfy seats
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At DJR, we’ll save you No, that slogan Is already taken
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It’s all-Japanese! Except for Agurl's Aussie designer 10 If Dan goes here ... then that leaves Ryan at ... PKV? 13 Webber Plains If you see him at Symmons, say G’day 25 Motor Mouth Glendenning and the International things 26 Box Seat Now do we have to call Saward ‘Super Joe’? 82 Taik Converter You're still on about Bathurst? YikesI!
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foaturos 28 Five Minutes With Jason Richards He is just wild about Tasman 30 Five Minutes With Fetter and Atko Subaru’s WRC comedy double-act 32 EXCLUSIVE Courtney Love Nobody was permitted behind the scenes at James Courtney’s first Stone Brothers test session - except Motorsport News 36 Back to Work Ryan Briscoe details his recovery from that accident 38 American Up a Creek A chat with A1 Team USA’s Bryan Herta 40 Work to Rule Campaign Some heavy hitters react to FI’s latest rule changes 42 Now for Christmas! Mark Webber discusses his tough season at Williams 46 Rossi-free zone Some V8 stars, and the editor, get the leg over(some bikes) 64 Crystai Baii + Ciay How the World Series Sprintcars season shapes up
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50 Frogs Legs and Burgundy all around! France dominates Australia’s A1 round. We go alright and Japan is lucky to escape from a mega-shunt 58 Ouvre le Woop Ass The Loeb Show cruises ever onwards in Catalunya .r 60 Winning Finish Cody gives Subaru and triumphant exit from the Globalstar ARC
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