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NEWS 4
Hitthe road Jack Dumbrellgoes to PWR for 2007
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Briter and Briter Britek ARC program moves in-house
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FI controls costs Yes. Ofcourse. Who would doubt that?
W FI's peace deal No more fighting, you twol 12 Johnny Diesel
Flolden Is burning for the U^-Hour
OPINION 25 Motor Mouth
Far Out? No,Farr is ini
26 Box Seat
Ant Davidson kept the FI faith
28 Opinion
A1 Team,Astras and some Pricing
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Michaelleaves big shoes to fill
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30 Five Minutes with Jimmie Johnson 32 Five Minutes With Will Power 34 Much more than 98 Seconds fEXCLUSIVE:RussellIngallspeaks up on being Champion, J2006 and what he thinks will happen nextseason 40 Blue Bloods Comparing notes with Ford's Euro and Aussie bosses 44 WhapIgoes the diesel How a bunch ofpoms burned the salt at Bonneville 46 I'll take'Odd Scandanavian spellings'for 100, thanks Tony Why Alx Danieisson is one Swede you need to remember 48 And we thought theyjust made those footballs Behind the doors ofSherrin Motorsport
RACE so Tandermania Gartjulid it again in Tassie -and Rick leads the points Fprdi-2 at Rally NZ-and Rossi gets the headlines
NATIONAL ^INTERNATIONAL
1 \0 Rally Bikes 58 International 62 Speedway 66 Drag Racing 70 NationalScene
TRADE - 76 Race Shop/Industry News r 79 Classifieds
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