KELLY AND LOWNDES:THEIR OWN WORDS THE NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
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11 Faster than Pop Andretti III makes his FI debut 12 ChampPain?
Stoddy hopes forCCWSsuccess
OPINION 25 Motor Mouth ■ 26 Opinion 3 28 Box Seat 82 Talk Converter
Jack, Larry,Jim and Dick Winners:Frosty,Johnny and Crowley Crunching the numbers with Aibert2 Big reactions to Phillip Island
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30 Five Minutes with Greg Murphy 32 Five Minutes with Andrew Thompson 34 In his Own Words:Rick Kelly After the fuss ended, Kelly speaks about winning the title
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40 Formula 12006 Revisited EXCLUSIVE:Damon Hill reviews the 2006 Grand Prix season 46 Goodbye to Regga A look at the life ofone ofthe sport's great characters
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RACE 48 All is fair in Love and War(and V8 Supercar racing)
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Rick Kelly take the title after a controversial finish to the 2006 Championship
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56 First the Mountain, now the Island A two-word race report:Andrew Thompson 60 An Island Fling""" Porsches and Formula Ford on the Go
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