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Carsales SAU DECA Day - Round 4

When : Saturday 1st December 2007

Where : DECA - Shepparton, 145 Wanganui Road, Shepparton, VIC 3630

Cost : $75

Max Entries : 50 + Reserves

Entry Form & Supp. Regs. : Click Here

Anyone paying by cheque MUST make the cheque out to Skylines Australia Victoria. Cheques made out to anything else WILL BE REJECTED.

Please support our sponsors : www.carsales.com.au

Current Entry List:

1 Andrew Richmond R34 GTR

2 Chris Thomson R33 GTR

3 Justine Schuller S15

4 Adam Newton R32 GTST

5 John Andrews R33 GTR

6 Scott Andrews R33 GTST

7 Andrew Dean R33 GTR

8 Nick Edlin R33 GTST

9 Adam Nightingale R34 GTT

10 Andrew McIntosh VW Golf

11 Darren Golding STI

12 Tony Buckland STI

13 Aaron Tan S15

14 Nathan Lawrence R33 GTR

15 Jarrod Moore SIL80

16 Ryan Bell SIL80

17 Mark Kelly R33 GTST

18 Sean Powers R32 GTST

19 David Lee R33 GTR

20 Troy Galt Datsun 1600

21 Nathan Jefferies Datsun 1600

22 Sam Lothringer R32 GTST

23 Gareth Evans R32 GTR

24 Matt Phillips R33 GTST

25 Alan King EVO 7

26 Andrew Collins R31

27 David Sidebottom Datsun 1200

28 Rob Sidebottom Datsun 1200

29 Mark Dyson R33 GTST

30 Aaron Foo EVO IX

31 Jason Foo EVO IX

32 Khoa Nguyen Toyota

33 Anthony Moss R34 GTR

34 Robert Nigro R32 GTST

35 Tom Giordano R32 GTST

36 Adam Coco S15

37 Sarah Kaye Echo

38 Ben Wintone Datsun 1200

39 Steven Skrekovski MX5

40 Jack Kuzior R33 GTR

41 Daneil Lemish WRX

42 Gary Matthews WRX

43 Alycia Matthews WRX

44 Stuart Hickman Liberty RS

45 Lee Dimitrijevski 180 SX

46 Craig Esposito R33 GTST

47 Adrian Meuller WRX

48 Serge Alexander R32 GTR

49 Dillion Loos R33 GTR

50 Steven Dean M6

51 Jeff Chen S4

52 Zhi-Yong Lee Sti

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53 Adam Coco S15

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