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Issue No. 026 16 – 22 October 2007
Owen replaces Fabian for final four V8 rounds
STONERMANIA World Champ wows ‘em at home
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news 4 Stoned Island 6 I like my paint 8 Spanish for ‘Home’ 14 ExTandersion
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chat 18 5 minutes with ... opinion 20 van Leeuwen 21 Branagan 39 Punter
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Cameron McConville A High Definition idea I think it’s more than tyres Casey and Lewis
race 22 The Rockets’ Red Glare Two little Ducks ... Ducatis 26 Tarmaction Control 30 Write a Black Czech 32 Mallalalala Land
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Casey’s late tyre gamble Ford V8 teams’ liveries Alonso-Renault ... ??? Leanne and Garth grow
Loeb cements on bitumen But we won in the League Proddies turn it on in SA
trade 36 Trade and Industry / Raceshop / Classifieds
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