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No.337 7-20June 2006
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9 Pleeese Explain! Schuey to fa<ie GPDA over Monaco TO IndyStar
Briscoe:have ride, will dazzle
12 Merge? Who,us? CCWS and IRL stayseparate
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25 MotorMouth
Third times2for Ryan Briscoe
26 BoxSeat
The Shame ofbeing Schumacher
28 Opinion
Fog,stops. The Age and a merger
82 Talk Converter
A mixed bag. Mixed mailbag. Geddit?
l^itiire 30 Five Minutes With WillPower 32 Five Minutes With Paul Dumbrell 34 The thoughts ofChairman Now EXCLUSIKE:Tony Cochrane tells[almost]allonthe new i TV deal, Townsville,Sydney dnd:,« retirement ; 94 Netherlands!,Australia 1 There is nostory, wejustlike writing thatscore.«
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38 Winter Winton Craig Lowndes takes his first win there and FPR is second. And then there was Bargs v Luff... 50 Monacalonso
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Renaultscores on the streets
56 Wakefield awake Macrow scores in Fujitsu V8s 62 Jr beats Jr(jr)
Hornish tops Andretti atIndy 500
64 Revenge!
Gronholm wins in Greece
20 Stateside 22 Rallying 68 Speedway
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70 Drag Racing 72 NationalScene 77 Race Shop/Industry News 80 Classifieds