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Eldora Speedway
Weekend Race
Results
Grant Gets Last Lap USAC Win; Schatz Doubles Up in Outlaws
Determined Sprint Car Community Overcomes Mother Nature
ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 9, 2015) – Donny Schatz swept the ‘Mother of All
Sprint Car Weekends’ by winning both Friday and Saturday’s World of
Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car races and Justin Grant made a last lap pass to
win the United States Auto Club (USAC) Sprint Car race at Eldora
Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
It was Schatz’s eighth World of Outlaws victory in 2015 as he led all
30 laps after starting from the pole.
“I don’t know if we dominated, but we have a great race team,” Schatz
said. “These guys do a phenomenal job every time we hit the track.
Thanks to the fans for sticking with us. The weather was iffy and I
didn’t think we were going to get it in. Hats off to everybody for
sticking with it.”
Schatz last won at Eldora at the Kings Royal in July 2009, but came
back to dominate winning both Friday’s and Saturday’s race. Gary Taylor
was second, while Paul McMahan, Joey Saldana and Kerry Madsen rounded
out the top-five.
“We love winning at Eldora, so to get two wins here is awesome,” Schatz
said. “The track was so good. You could carry so much speed and the
times were way down. I don’t remember the last time you could run
around that fast through the feature. We got to watch the non-wing race
too and the guy won it on the last lap with a slide job, so that was
pretty cool to see.”
Grant was that guy as he passed C.J. Leary on the last lap to win the
USAC Sprint Car race. It was Grant’s third career USAC Sprint Car win
and a heartbreaker for Leary who is still seeking his first victory.
As they took the white flag, Grant went low, while Leary went high as
they both passed a lapped car. Grant slid ahead in turn one and led the
rest of the lap to take the win. Leary led the other 29 laps after
starting on the pole.
“After the first five laps, I knew our car was better,” Grant said. “I
was trying to not mess anything up and we got an opening as he got
caught in lapped traffic. I figured we are going to win this thing or
end up in a big ball down in turn one. It all worked out.”
Following Leary in third place was Tracy Hines, while Aaron Farney and
Robert Ballou rounded out the top-five. Ballou won Friday night’s USAC
Sprint car race.
“This is awesome,” Grant said. “I wanted to win a USAC race here
forever. C.J. did an awesome job. You want to be heartbroken for him,
as long as you’re not the one that beat him.”
The next event at Eldora Speedway is the always exciting Family
Fireworks Night featuring the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds and a double
feature for the Eldora Stocks.
In addition to the exciting racing, there are Bounce Houses, balloon
twisting clowns and an autograph session. After the race, there is a
fireworks extravaganza, the largest in Eldora Speedway. Gates open at 5
p.m., with hot laps at 6:30 p.m. and the racing starting at 7:30 p.m.
Kids 12 and under are free, while for those over the age of 13 tickets
are just $8.
Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends
May 9, 2015
USAC National Sprint Cars
Qualifying - 1. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-16.432; 2. Aaron Farney, 15F,
Farney-16.544; 3. Tracy Hines, 4, THR-16.834; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 81,
Stanbrough-17.051; 5. Brandon Whited, 15, Whited-17.063; 6. Chris
Windom, 21x, Pollock-17.206; 7. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-17.224; 8. C.J.
Leary, 30, Leary-17.375; 9. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-17.408; 10.
Dallas Hewitt, 16, Hewitt-17.451; 11. Dave Darland, 71p,
Phillips/Curb-Agajanian-17.498; 12. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-17.511;
13. Kody Swanson, 63, DePalma-17.600; 14. Kevin Thomas Jr., 17RW,
Dutcher-17.684; 15. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-17.737; 16. Landon
Simon, 24, LSR-17.741; 17. Adam Cruea, 83, Cruea-17.802; 18. Daron
Clayton, 66, Amati-17.835; 19. Tyler Hewitt, 24p, Paul-17.916; 20.
Robert Bell, 71, Bell-18.020; 21. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-NT.
Heat 1 - (8 laps) - 1. Simon, 2. Grant, 3. Stockon, 4. D.Hewitt, 5.
Stanbrough, 6. Swanson, 7. T.Hewitt.
Heat 2 - (8 laps) - 1. Thomas, 2. Leary, 3. Darland, 4. Farney, 5.
Cruea, 6. Whited, 7. Bell.
Heat 3 - (8 laps) - 1. Ballou, 2. Clayton, 3. Windom, 4. Hines, 5.
Bacon, 6. Goodnight.
A-Feature - (30 laps) - 1. Justin Grant, 2. C.J. Leary, 3. Tracy Hines,
4. Aaron Farney, 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Jon Stanbrough,
8. Brady Bacon, 9. Chase Stockon, 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 11. Chris
Windom, 12. Dallas Hewitt, 13. Landon Simon, 14. Kody Swanson, 15. Adam
Cruea, 16. Brandon Whited, 17. Tyler Hewitt, 18. Robert Bell, 19. Matt
Goodnight, 20. Daron Clayton, 21. Jerry Coons, Jr.
Lap Leaders: 1-29 Leary, Lap 30 Grant.
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World of Outlaws Sprint Cars
Qualifying - 1. 24-Rico Abreu, 12.989; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.006;
3. 1-Dale Blaney, 13.029; 4. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 13.032; 5. 71M-Joey
Saldana, 13.047; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.072; 7. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.079;
8. 29-Kerry Madsen, 13.097; 9. 7-David Gravel, 13.118; 10. 41-Jamie
Veal, 13.136; 11. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.141; 12. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.141;
13. 51-Paul McMahan, 13.153; 14. 67-Christopher Bell, 13.170; 15.
99-Brady Bacon, 13.179; 16. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.187; 17. 11K-Kraig
Kinser, 13.198; 18. 83-Craig Dollansky, 13.215; 19. 89-Cody Darrah,
13.229; 20. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.266; 21. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr, 13.266;
22. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.277; 23. 63-Kody Swanson, 13.294; 24. 59-Danny
Holtgraver, 13.316; 25. 19-Paige Polyak, 13.322; 26. 21-D.J. Foos,
13.330; 27. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.332; 28. 10H-Chad Kemenah,
13.348; 29. 2M-Dustin Daggett, 13.468; 30. 55F-Taylor Ferns, 13.473;
31. 71MX-Paul May, 13.516; 32. 11-Steve Kinser, 13.569; 33. 9P-Parker
Price-Miller, 13.593; 34. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 13.650
Heat 1 - (8 Laps) - 1. 51-Paul McMahan [1]; 2. 71M-Joey Saldana [3]; 3.
7-David Gravel [2]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5]; 6.
19-Paige Polyak [7]; 7. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr [6]; 8. 2M-Dustin Daggett
[8]; 9. 9P-Parker Price-Miller [9]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps) 1. 41-Jamie Veal [2]; 2. 67-Christopher Bell [1]; 3.
1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [6];
6. 83-Craig Dollansky [5]; 7. 21-D.J. Foos [7]; 8. 11N-Randy Hannagan
[9]; 9. 55F-Taylor Ferns [8]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 1-Dale Blaney [4]; 3.
99-Brady Bacon [1]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 5. 89-Cody Darrah [5]; 6.
93-Sheldon Haudenschild [7]; 7. 63-Kody Swanson [6]; 8. 71MX-Paul May
[8]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps) - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [1]; 2. 5T-Travis Philo [2]; 3.
1ST-Gary Taylor [4]; 4. 29-Kerry Madsen [3]; 5. 59-Danny Holtgraver
[6]; 6. 11-Steve Kinser [8]; 7. 10H-Chad Kemenah [7]; 8. W20-Greg
Wilson [5]
Dash - (6 Laps) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 2. 41-Jamie Veal [2]; 3.
1-Dale Blaney [4]; 4. 1ST-Gary Taylor [3]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5];
6. 2-Shane Stewart [8]; 7. 51-Paul McMahan [7]; 8. 24-Rico Abreu [6]
B-Feature - (12 Laps) - 1. 83-Craig Dollansky [1] [-]; 2. 63-Kody
Swanson [4] [-]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson [2] [-]; 4. 21-D.J. Foos [6] [-];
5. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr [3] [$300]; 6. 19-Paige Polyak [5] [$250]; 7.
10H-Chad Kemenah [8] [$225]; 8. 2M-Dustin Daggett [9] [$200]; 9.
93-Sheldon Haudenschild [7] [$200]; 10. 71MX-Paul May [10] [$200]; 11.
11N-Randy Hannagan [12] [$200]; 12. 11-Steve Kinser [11] [$200]; 13.
55F-Taylor Ferns [13] [$200]; 14. 9P-Parker Price-Miller [14] [$200]
A-Feature - (30 Laps) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [1] [$10,000]; 2. 1ST-Gary
Taylor [4] [$5,000]; 3. 51-Paul McMahan [7] [$3,000]; 4. 71M-Joey
Saldana [9] [$2,700]; 5. 29-Kerry Madsen [12] [$2,500]; 6. 7S-Jason
Sides [11] [$2,200]; 7. 24-Rico Abreu [8] [$2,000]; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman
[10] [$1,800]; 9. 41-Jamie Veal [2] [$1,600]; 10. 67-Christopher Bell
[15] [$1,450]; 11. 2-Shane Stewart [6] [$1,300]; 12. 49-Brad Sweet [21]
[$1,200]; 13. 89-Cody Darrah [19] [$1,100]; 14. 83-Craig Dollansky [18]
[$1,000]; 15. 5T-Travis Philo [14] [$950]; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser [17]
[$900]; 17. 59-Danny Holtgraver [23] [$850]; 18. 21-D.J. Foos [24]
[$750]; 19. 1-Dale Blaney [3] [$725]; 20. 1S-Logan Schuchart [5]
[$700]; 21. 99-Brady Bacon [16] [$700]; 22. 63-Kody Swanson [22]
[$700]; 23. 7-David Gravel [13] [$700]; 24. W20-Greg Wilson [20]
[$700].
Lap Leaders: Donny Schatz 1-30
Schatz, Ballou Win Day One of ‘Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends’
Sprint Cars from the World of Outlaws and USAC Return to Eldora
Tomorrow Night; Tickets just $25
ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 8, 2015) – Donny Schatz and Robert Ballou won day
one of the ‘Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends’ at Eldora Speedway in
Rossburg, Ohio.
It was Schatz’s seventh World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car victory of
2015 and Ballou’s fourth this year in the United States Auto Club
(USAC) National Sprint Car Series. It’s the first time in history that
these prolific sanctioning bodies showcased their national winged and
non-winged sprint car tours on the same track on the same night.
Schatz started second in the 30 lap WoO race and chased down pole
sitter Kerry Madsen, who took the early lead. The two traded slide jobs
dicing their way through traffic with Schatz officially listed as the
leader of lap 14 the while Shane Stewart and Rico Abreu joined the lead
duo. It was Schatz’s first win at Eldora since the Kings Royal in July
2009.
“These guys on this race team do a phenomenal job,” Schatz said. “Every
place we’ve struggled at in the past, they come and pick up their game.
This place was on the list. These guys just kept working. I had a great
racecar underneath me. Kerry (Madsen) is pretty good here, he must have
faded at the end. It feels good to be in victory lane at Eldora. It’s
been awhile.”
Stewart was second, while Abreu, Paul McMahan and Greg Wilson rounded
out the top-five. Madsen finished sixth.
In the USAC National Sprint Car race, Ballou started second, but shot
the lead on the first lap and rode the cushion to victory lane.
It was Ballou’s fourth win of 2015 and the 13th of his career.
“We’ve got a rebuild coming up this week,” Ballou said. “The motor we
hot lapped with and qualified with and ran the heat race with just
wasn’t cutting it. These guys busted their butt. The only other motor
we had was in our other car and you can’t change cars. Everyone just
busted their butts to get this thing back together. We guessed on the
setup and I think we nailed it. This place has been good to me.”
The race was slowed by four cautions, but Ballou stayed in front. Jon
Stanbrough, who started on the pole, finished second. C.J. Leary was
third, while Thomas Meseraull and Tracy Hines rounded out the top five.
It was Ballou’s fifth win at Eldora, but his first since May of 2011.
Action continues Saturday. Gates open at 2 p.m. (EDT), with hot
laps beginning at 6 p.m. and the racing starting at 7:30 p.m. Children
aged 7-12 get in for just $6. Kids 6 and under are admitted free
at the gate.
Adult tickets are just $25 per night and can be purchased via
http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/races/schedule/mother-of-all-sprint-car-weekends/tickets/
or by calling (937) 338-3815.
Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends
May 8, 2015
USAC National Sprint Cars
Qualifying - 1. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-15.587; 2. Thomas Meseraull,
18x, Keen-15.833; 3. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-15.885; 4. Jerry Coons Jr.,
10E, Edison-15.906; 5. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.936; 6. Robert Ballou,
12, Ballou-15.984; 7. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-16.078; 8. Aaron
Farney, 15F, Farney-16.079; 9. Shane Cottle, 57, Hazen-16.086; 10.
Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-16.105; 11. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-16.110;
12. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-16.148; 13. Kevin Thomas Jr., 17RW,
Dutcher-16.195; 14. Dave Darland, 71p, Phillips/Curb-Agajanian-16.198;
15. Chris Windom, 21x, Pollock-16.233; 16. Dallas Hewitt, 16,
Hewitt-16.238; 17. Landon Simon, 24, Simon-16.363; 18. Jarett Andretti,
18, Andretti-16.449; 19. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-16.598; 20. Kent
Wolters, 12x, Wolters-16.630; 21. Brandon Whited, 15, Whited-16.636;
22. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-16.640; 23. Chad Boespflug, 5,
Baldwin-16.698; 24. Kody Swanson, 63, DePalma-16.704; 25. Dustin Smith,
77, Smith-16.713; 26. Daron Clayton, 66, Amati-16.734; 27. Jake
Simmons, 3, Simmons-17.391; 28. Adam Cruea, 83, Cruea-17.604; 29.
Robert Bell, 71, Bell-17.664; 30. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-NT.
Heat 1 - (8 laps) - 1. Stockon, 2. Cottle, 3. Simon, 4. Thomas, 5.
Leary, 6. Smith, 7. Whited, 8. Bell. 2:10.24
Heat 2 - (8 laps) - 1. Darland, 2. Ballou, 3. Meseraull, 4. Hines, 5.
Goodnight, 6. Clayton, 7. Andretti. NT
Heat 3 - (8 laps) - 1. Windom, 2. Boespflug, 3. Grant, 4. Stanbrough,
5. Simmons, 6. Jarrett, 7. Hery. 2:10.59
Heat 4 - (8 laps) - 1. Coons, 2. Farney, 3. Swanson, 4. Hewitt, 5.
Cruea, 6. Wolters, 7. Bacon. 2:13.64
B-Feature - (12 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Bacon, 3. Goodnight, 4. Clayton, 5.
Smith, 6. Simmons, 7. Wolters, 8. Whited, 9. Cruea, 10. Hery, 11. Bell.
3:20.69
A-Feature - (30 laps) - 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. C.J.
Leary, 4. Thomas Meseraull, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Dave
Darland, 8. Shane Cottle, 9. Aaron Farney, 10. Chase Stockon, 11. Chris
Windom, 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 13. Landon Simon, 14. Daron Clayton, 15.
Matt Goodnight, 16. Brady Bacon, 17. Chad Boespflug, 18. Dallas Hewitt,
19. Jake Simmons, 20. Kody Swanson, 21. Justin Grant, 22. Dustin Smith.
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Lap Leaders: Ballou 1-30.
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World of Outlaws Sprint Cars
Qualifying - 1. 51-Paul McMahan, 12.913; 2. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.057; 3.
15-Donny Schatz, 13.080; 4. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.104; 5. 7S-Jason Sides,
13.130; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.135; 7. 7-David Gravel, 13.143; 8.
99-Brady Bacon, 13.143; 9. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.163; 10. 29-Kerry
Madsen, 13.186; 11. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 13.237; 12. 1S-Logan Schuchart,
13.247; 13. 63-Kody Swanson, 13.273; 14. 1-Dale Blaney, 13.299; 15.
41-Jamie Veal, 13.300; 16. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 13.315; 17. 89-Cody
Darrah, 13.318; 18. 67-Christopher Bell, 13.326; 19. 11-Steve Kinser,
13.327; 20. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.361; 21. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.409; 22.
81-Lee Jacobs, 13.436; 23. 21-D.J. Foos, 13.450; 24. 49-Brad Sweet,
13.454; 25. 59-Danny Holtgraver, 13.466; 26. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.490;
27. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.530; 28. 19-Paige Polyak, 13.530; 29. 83-Craig
Dollansky, 13.544; 30. 71M-Joey Saldana, 13.563; 31. 93-Sheldon
Haudenschild, 13.579; 32. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 13.745; 33.
2M-Dustin Daggett, 13.747; 34. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr, 13.753; 35.
55F-Taylor Ferns, 13.826; 36. 40-Caleb Helms, 13.863; 37. 71MX-Paul
May, 13.893; 38. 35-Wes McGlumphy, 14.027; 39. 16-Ryan Ruhl, 14.362
Heat 1 - (8 Laps) - 1. 63-Kody Swanson [1]; 2. W20-Greg Wilson [2]; 3.
51-Paul McMahan [4]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 5. 89-Cody Darrah [5]; 6.
11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 7. 83-Craig Dollansky [8]; 8. 2M-Dustin Daggett
[9]; 9. 59-Danny Holtgraver [7]; 10. 71MX-Paul May [10]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [4]; 3.
1-Dale Blaney [1]; 4. 71M-Joey Saldana [8]; 5. 9-Daryn Pittman [3]; 6.
67-Christopher Bell [5]; 7. 81-Lee Jacobs [6]; 8. 5T-Travis Philo [7];
9. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr [9]; 10. 35-Wes McGlumphy [10]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps) - 1. 1ST-Gary Taylor [2]; 2. 41-Jamie Veal [1]; 3.
15-Donny Schatz [4]; 4. 7-David Gravel [3]; 5. 21-D.J. Foos [6]; 6.
11-Steve Kinser [5]; 7. 10H-Chad Kemenah [7]; 8. 93-Sheldon
Haudenschild [8]; 9. 55F-Taylor Ferns [9]; 10. 16-Ryan Ruhl [10]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps) - 1. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 3.
11N-Randy Hannagan [1]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [6]; 5. 40-Caleb Helms [9]; 6.
99-Brady Bacon [3]; 7. 19-Paige Polyak [7]; 8. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg
[8]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen [5]
Dash - (6 Laps) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [1]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 3.
24-Rico Abreu [3]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 5. 51-Paul McMahan [6]; 6.
7S-Jason Sides [2]; 7. 1ST-Gary Taylor [7]; 8. 63-Kody Swanson [8]
B-Feature - (12 Laps) - 1. 67-Christopher Bell [2] [-]; 2. 11-Steve
Kinser [3] [-]; 3. 99-Brady Bacon [1] [-]; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah [9] [-];
5. 11K-Kraig Kinser [5] [$300]; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs [6] [$250]; 7.
59-Danny Holtgraver [7] [$225]; 8. 19-Paige Polyak [10] [$200]; 9.
83-Craig Dollansky [11] [$200]; 10. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [12]
[$200]; 11. 2M-Dustin Daggett [14] [$200]; 12. 5T-Travis Philo [8]
[$200]; 13. 71MX-Paul May [17] [$200]; 14. 55F-Taylor Ferns [16]
[$200]; 15. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg [13] [$200]; 16. 16-Ryan Ruhl [19]
[$200]; 17. 9K-Kevin Thomas Jr [15] [$200]; 18. 35-Wes McGlumphy [18]
[$200]; 19. 1A-Jacob Allen [4] [$200]
A-Feature - (30 Laps) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2] [$10,000]; 2. 2-Shane
Stewart [4] [$5,000]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [3] [$3,000]; 4. 51-Paul McMahan
[5] [$2,700]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [12] [$2,500]; 6. 29-Kerry Madsen [1]
[$2,200]; 7. 1-Dale Blaney [14] [$2,000]; 8. 9-Daryn Pittman [9]
[$1,800]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [6] [$1,600]; 10. 99-Brady Bacon [11]
[$1,450]; 11. 7-David Gravel [10] [$1,300]; 12. 49-Brad Sweet [21]
[$1,200]; 13. 1ST-Gary Taylor [7] [$1,100]; 14. 11-Steve Kinser [19]
[$1,000]; 15. 10H-Chad Kemenah [22] [$950]; 16. 1S-Logan Schuchart [13]
[$900]; 17. 89-Cody Darrah [17] [$850]; 18. 83-Craig Dollansky [25]
[$50]; 19. 11K-Kraig Kinser [26] [$25]; 20. 21-D.J. Foos [20] [$700];
21. 41-Jamie Veal [15] [$700]; 22. 11N-Randy Hannagan [16] [$700]; 23.
63-Kody Swanson [8] [$700]; 24. 71M-Joey Saldana [23] [$700]; 25.
67-Christopher Bell [18] [$700]; 26. 40-Caleb Helms [24] [$700].
Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-13, Donny Schatz 14-30.
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