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Tomorrow July 11 marks the official on-sale date of ZOOM #128 with Jeff Shoesmith’s white ‘SX.510’ P510 Datsun Bluebird SSS Coupe and Rodney Rehayem’s yellow RX-3 on the cover. ZOOM readers will need to go to www.zoommagazine.com.au to read the missing first several paragraphs of the Jeff Shoesmith cover car story that were hidden during a prepress-stage graphic design change. They should have appeared on the top right-hand-side of page 21. Jeff’s iconic coupe is backed up by a great shoot of Rodney’s rotor; Jason Caulley of Queensland’s ‘NERVUS’ light blue RB30 LH SL/R Torana that was up at last year’s Jambo; a one-of-a-kind twin-supercharged 392ci V8 black Ford Mustang known as Obsidian SG-One; Trent Hardy’s Newcastle Extreme Auto Team (N.E.A.T.) 11-second, 455rwhp XF Falcon straight six sleeper that was at Powercruise 12; Sam Raunio from the Sunshine Coast’s black ‘20BPP’ N/A 20B Peripheral Port Series-II Mazda RX-7; and Shane Gibson’s black ‘ELMN8R’ 180SX expertly tuned by Adam Neish at Just Engine Management (JEM). For all those who enjoy hitting the racing circuit on club track days we have a ‘15 Ways to Slash Your Lap Times’ special feature; Martin Donnon helps with preparing your car for Time Attack and tackles the R35 GT-R vs. Porsche result head-on plus we’ve got a tech feature on Boosted Bikes; a step-by-step D.I.Y. electronic shift kit from ShiftKits.com.au; and our Project RACER Street 289 13B Turbo Mazda 808 is up to Part 9, entitled Safety First. Throw in a jam-packed Powercruise 12 photo feature, a Supernats 07 Flashback plus stacks of ‘At The Track’ drag-racing action and you’ll realize what a good buy ZOOM #128 is. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we loved putting it together for you. Greg Conway, Editor [email protected]

ORAN PARK RACEWAY, JANUARY 11: The first Aussie-delivered R35 Skyline GT-R has undergone private testing at Sydney's Oran Park Raceway today. The white R35 has been purchased by Donut King Racing motor racer Tony Alford, CEO of Retail Food Group Limited, through importers www.justjap.com. The car had a mere 28 kilometres on its odometer before Tony took the wheel for the first time. It's factory plastic protective wrapping can still be seen on seats and door trims. It will be sprayed in Donut King Racing pink before its racing debut at the 2008 Targa Tasmania over April 15-20. "As long as we do better than the 32's 9th Outright at Targa then we'll be happy," Alford told an onsite representative of Express Publications' Express Media Group (EMG), Greg Conway, in relation to his existing R32 GT-R race car. Conway, Editor of Zoom Magazine (www.zoommagazine.com.au), had reportedly been up in the Oran Park tower before the 35 had arrived onsite via tow truck. It was spotted while being driven slowly around the Oran Park complex. With Alford at today's first-ever test drive was Just Jap's Darron Corrigan. Corrigan, Alford and fellow racer Peter Leemhuis are pictured trying to fathom all of the onboard electronics. Also there to test was former V8 Supercar privateer and Donut King Racing team member Mal Rose. Rose, Leemhuis and Alford were former Team Mirage Australia teammates, racing Mistubishi Mirages in events like the Bathurst 24Hour at Mt. Panorama. "I'd rather be racing that than this," Rose quipped, pointing to his 08 season V8, also white in colour. "But gee he's adapted to it pretty quickly," he added of Alford's laps. "It was a bit jumpy over the ripples so it'll need a bit of setting up in the front end," Alford told Corrigan. Corrigan's boss, justjap owner Steve Thatcher, is reportedly the man who "made it all happen". "My R32 Skyline is prepared by justjap," Alford confirmed. "This one was brought in a week before Christmas. Straight away I can say it is less laggy than the 32." Corrigan told EMG that it will be "a couple of months" before the car is all sorted for Targa. Possible suspension and exhaust mods will precede its tarmac rally debut.