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Motor Sport
Kelly, Murphy back together
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James Phelps HOLDEN V8 Supercars legend Greg Murphy has been thrown a lifeline by former teammate Rick Kelly.
Johnson fights on without Courtney
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James Phelps AFTER a full-scale mutiny by his team, Dick Johnson has vowed to win the 2011 championship without the sport's No. 1 driver James Courtney.
James Courtney farewells Ford
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Ed Jackson V8 SUPERCAR champion James Courtney exits Jim Beam Racing but plays coy on joining Holden Racing Team.
Miner's son emerging as race ace
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Mark Hinchliffe MARK Webber might be Australia's top motorsport star, but one Blackwater miner's son is staking his claim in the international racing spotlight.
Renault pays Piquet Jr over 'lies'
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RENAULT has agreed to pay "substantial" damages to driver Nelson Piquet Jr and his father over allegations from the tawdry 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
Banged up, but bang on target
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James Phelps EVERYONE was expecting James Courtney to fail. With his team locked in a bitter ownership dispute, his future was uncertain.
Courtney wins V8 Supercar title
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Ed Jackson FORD'S James Courtney has won his first V8 Supercar title following the season-ending 250km race at Sydney's Olympic Park on Sunday.
Winterbottom throws down gauntlet
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James Phelps MARK Winterbottom landed the first blow in the final chapter of the championship fight on Friday, outpacing rivals Jamie Whincup and James Courtney on day one of the Sydney 500.
Driving force behind a dream
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James Hooper TUCKED away in the back streets of working-class Doonside, the blue and white police tape has only just been removed.
Track could drive Whincup win
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Mark Hinchliffe and Tyson Otto CHANGES to the Homebush track in Sydney could play into the hands of Jamie Whincup, who is chasing his third straight V8 Supercar title.
Highs and lows of motorsports
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Damien Stannard DEPENDING on your loyalties, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was either a heartbreaking or thrilling climax to a dramatic season.
Courtney is V8's $3.6 million man
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James Hooper V8 SUPERCARS champion James Courtney has become the kingpin of Australian motorsport after signing a huge deal with Holden.
Cancer claims Holden racing boss
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THE owner of V8 Supercars' powerful Holden Racing Team, Tom Walkinshaw, has died after a long battle with cancer.
Courtney's switch driven by needs
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Craig Lowndes I CAN see a lot of people will be upset with James Courtney's decision to leave DJR and Ford and go to HRT.
Webber drove with broken shoulder
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AAP MARK Webber has revealed he drove with a broken shoulder in the last four races of the F1 season.
Whincup fuming over loss
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James Phelps IT was impossible to mask the anger for V8 Supercar championship runner-up Jamie Whincup after the final race on Sunday.
Whincup, Courtney hit the wall
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James Phelps THE Sydney 500 erupted into a sea of carnage and chaos on Saturday, with half the V8 Supercar field claimed by the Homebush street circuit after a heavy downpour.
Bright tops V8 title contenders
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HOLDEN'S Jason Bright outshone the V8 Supercar championship contenders to top Friday's practice for this weekend's Sydney 500 event.
No dirty driving, I'm out to win
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Craig Lowndes IF IT comes down to me overtaking James Courtney to give Jamie Whincup his third V8 Supercar championship, I will do everything I can.
Courtney loss won't stop winners
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Damien Stannard and Tyson Otto DICK Johnson Racing won titles before the arrival of James Courtney and would do so after he left, the team's defiant co-owner said.