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GETTING A GRIP ON CONTROL TYRES
Just because it's a control tyre doesn't make it easy for the tyre companies. Andrew van Leeuwen discusses the challenges of making control tyres with the chiefs at Hankook, the tyre of choice in the DTM and a string of other European series.
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Vheihside storydfhow Craig Lowndes' TeamVodafone Commodore ended up in Br&ok MM livery a t
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Edward Krause was a key contributor to Chevron's The Great Race yearbook for longer than we can remember. He was at Bathurst this year, and got the inside story on how Vodafone's bold 'Marlboro' Holden Dealer Team '70s style livery on the Craig Lowndes/Warren Luff Commodore came to be done.
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WINNSNG POM That's what his Aussie team calls him, and it's not a bad description of the two-time Gold Star winning Pom who would like to call Australia his permanent home in the future.
DAN’S THE MAN THE popularity ofregular American visitor Danny Smith to Australian shores this time every year is immense - Smith enjoys the kind ofreception usually reserved for our home-grown heroes.
SUSHI & DESERT From the desert sun to the land of the rising sun, our photographer followed the World Endurance Championship to deliver this pictorial coverage.
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Our globetrotting photographer Andrew Hall has been wracking up the frequent flyer points oflate, dropping in at Dubai for the WEC round before heading for the cooler climes at Japan's Mount Fuji for the following round.
Motor Mouth with Phil Branagan
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He's two wheels short ofqualifying as a usual suspect in this magazine, but as Casey Stoner prepares for what is almost certainly going to be a shift into car racing in Australia, we thought it time to reflect on what he's achieved, and take a look at how he might fare with a steering wheel rather than a pair of handlebars. 5