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WRC - The first of this years new events, the WRC was in Norway last weekend for the third round of the championship. Mikko Hirvonen upset both Marcus Gronholm and Sebastien Loeb to claim his second WRC win. Henning and Petter Solberg gave the locals plenty to cheer about, battling right up to final stage for 3rd and 4th places.


Photos courtesy of Ford Media, Stobart Motorsport, Subaru World Rally Team, and Mitsubishi Motors.


Rally Tasmania - Alan Simonsen and Cody Crocker fight it out in Burnie, with Simonsen grabbing his second tarmac victory in a row.


Don't forget to check out Three Men in a Pod.



Music this week from:


No Torso - Fight the Blue Horizon. The 8-piece ska band from Bekkestua released their debut album, 'Several Brains', last year, from which that track 'Fight the Blue Horizon' is taken.


Donna-Marie - Sinking Deep. From Manchester in the UK, Donna-Marie is a folk-rock artist, who self-produced this track in her home studio. You can hear more of her tracks up at her MySpace, as well as up-coming gig dates.


Aerobleu - Why Would You Want To. Aerobleu are a four-piece soul/funk outfit. The band having been playing regular gigs around Sydney over the last few years, and have just released their debut CD Green, which you can buy from CD Baby.


Katie Davis - Los Angeles. "It's Katie's raw emotion and soft-spoken voice that makes each track drip with sadness." - Unsigned Magazine, April '06.


Background music: Cargo Cult - 'Sunday' (courtesy of Magnatune).

Incidental music by Derek K. Miller.



Don't forget to enter 'The Grenadines CD Giveaway' contest. Thanks to the Melbourne-based rockers The Grenadines, you have the chance to win one of five copies of 'Sory of Woe'.

Simply answer this question: 'When The Grenadines are relaxing, what do they like to wear?'

If you are one of the first five people to email me the correct answer (woof@thedogbox.info), I will happily post a freshly pressed copy of 'Story of Woe' to your doorstep. You'll find the answer on The Grenadines web site. And the CD is now available for purchase by contacting them at their web site.


If you like the song, email the artist and let them know. Or, better still, buy a CD!

Technorati Tags: Rally Norway, Marcus Gronholm, Mikko Hirvonnen, Petter Solberg, Chris Atkinson, Sebastien Loeb, Dani Sordo, Henning Solberg, Daniel Carlsson, Toni Gardimeister, Rally Tasmania, Alan Simonsen, Cody Crocker, Jason White, WRC, Australian Rally Championship, ARC, Australian Rally Championship, V8 Supercars, V8SC

Rally Norway doesn't finish until Sunday afternoon (Oslo time), which is very early Monday morning in Sydney. That means I won't be able to finish the show until Monday night. So expect to see TheDogBox #53 ready for downloading on Tuesday morning (Sydney time).

As well as Rally Norway, we'll try and catch up will Rally Tasmania which is being run this weekend.

Photos courtesy of Ford Media and Stobart Motorsport.

I've always been a big Allan Moffat fan. (My brother Keith indoctrinated me from an early age).

Moffat best known as a Ford man, but later in his career, after Ford withdrew from touring car racing in Australia, he joined forces with Mazda and later Peter Brock's Holden Dealer Team.

One of his biggest career wins was in 1987, when he and John Harvey teamed up to win the first round of the World Touring Car Championship at Monza, in a Brock-prepared Commodore.

I'd only ever heard the story of the win; until today. There's a short video of the event up at YouTube that's well worth a look.

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WRC - The WRC visits Sweden for the second round of the championship. Marcus Gronholm does it in style against Sebastien Loeb. Petter Solberg ends up in a ditch, but his brother Henning bags a great result for the Stobart team.



Photos courtesy of Ford Media, Subaru World Rally Team, and Stobart Motorsport.


A1GP - The A1GP series completes its antipodean sojourn at Eastern Creek, right here in Sydney. And again, Nico Hulkenberg and Jonny Reid dominate proceedings.





Music this week from:


The View Between - Beats. The 5-piece from Stockholm formed in 2004, and this track, is from their current EP, 'Quiet Scene'. Check their MySpace page for details and gig dates.


Vanessa And The O's - Bagatelle. It's taken a year, but I finally have Vanessa and the O's on the show. Check out their web site for where you can grab their debut CD, 'La Ballade d’O'.


The Cloves - A Million Reasons. "Vocal harmonies define the Cloves' sound. Layers on layers of them appear on this debut EP, sweet and expertly put together, like a Dilettante Cafe chocolate torte. The music harks back to the 1960s or early 1970s -- think the Beach Boys' quieter moments." - Seattle Post-Intelligencer


Roenik - We Could Have Been. Roenik are a 5-peice rock outfit from Stockholm, and this track is taken from their 2005 EP 'Unique'.


Background music: Cargo Cult - 'Sunday' (courtesy of Magnatune).

Incidental music by Derek K. Miller.

And special thanks to Gabor Kovacs of The Electrical Language Podcast for voice the Ten-Tenths promo.


Don't forget to enter 'The Grenadines CD Giveaway' contest. Thanks to the Melbourne-based rockers The Grenadines, you have the chance to win one of five copies of 'Sory of Woe'.

Simply answer this question: 'When The Grenadines are relaxing, what do they like to wear?'

If you are one of the first five people to email me the correct answer (woof@thedogbox.info), I will happily post a freshly pressed copy of 'Story of Woe' to your doorstep. You'll find the answer on The Grenadines web site. And the CD is now available for purchase by contacting them at their web site.


If you like the song, email the artist and let them know. Or, better still, buy a CD!

Technorati Tags: Rally Sweden, Marcus Gronholm, Mikko Hirvonnen, Petter Solberg, Chris Atkinson, Sebastien Loeb, Dani Sordo, Henning Solberg, Daniel Carlsson, Toni Gardimeister, A1GP Australia, A1GP, Jonny Reid, Nico Hulkenberg, WRC, Australian Rally Championship, ARC, Australian Rally Championship, V8 Supercars, V8SC

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This week we have an interview with Cody Crocker. The 3-time Australian rally champion, Crocker dominated last years Asia-Pacific Championship, winning at his first attempt.

We discuss how he and the Les Walkden team managed to pull it off, his new partnership with co-driver Ben Atkinson, tarmac rallying, and his plans for 2007.




Cody Crocker photos courtesy of Linear Photographs


Music this week from:


Patrick Alexander - Self-Destructive Fool. Another new track from this fantastic Danish singer-songwriter.


Melany Moloney - Rompecabezas. This 21-year-old Columbian-Australian won the John Lennon International Song Contest in the Latin category last year. This track is from her new album with is available from her web site.


26 - Friendly Fire. This is a preview track from Brisbane's own, '26'. The new CD will be out later in the year, and thanks Cody for the intro.




Don't forget to enter 'The Grenadines CD Giveaway' contest. Thanks to the Melbourne-based rockers The Grenadines, you have the chance to win one of five copies of 'Sory of Woe'.

Simply answer this question: 'When The Grenadines are relaxing, what do they like to wear?'

If you are one of the first five people to email me the correct answer (woof@thedogbox.info), I will happily post a freshly pressed copy of 'Story of Woe' to your doorstep. You'll find the answer on The Grenadines web site. And the CD is now available for purchase by contacting them at their web site.



Background music: Cargo Cult - 'Sunday' (courtesy of Magnatune).


If you like the song, email the artist and let them know. Or, better still, buy a CD!

Technorati Tags: Cody Crocker, Ben Atkinson, Les Walkden Rallying, APRC, WRC, Australian Rally Championship, ARC, Australian Rally Championship, V8 Supercars, V8SC

This is a blast from the past. A friend emailed me this link today. It's from a mid-80s ATCC race at Symonds Plains, Peter Brock in a Commodore being hounded by Jim Richards in a BMW.


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