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Issue No. 070 2 - 8 September 2008
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Issue No. 070 | 02 - 08 Sept 2008
news 4 Position, position
7 The truth about JC 8 New tech bits 12 Speed Reed 14 Ah! That’s quieter! 18 More ARC Honda
chat 22 5 minutes with ... opinion 25 Bargwanna race 26 Shannons
Holden frees up some space Courtney and Frosty? No ... V8 Supercars get updates Sorenson on the move IndyCar returns to turbo Rick in frame for drive Alex Davison Under the knife, ready to go
Truck wars in Sydney 30 Australia Safari Plugger plugs on 32 Superleague Formula Pitched battle at Donington 34 I’ll be back! Johnson smokes’ em 38 Justin Time Wilson wins from guess who
trade 46 Classifieds
welcome Andrew Thompson, driver of the #50 PWR Commodore ...
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