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N With a title fight, race wins, talk ofteam tactics and even a roll-over, Mark Webber has never been far from the headlines in 2010. Who better to talk about his stellar season than the man himself?
STRONG SUIT Garth Tanderand the Toll Holden Racing Team have had a mixed 2010 by their lofty standards. GTopens up to MNews about it.
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You won't know his name or face - and we don't think he's ever been to a racetrack - but Ben Vella was in his element behind the lenses as Garth Tander suited up for us.
When we spoke delusively to Mark Webber in thefbursi immediately after the Abu Dhabi2010season finale, his mind was already on going two better in 2011.
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Tag! You're it! Alex Tagliani relives his career in pictures
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Pirelli's picks Brendan Reeves is one oftwo Aussie rally drivers selected for a unique scholarship
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Ralliartist Stuart Kostera gave Team Mitsubishi Ralliart more success in 2010- winning the AMC
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Drag Racing continues at Caider Park with up to three events a week between now and the end of the drag racing season next Easter. This will see a combination of street meets, practice days and the following major events. They will feature major exhibition brackets of Top Doorslammer, Pro Stock and Supercharged Outlaws.
TmeBiue The True Blue is an open drag racing event that will be held on 22nd & 23rd January 2011 - Australia Day weekend. Due to the sheer number of car and bike entries the track had to turn away from our Spring Horse-Power Challenge we have expanded our next event to two days to accommodate the increase in entries.
Labor Day Championship Drag Dacing
This event will be run on March 12th & 13th, 2011 and will comprise of nine different brackets that cater for everything from off the street racing through to the very quick Pro Street cars. Tens of thousands of dollars in prize money is up for grabs in these different eliminators that is sure to draw the best of entries from around Australia.
Easter Street Shoot-Out
Our final event of the racing season will be the Easter Street Shoot Out event that will be run on 23rd & 24th April 2011. This promises to be a great finale for the latest chapter in Calder’s rich history of street and professional drag racing. All classes of streetcar will be catered for with big bucks on offer for the winners.
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Adults Concession (14-17 years old) Kids(14 and Under) Family(2 Adults - 2 Concession)
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For more information on these events including entry information, race regulations, classes catered for and prize-money information check out
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