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21 February - 6 March 2007 Australia $6.50 NZ $8.00 inc GST
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A testing time
At last: Noise on the racetracks!
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Bowe in Black
Which Holden team almost got JB?
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10 The Oranges
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25 Motor Mouth
Catching cheats or looking good?
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Box Seat
Saward talks mud. Yep, mud
28 Opinion
Bathurst and Ambrose on TV!
82 Talk Converter
Red. Blue. Seto, too!
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Five Minutes with Steven Richards
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32 Five Minutes with Kevin Harvick 2007 V8 SUPERCAR PREVIEW
35 From A to Z Q A look at some (well, 26) of the issues to keep an eye on 44 Shy and Retiring John Bowe talks on life in blue 46
New World Racer
How Toll built Rick and Garth's Commodore VEs
48 A Cheap and Meaningful Discussion SCAR'S Jeff Grech tells why he returned to V8s SO New Lease on Life
Another BA? No. Why Ford's BFis Different
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52 The Revolution that Never Happened
EXCLUSIVE: The Aussie-built engine that could have
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