2008 92nd Indianapolis 500 Thread

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Well, I figured I would post an official thread on this year's Indy 500. The biggest race of them all.

Here is the entry list so far for this year's Indianapolis 500 as of April 11th. This list will change as the race gets closer when all the drivers are entered and things are finalized. I cant wait. This is getting exciting!! The best time of the year is right around the corner... MAY !

Boogity, Boogity, Boogity, Lets Go Racing Boys !!

Car # Driver / Car Name / Team Name

#2 AJ Foyt IV / Vision Racing / Vision Racing
#3 Helio Castroneves / Team Penske / Team Penske
#4 Vitor Meira / Delphi National Guard / Panther Racing
#5 Oriol Servia / KV Racing Technology / KV Racing Technology
#6 Ryan Briscoe / Team Penske / Team Penske
#7 Danica Patrick / Motorola / Andretti Green Racing
#8 Will Power / Aussie Vineyard - Team Australia / KV Racing Technology
#9 Scott Dixon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#10 Dan Wheldon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 Tony Kanaan / Team 7-Eleven / Andretti Green Racing
#12 Thomas Scheckter / Symantec Luczo Dragon Racing / Luczo Dragon Racing
#14 Darren Manning / ABC Supply Co.- AJ Foyt Racing / AJ Foyt Enterprises
#15 Buddy Rice / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#16 Alex Lloyd / Rahal Letterman Racing with Chip Ganassi / Rahal Letterman Racing
#17 Ryan Hunter-Reay / Rahal Letterman Racing Team Ethanol / Rahal Letterman Racing
#18 Bruno Junqueira / The Z-Line Car / Dale Coyne Racing
#19 Mario Moraes / The SONNY Car / Dale Coyne Racing
#20 Ed Carpenter / Menard's-Vision Racing / Vision Racing
#21 TBA / Playa Del Racing / Playa Del Racing
#22 Davey Hamilton / Hewlett Packard- Vision Racing / Vision Racing
#23 Milka Duno / Citgo/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#24 John Andretti / Roth Racing / Roth Racing
#25 Marty Roth / Roth Racing / Roth Racing
#26 Marco Andretti / Andretti Green Racing / Andretti Green Racing
#27 Hideki Mutoh / Formula Dream / Andretti Green Racing
#33 EJ Viso / PDVSA HVM Racing / HVM Racing
#34 Franck Perera / Ares-Opes Prime / Conquest Racing
#36 Enrique Bernoldi / Opes Prime-Sangari / Conquest Racing
#41 Jeff Simmons / ABC Supply-AJ Foyt Racing / AJ Foyt Enterprises
#44 Max Papis / Rubicon Race Team-LifeLock / Sam Schmidt Motorsports
#67 Sarah Fisher / Team ResQ-Gravity Entertainment / Sarah Fisher Racing
#77 TBA / Team Penske / Team Penske
#83 TBA / Panther Racing / Panther Racing
#91 Buddy Lazier / Hemelgarn Johnson / Hemelgarn Johnson
#96 Mario Dominguez / Mexico City Tourism Board / Pacific Coast Motorsports
#98 TBA / CURB-Agajanian Beck Motorsports / CURB-Agajanian -Beck Motorsports
#99 Townsend Bell / Dreyer & Reinbold -William Rast Racing / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#02 Justin Wilson / McDonald's Racing Team / Newman Haas Lanigan Racing
#06 Graham Rahal / Hole in the Wall Camps / Newman Haas Lanigan Racing
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Buddy Lazier, the 1996 Indy 500 champion has announced that he will attempt to run again at this year's Indy 500. He will team up with Ron Hemelgarn again for this year's race.

He will be driving the #91 Hemelgarn Johnson car.

Note: The entrant list has been updated with the lastest information.
 
DanicaRules said:
Well, I figured I would post an official thread on this year's Indy 500. The biggest race of them all.
Boogity, Boogity, Boogity, Lets Go Racing Boys !!
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Shouldn't it be "Lets Go Racing Boys and Girls " ;)

I can't wait!
 
I was surprised that Chastain Motorsports didn't have an entry.

It was nice to hear the cars running today while I was working in the yard.
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Today was Rookie Orientation Day. Day 2 is tomorrow. Here are the speeds of the rookie drivers today..

Rank / Car # & Driver / Time / Speed / Best Lap

1. #8 Will Power / 00:40.7804 / 220.694 / 90
2. #33 EJ Viso / 00:40.8265 / 220.445 / 61
3. #5 Oriol Servia / 00:40.8902 / 220.102 / 90
4. #16 Alex Lloyd / 00:40.9158 / 219.964 / 49
5. #27 Hideki Mutoh / 00:40.9418 / 219.824 / 39
6. #17T Ryan Hunter-Reay / 00:40.9468 / 219.797 / 43
7. #34 Jaime Camara / 00:41.0631 / 219.175 / 39
8. #06 Graham Rahal / 00:41.1675 / 218.619 / 36
9. #02 Justin Wilson / 00:41.2576 / 218.142 / 31
10. #36T Enrique Bernoldi / 00:41.4102 / 217.338 / 38
11. #24T Jay Howard / 00:41.4275 / 217.247 / 56
12. #44 Max Papis / 00:42.0427 / 214.068 / 16
13. #19 Mario Moraes / 00:48.2717 / 186.445 / 3
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wilson89 said:
davey hamilton signed a deal to drive a car for vision racing
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Yes, I updated on the entry list as well. He teamed up with them and Kingdom Racing. He will be driving the #22 Hewlett-Packard car.
 
During practice today, Jaime Camara hits the wall in turn 1. He was ok but complained of back pain.

Here are the results of Practice Session 2....

Rank / Car # Driver / Time / Speed / Best Lap

1. #16 Alex Lloyd / 00:40.3528 / 223.033 / 42
2. #27 Hideki Mutoh / 00:40.4313 / 222.600 / 31
3. #8 Will Power / 00:40.4918 / 222.267 / 50
4. #5 Oriol Servia / 00:40.5243 / 222.089 / 44
5. #06 Graham Rahal / 00:40.6954 / 221.155 / 41
6. #02 Justin Wilson / 00:40.7187 / 221.029 / 26
7. #17T Ryan Hunter Reay / 00:40.7537 / 220.839 / 53
8. #36T Enrique Bernoldi / 00:40.8507 / 220.314 / 48
9. #18 Bruno Junqeira / 00:40.8555 / 220.289 / 26
10. #22 Davey Hamilton / 00:40.9276 / 219.901 / 36
11. #33 EJ Viso / 00:40.9915 / 219.558 / 27
12. #44 Max Papis / 00:41.0770 / 219.101 / 13
13. #34 Jaime Camara / 00:41.2345 / 218.264 / 4
14. #19 Mario Moraes / 00:41.7409 / 215.616 / 62
15. #24T Jay Howard / 00:41.9390 / 214.597 / 10
16. #96 Mario Dominguez / 00:41.9858 / 214.358 / 45
 
I wanna see Patrick sit on the pole and lead about 154 laps enroute to a dominant victory. Farfetched I know but it'd be cool...
 
Marco Andretti cranking up the revs today and comes out on top in practice session 1 today. He runs over 226 miles per hour! Kudos Marco.

Here are the results of Practice Session 1...

Rank / Car # & Driver / Time / Speed / Best Lap

1. #26 Marco Andretti /00:39.7177 / 226.599 / 24
2. #11 Tony Kanaan / 00:39.9522 / 225.269 / 15
3. #9 Scott Dixon / 00:39.9981 / 225.011 / 38
4. #6 Ryan Briscoe / 00:40.0349 / 224.804 / 53
5. #10 Dan Wheldon / 00:40.0486 / 224.727 / 37
6. #3 Helio Castroneves / 00:40.0755 / 224.576 / 27
7. #12 Tomas Scheckter / 00:40.1006 / 224.436 / 52
8. #15 Buddy Rice / 00:40.1481 / 224.170 / 39
9. #7 Danica Patrick / 00:40.1616 / 224.095 / 29
10. #3T Helio Castroneves / 00:40.1977 / 223.893 / 16
11. #8 Will Power / 00:40.2595 / 223.550 / 29
12. #02 Justin Wilson / 00:40.2754 / 223.461 / 22
13. #4T Vitor Meira / 00:40.2952 / 223.352 / 29
14. #27 Hideki Mutoh / 00:40.3180 / 223.225 / 31
15. #33 EJ Viso / 00:40.4234 / 222.643 / 40
16. #20 Ed Carpenter / 00:40.4253 / 222.633 / 42
17. #16 Alex Lloyd / 00:40.4277 / 222.620 / 41
18. #99 Townsend Bell / 00:40.4343 / 222.583 / 28
19. #06 Graham Rahal / 00:40.4399 / 222.552 / 52
20. #4 Vitor Meira / 00:40.4634 / 222.423 / 16
21. #5 Oriol Servia / 00:40.5620 / 221.883 / 16
22. #22 Davey Hamilton / 00:40.5983 / 221.684 / 20
23. #17 Ryan Hunter-Reay / 00:40.6063 / 221.640 / 36
24. #2 AJ Foyt IV / 00:40.6110 / 221.615 / 5
25. #14 Darren Manning / 00:40.6662 / 221.314 / 37
26. #36T Enrique Bernoldi / 00:40.7280 / 220.978 / 61
27. #18 Bruno Junqueira / 00:40.7311 / 220.961 / 42
28. #44 Max Papis / 00:40.7819 / 220.686 / 38
29. #25T Marty Roth /00:40.8238 / 220.460 / 64
30. #96 Mario Dominguez / 00:41.1802 / 218.552 / 60
31. #19 Mario Moraes / 00:41.2543 / 218.159 / 6
32. #67 Sarah Fisher / 00:41.3098 / 217.866 / 13
33. #23 Milka Duno / 00:41.3961 / 217.412 / 27
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Well, unfortunately today's practice session was cancelled due to rain.
 
Here are the results of today's practice session...

Rank / Car# & Driver / Time / Speed / Best Lap

1. #9 Scott Dixon / 00:39.6531 / 226.968 / 30
2. #26 Marco Andretti / 00:39.6983 / 226.710 / 9
3. #11 Tony Kanaan / 00:39.7022 / 226.688 / 3
4. #6 Ryan Briscoe / 00:39.7978 / 226.143 / 23
5. #27 Hideki Mutoh / 00:39.8247 / 225.990 / 23
6. #10 Dan Wheldon / 00:39.8806 / 225.674 / 13
7. #4T Vitor Meira / 00:40.0336 / 224.811 / 19
8. #7 Danica Patrick / 00:40.0456 / 224.744 / 3
9. #12 Tomas Scheckter / 00:40.0512 / 224.712 / 22
10. #17 Ryan Hunter-Reay / 00:40.1561 / 224.125 / 36
11. #3 Helio Castroneves / 00:40.1757 / 224.016 / 11
12. #15 Buddy Rice / 00:40.2517 / 223.593 / 9
13. #16 Alex Lloyd / 00:40.2596 / 223.549 / 19
14. #99 Townsend Bell / 00:40.2653 / 223.518 / 5
15. #06 Graham Rahal / 00:40.3061 / 223.291 / 35
16. #5 Oriol Servia / 00:40.3545 / 223.023 / 7
17. #2 AJ Foyt IV / 00:40.3623 / 222.980 / 29
18. #25 Darren Manning / 00:40.4040 / 222.750 / 25
19. #20 Ed Carpenter / 00:40.4387 / 222.559 / 40
20. #02 Justin Wilson / 00:40.4569 / 222.459 / 20
21. #8 Will Power / 00:40.4839 / 222.311 / 24
22. #33 EJ Viso / 00:40.5232 / 222.095 / 20
23. #67 Sarah Fisher / 00:40.5446 / 221.978 / 21
24. #22 Davey Hamilton / 00:40.7192 / 221.026 / 31
25. #18 Bruno Junqueira / 00:40.7382 / 220.923 / 22
26. #44 Max Papis / 00:40.8298 / 220.429 / 41
27. #25 Marty Roth / 00:41.0456 / 219.268 / 20
28. #23 Milka Duno / 00:41.0902 / 219.030 / 4
29. #24 Jay Howard / 00:41.1013 / 218.971 / 8
30. #19 Mario Moraes / 00:41.2290 / 218.293 / 11
31. #96 Mario Dominguez / 00:41.3000 / 217.918 / 6
32. #36T Jaime Camara / 00:41.6400 / 216.138 / 28
33. #36 Enrique Bernoldi / 00:41.8979 / 214.808 / 8
 
Well, I just got back from the track. Rain ended the practice early today but the cars did manage to get some track time.

Alex Lloyd and Mario Dominguez had some crashes today. Mario had a minor one in the wall exiting out of pit lane. Alex wasnt as fortunate. He had major damage hitting an outside wall but he is ok.

And I was there for this one, Danica was coming into her pit box and the crew chief of Dale Coyne Racing stepped out and she struck him. He was knocked out, has a concussion and was taken to the hospital. He will be ok but it was a scary moment.
 
They had the qualification draw at 6:15pm today for tomorrow's qualification day. They only qualify the first 11 positions tomorrow. Here is the order....

1. #24 Jay Howard
2. #6 Ryan Briscoe
3. #19 Mario Moraes
4. #17T Ryan Hunter-Reay
5. #98 TBD
6. #33 EJ Viso
7. #99 Townsend Bell
8. #26 Marco Andretti
9. #9T Scott Dixon
10. 6T Ryan Briscoe
11. #9 Scott Dixon
12. #06 Graham Rahal
14. #22T Davey Hamilton
15. #20 Ed Carpenter
16. #2T AJ Foyt IV
17. #27 Hideki Mutoh
18. #15T Buddy Rice
19. #27T Hideki Mutoh
20. #17 Ryan Hunter-Reay
21. #7 Danica Patrick
22. #83 TBD
23. #14 Darren Manning
24. #5 Oriol Servia
25. #41 TBD
26. #25T Marty Roth
27. #11T Tony Kanaan
28. #3 Helio Castroneves
29. #26T Marco Andretti
30. #44 Max Papis
31. #96 Mario Dominguez
32. #2 AJ Foyt IV
33. #4 Vitor Meira
34. #20T Ed Carpenter
35. #10T Dan Wheldon
36. #11 Tony Kanaan
37. #25 Marty Roth
38. #16T Alex Lloyd
39. #36 Enrique Bernoldi
40. #24T Jay Howard
41. #7T Danica Patrick
42. #TBD PDM Racing
43. #91 Buddy Lazier
44. #4T Vitor Meira
45. #83T TBD
46. #88 TBD
47. #41T TBD
48. #14T Darren Manning
49. #22 Davey Hamilton
50. #8 Will Power
51. #23 Milka Duno
52. #36T Jaime Camara
53. #02 Justin Wilson
54. #18 Bruno Junquiera
55. #10 Dan Wheldon
56. #34 Jaime Camara
57. #12 Tomas Sheckter
58. #3T Helio Castroneves
59. #15 Buddy Rice
60. #16 Alex Lloyd
61. #67 Sarah Fisher
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May the best Kiwi win!...OK theres only one in the race :D

Then that means GO!! Scott Dixon
 
DanicaRules said:
They had the qualification draw at 6:15pm today for tomorrow's qualification day. They only qualify the first 11 positions tomorrow. Here is the order....

1. #24 Jay Howard
2. #6 Ryan Briscoe
3. #19 Mario Moraes
4. #17T Ryan Hunter-Reay
5. #98 TBD
6. #33 EJ Viso
7. #99 Townsend Bell
8. #26 Marco Andretti
9. #9T Scott Dixon
10. 6T Ryan Briscoe
11. #9 Scott Dixon
12. #06 Graham Rahal
14. #22T Davey Hamilton
15. #20 Ed Carpenter
16. #2T AJ Foyt IV
17. #27 Hideki Mutoh
18. #15T Buddy Rice
19. #27T Hideki Mutoh
20. #17 Ryan Hunter-Reay
21. #7 Danica Patrick
22. #83 TBD
23. #14 Darren Manning
24. #5 Oriol Servia
25. #41 TBD
26. #25T Marty Roth
27. #11T Tony Kanaan
28. #3 Helio Castroneves
29. #26T Marco Andretti
30. #44 Max Papis
31. #96 Mario Dominguez
32. #2 AJ Foyt IV
33. #4 Vitor Meira
34. #20T Ed Carpenter
35. #10T Dan Wheldon
36. #11 Tony Kanaan
37. #25 Marty Roth
38. #16T Alex Lloyd
39. #36 Enrique Bernoldi
40. #24T Jay Howard
41. #7T Danica Patrick
42. #TBD PDM Racing
43. #91 Buddy Lazier
44. #4T Vitor Meira
45. #83T TBD
46. #88 TBD
47. #41T TBD
48. #14T Darren Manning
49. #22 Davey Hamilton
50. #8 Will Power
51. #23 Milka Duno
52. #36T Jaime Camara
53. #02 Justin Wilson
54. #18 Bruno Junquiera
55. #10 Dan Wheldon
56. #34 Jaime Camara
57. #12 Tomas Sheckter
58. #3T Helio Castroneves
59. #15 Buddy Rice
60. #16 Alex Lloyd
61. #67 Sarah Fisher
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Should this be John Andretti.........I see he is going to try and qualify for Roth.
for get that Lol............alot of TBA's in there
 
Congrats to Scott Dixon, nice pole run:beerbang:
1-2 for Ganassi.
5, 6, 7, 9 for AGR :)
 
Nice Pole Day.

I had to leave around 4:30ish for a mom's day dinner thingy.

I think my eyeballs are sunburned.
 
Again, today they only qualified the first 11 positions. Tomorrow will be 12-22 if it doesnt rain. Then on Saturday will be 23-33. If it does rain, they will combine both qualifications on Saturday.

Scott Dixon wins the pole. Good job Scott. The Target Chip Ganassi team was strong today, with Dan Wheldon taking 2nd as well. Kudos to Ryan Briscoe in the front row.

Here is the first 11 with thier speed....

1. #9 Scott Dixon - 226.366
2. #10 Dan Wheldon - 226.110
3. #6 Ryan Briscoe -226.080
4. #3 Helio Castroneves - 225.733
5. #7 Danica Patrick - 225.197
6. #11 Tony Kanaan -224.794
7. #26 Marco Andretti - 224.417
8. #4 Vitor Meira - 224.346
9. #27 Hideki Mutoh - 223.887
10. #20 Ed Carpenter - 223.835
11. #12 Tomas Scheckter - 223.496
 
Well Im back from another day at the track. What a gorgeous day! Weather was great. It was an exciting day. I got to hang out with Danica in her pit box after the 2nd round of practice sets & qualifications. We were watching the speeds on the computers and she was telling me what was going on. I got to give her another nice, big hug for a day well done. She had the pole for awhile. She will start in row 2, position 5. Not bad!

Good Job Danica!!:beerbang:
 
kelloggs5TLfan said:
Thanks for the update.
One question, is Helio as nice as he appears to be?
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Yes, he is very nice. Always in a good mood and polite. I was walking near his garage this morning and he walks around to his garage and says good morning all cheerful. A class act.
 
DanicaRules said:
Well Im back from another day at the track. What a gorgeous day! Weather was great. It was an exciting day. I got to hang out with Danica in her pit box after the 2nd round of practice sets & qualifications. We were watching the speeds on the computers and she was telling me what was going on. I got to give her another nice, big hug for a day well done. She had the pole for awhile. She will start in row 2, position 5. Not bad!

Good Job Danica!!:beerbang:
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I'm officially jealous.
 
DanicaRules said:
Yeah, it definitely is. Last year during the month of May for a fan, he called her mother and wished her a Happy Mother's Day. That was pretty cool.
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I have to admit, I've been more interested in watching since he was on DWTS's. :D
Yes, I remember reading about him calling for a fan. :beerbang:
 
Raining in Indy, no more qualifying until Saturday....bummer, I'll be out of town next weekend and will miss watching it.
 
Here is a picture of Danica and I down in her pit box.
 

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were you down there for the pit accident? Has the team showed any effects of it?
 
Magnethead said:
were you down there for the pit accident? Has the team showed any effects of it?
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Yes, I was there. If he were only 5 feet or less away from where he was, it would of been fine. He was talking to someone in Marco's pit crew so he should of been up there closer or behind thier wall in the pit box.

It really was no one's fault, just an accident and a risk you take working in racing like that.

The team was really down after it happened, especially Danica. They didnt run anymore that day but the next day they were focused on qualifying and seemed to be holding up good and in good spirits. They handled it very professionally.
 
VaDirt said:
OK, first off, I'm jealous. Second, how'd you go about getting such close contact to pit road?
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I am working security at the track this month. Not the yellow shirt safety patrols, but Im working for the IRL itself as security. Along with my security badge, I was given a silver badge. These credentials get me anywhere.
 
DanicaRules said:
I am working security at the track this month. Not the yellow shirt safety patrols, but Im working for the IRL itself as security. Along with my security badge, I was given a silver badge. These credentials get me anywhere.
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Well, that's fantastic! Nothing like having full access.

And thanks for the updates, keep 'em coming. And Go Danica!
 
VaDirt said:
Well, that's fantastic! Nothing like having full access.

And thanks for the updates, keep 'em coming. And Go Danica!
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Not a problem. And today was rained out again. So they will combine 2nd and 3rd day qualifications this coming Saturday May 17th. They will fill positions 12-33. So this will be an exciting day. Lots of cars on the track trying to get in.
 
DanicaRules said:
I am working security at the track this month. Not the yellow shirt safety patrols, but Im working for the IRL itself as security. Along with my security badge, I was given a silver badge. These credentials get me anywhere.
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Awesome! It will be great to get some inside scoops from you!! Great photo, too! :)

Kell5 - Helio truly is the real deal. I posted some pics somewhere from the Kansas race that my friend went to. She had quite the story about Helio. Her first message to me was, "Helio hugged me!" Then when she got some sleep and finally got to tell me the whole story he also bought her a shirt! She and her husband were down by the tent the drivers had been at Friday for autographs & photos, early on race day. Someone backed into her and knocked her sunglasses off her face. It was a guy walking w/Helio. He bent down and picked up her sunglasses for her and then started talking to them. He asked who they were rooting for that day and they said, "Tony Stewart of course!" Helio cracked up. Then he was joking they were wearing Danica gear. My friend told him the shirt was supposed to be for her husband, but it was too small, plus Helio's shirt was $25 and Danica's was $5! She said she wanted to put her foot in her mouth after she said it, but he just laughed and asked her if she would wear his shirt if she had one and she said "Sure." After he left, they started to walk away and this lady inside the tent called her and said, "Wait! Your shirt from Helio!" She couldn't believe it. He earned himself an even greater fan that day. :)
 
Apparently after being rained out on Sunday, they have changed their mind about no track activity today.

Someone's running the bricks right now.
 
Jeff Simmons will be making a comeback, well sort-of. He will be attempting to qualify at this year's Indy 500.

He has teamed up with AJ Foyt Racing and will be driving the #41 ABC Supply car for his attempt.
 
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