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The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
June 25th, 2012
Volume V, Edition CXVII
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Presented by Frontstretch.com
The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
June 25th, 2012
Volume V, Edition CXVII
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Sprint Cup Race Recap: Bowyer Holds Off Busch and Others to Win at Sonoma
by Jeff Wolfe
Any number of twists and turns can influence a driver's ride to a NASCAR Sprint Cup victory.
Clint Bowyer maneuvered all 12 turns at Sonoma better than the rest of field for 112 laps Sunday, the first of two road course races on the 36-race schedule. It was Bowyer's sixth career victory and first road course win, making it the sixth straight year that a first-time road course winner has taken the checkered flag at Sonoma. Bowyer did it in dominating fashion as there were just eight lead changes among five drivers. He led 71 laps in a race that went two extra laps with a green-white-checkered finish.
"To be in Victory Lane with this group is a dream come true," said Bowyer, who is in his first year with Michael Waltrip Racing after coming over from Richard Childress Racing. "To switch teams, like I did, was a huge risk and a chance for me to showcase my talents."
Bowyer's chief challenger for the latter part of the race was the unsponsored No. 51 of Kurt Busch. The first of just two yellow flags came out on lap 82 when Tomy Drissi spun in Turn 8 and had a badly damaged car. On the restart on lap 87, Bowyer got the edge on Busch and never lost the lead. But several times between laps 95 and 100, Busch was on Bowyer's bumper and even gave him a gentle tap in some of the turns, but it was not enough to move Bowyer out of the way.
"The final restart with 20-something to go, 25 to go, I was patient," Busch said. "I was very patient with Bowyer. I got to his rear bumper, three, four times in turn 11 and bumped him. No Bonsai moves here. There's a lot of respect that I was trying to give."
The other yellow came on lap 108 on the 1.99-mile course. Kyle Busch came hard into Turn 7 and bumped Paul Menard, causing Menard to spin. Busch was able to keep going, but Menard was not, forcing the yellow flag to be waved.
With the restart on lap 111, Bowyer again got the advantage on Busch, and third-place Tony Stewart to pull away. Stewart eventually passed Busch to take second, who was driving a car with major suspension issues on the last few laps.
"I knew Kurt had a really had a good car early and I started to get away from him but I knew there was some guys out there that took tires and I looked in the mirror and the old grizzly himself, Tony, was one of them, and he was in third-place," Bowyer said. "I knew it was going to be a tall order."
But, it was an order that Bowyer, along with crew chief Brian Pattie, was able to fill. They each found themselves looking for new teams at the end of last season, so this trip to Victory Lane was a little more special to them both.
"It means a lot to me," said Pattie, the former crew chief for Juan Pablo Montoya at Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. "I was in the same boat he was. He lost his ride and I lost my job."
"We are a place for refugees," Bowyer said.
Bowyer's place for much of the day was at the front of the pack. He took his first lead on lap 25 and led for eight laps then. He then led the final 38 laps.
"I knew what our strong points are, and it was a long run," Bowyer said. "Obviously, not having cautions helped that and helped me stay up front."
Even though he led just two laps in the race, Kurt Busch was strong as well, only to hit some permanent tires in the final laps which caused rear suspension issues.
"We made it all the way to the final restart, and today with all of those long green flag runs, I thought the race would play into our favor," Busch said. "Our car was a little better on longer runs than Bowyer, but he did a great job. I just kept thinking, 'He's a dirt late model racer from the Midwest; there's no way he's going to be able to run the road course.' And he did. He did great. That car and our car, I think we separated ourselves from the pack today."
Busch was particularly emotional, knowing his team has significantly less funding than most of the others.
"When you show up and you're on a third of the budget and you almost bring it to Victory Lane, you can't say that one guy does it out here," Busch said. "It takes a full team effort. But, I really want to deliver for my guys today, and being that close, and make one mistake, it's a tough game. That's why its Sprint Cup."
Stewart, a seven-time NASCAR road course winner, nearly delivered too after gradually moving up through the pack throughout the day. He started 24th, but caught an important break on the first caution. While the first seven drivers did not pit, Stewart was the first driver to pit road where he got fresh tires and plenty of fuel to get to the end to help him to his second straight second-place finish.
"I was really pleased with it to be honest," Stewart said of his finish. "The last two days, we have not been real happy with our balance and just couldn't seem to get the speed that a lot of the guys that were putting up big numbers at the top of the board were able to run. We couldn't even run within a second of them the last two days."
Following the first three were Brian Vickers in fourth, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle, Marcos Ambrose, A.J. Allmendinger and Joey Logano. Gordon led 13 laps early in the race, which gave him 23,000 career laps lead on the Sprint Cup circuit. The two cautions broke the mark for the least amount of cautions at Sonoma. There had been three cautions on four different occasions. That also allowed Bowyer to set a track record with an average speed of 83.624 in front of an estimated crowd of 91,000.
Next up for the Sprint Cup Series is the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. Race coverage is scheduled to start at 7:30pm EDT Saturday night on TNT.
Jeff Wolfe is a Contributor for Frontstretch.com. He can be reached via e-mail at jeff.wolfe@frontstretch.com.
Tracking The Chase: Another Second Makes Stewart the Big Gainer
by Jeff Wolfe
Tony Stewart's second straight second-place finish, and third straight finish in the top-3, made him the big gainer in the points race at Sonoma Sunday. Stewart jumped three places in the standings from eighth to fifth, but is still 63 points behind leader Matt Kenseth. Stewart, the defending Sprint Cup champion, has two wins this year and now has seven top-5 finishes and eight top-10 finishes in 16 races this season. NASCAR's regular season is 26 races with the top-10 in points and the two drivers with the most wins in the top 20 in points qualifying for the 10-race Chase for the Championship.
Kenseth was able to extend his lead from four points to 11 points. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. had been in second in the standings after breaking his 143-race winless streak at Michigan last week, but was not a factor Sunday and ended up 23rd after being involved in a melee on the final restart. Earnhardt Jr. is now in third place, 14 points out, and Greg Biffle, who finished seventh, is in second 11 points out.
Another winner in the points was Sunday's winner Clint Bowyer. He moved from seventh to ninth in points and is now 67 points behind Kenseth.
A driver losing potential points on the final lap Sunday was Martin Truex, Jr. He was set to have a top-10 finish, but a spin dropped him to a 22nd-place finish. He fell two places in the points standings to ninth, but does have a 30-point cushion on tenth-place Brad Keselowski. Truex Jr. does not have a win to fall back on this season if he were to drop out of the top-10 in points.
Also looking for his first win this season is Carl Edwards, who sits 11th in points, and currently out of the Chase for the Championship, 11 points behind Keselowski.
The two wild-card spots are held by Kyle Busch and Ryan Newman. Busch is 12th in the standings, six points ahead of Newman. Making a gain on those two Sunday was Joey Logano who finished tenth. While he is 15th in the standings, he is just 12 points behind Newman with one win this season. The other winner in the top-20 is Kasey Kahne, but he is 17th in the point standings, 32 behind Newman after finishing 14th Sunday.
The one factor that could change the wild-card part of the Chase standings is if Keselowski falls out of the top-10. He has two victories this year, which would place him ahead of Busch and Newman.
Standings: 1) Matt Kenseth 596, 2) Greg Biffle -11, 3) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. -14, 4) Jimmie Johnson -25, 5) Tony Stewart -63), 6) Kevin Harvick -64, 7) Clint Bowyer -67, 8) Denny Hamlin -73, 9) Martin Truex, Jr. -76, 10) Brad Keselowski -106.
Wild Cards: Kyle Busch 12th in points, 1 win; Ryan Newman, 13th in points, 1 win.
Race Winners: Matt Kenseth (Daytona), Denny Hamlin (Phoenix, Kansas), Tony Stewart (Las Vegas, Fontana), Brad Keselowski (Bristol, Talladega), Ryan Newman (Martinsville), Greg Biffle (Texas); Kyle Busch (Richmond), Jimmie Johnson (Darlington, Dover), Kasey Kahne (Charlotte), Joey Logano (Pocono), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Michigan); Clint Bowyer (Sonoma).
Tracking the Top 35: The Margin Increases Again
While NASCAR guarantees a starting spot for the top-35 in the points standings each week, those close, or the one on, the 35th-place bubble still have plenty of cushion as there is a 59-point gap between the 35th-place car and the 36th-place car. The No. 36 car driven by Dave Blaney Sunday sits in the 35th spot, but with the lead over the No. 33 car driven by Stephen Leicht Sunday at 59 points, it is an increase of seven points from last week. Blaney finished 37th Sunday and Leicht was 41st.
Here's your owners point standings around the all-important cutoff.
29) Front Row Motorsports (No. 34 - David Ragan) 125 points ahead of 36th.
30) Front Row Motorsports (No. 38 - David Gilliland), 111 points ahead of 36th.
31) BK Racing (No. 93 – Travis Kvapil), 101 points ahead of 36th.
32) BK Racing (No. 83 - Landon Cassill), 74 points ahead of 36th.
33) FAS Lane Racing (No. 32 – Boris Said), 64 points ahead of 36th.
34) Tommy Baldwin Racing (No. 10 – Tomy Drissi), 62 points ahead of 36th.
35) Tommy Baldwin Racing (No. 36 – Dave Blaney), 59 points ahead of 36th.
36) Richard Childress Racing/ LJ Racing (No. 33 – Stephen Leicht), 59 points behind 35th.
t-37) Wood Brothers Racing (No. 21 - Trevor Bayne), 95 points behind 35th.
t-37) Robinson-Blakeney Racing (No. 49 - J.J. Yeley), 95 points behind 35th.
39) Inception Motorsports (No. 30 – Brian Simo), 109 points behind 35th.
40) Phil Parsons Racing (No. 98 – David Mayhew), 125 points behind 35th
41) Front Row Motorsports (No. 26 - Josh Wise), 128 points behind 35th.
Jeff Wolfe is a Contributor for Frontstretch. He can be reached via e-mail at jeff.wolfe@frontstretch.com.
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by Jeff Wolfe
Any number of twists and turns can influence a driver's ride to a NASCAR Sprint Cup victory.
Clint Bowyer maneuvered all 12 turns at Sonoma better than the rest of field for 112 laps Sunday, the first of two road course races on the 36-race schedule. It was Bowyer's sixth career victory and first road course win, making it the sixth straight year that a first-time road course winner has taken the checkered flag at Sonoma. Bowyer did it in dominating fashion as there were just eight lead changes among five drivers. He led 71 laps in a race that went two extra laps with a green-white-checkered finish.
"To be in Victory Lane with this group is a dream come true," said Bowyer, who is in his first year with Michael Waltrip Racing after coming over from Richard Childress Racing. "To switch teams, like I did, was a huge risk and a chance for me to showcase my talents."
Bowyer's chief challenger for the latter part of the race was the unsponsored No. 51 of Kurt Busch. The first of just two yellow flags came out on lap 82 when Tomy Drissi spun in Turn 8 and had a badly damaged car. On the restart on lap 87, Bowyer got the edge on Busch and never lost the lead. But several times between laps 95 and 100, Busch was on Bowyer's bumper and even gave him a gentle tap in some of the turns, but it was not enough to move Bowyer out of the way.
"The final restart with 20-something to go, 25 to go, I was patient," Busch said. "I was very patient with Bowyer. I got to his rear bumper, three, four times in turn 11 and bumped him. No Bonsai moves here. There's a lot of respect that I was trying to give."
The other yellow came on lap 108 on the 1.99-mile course. Kyle Busch came hard into Turn 7 and bumped Paul Menard, causing Menard to spin. Busch was able to keep going, but Menard was not, forcing the yellow flag to be waved.
With the restart on lap 111, Bowyer again got the advantage on Busch, and third-place Tony Stewart to pull away. Stewart eventually passed Busch to take second, who was driving a car with major suspension issues on the last few laps.
"I knew Kurt had a really had a good car early and I started to get away from him but I knew there was some guys out there that took tires and I looked in the mirror and the old grizzly himself, Tony, was one of them, and he was in third-place," Bowyer said. "I knew it was going to be a tall order."
But, it was an order that Bowyer, along with crew chief Brian Pattie, was able to fill. They each found themselves looking for new teams at the end of last season, so this trip to Victory Lane was a little more special to them both.
"It means a lot to me," said Pattie, the former crew chief for Juan Pablo Montoya at Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. "I was in the same boat he was. He lost his ride and I lost my job."
"We are a place for refugees," Bowyer said.
Bowyer's place for much of the day was at the front of the pack. He took his first lead on lap 25 and led for eight laps then. He then led the final 38 laps.
"I knew what our strong points are, and it was a long run," Bowyer said. "Obviously, not having cautions helped that and helped me stay up front."
Even though he led just two laps in the race, Kurt Busch was strong as well, only to hit some permanent tires in the final laps which caused rear suspension issues.
"We made it all the way to the final restart, and today with all of those long green flag runs, I thought the race would play into our favor," Busch said. "Our car was a little better on longer runs than Bowyer, but he did a great job. I just kept thinking, 'He's a dirt late model racer from the Midwest; there's no way he's going to be able to run the road course.' And he did. He did great. That car and our car, I think we separated ourselves from the pack today."
Busch was particularly emotional, knowing his team has significantly less funding than most of the others.
"When you show up and you're on a third of the budget and you almost bring it to Victory Lane, you can't say that one guy does it out here," Busch said. "It takes a full team effort. But, I really want to deliver for my guys today, and being that close, and make one mistake, it's a tough game. That's why its Sprint Cup."
Stewart, a seven-time NASCAR road course winner, nearly delivered too after gradually moving up through the pack throughout the day. He started 24th, but caught an important break on the first caution. While the first seven drivers did not pit, Stewart was the first driver to pit road where he got fresh tires and plenty of fuel to get to the end to help him to his second straight second-place finish.
"I was really pleased with it to be honest," Stewart said of his finish. "The last two days, we have not been real happy with our balance and just couldn't seem to get the speed that a lot of the guys that were putting up big numbers at the top of the board were able to run. We couldn't even run within a second of them the last two days."
Following the first three were Brian Vickers in fourth, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle, Marcos Ambrose, A.J. Allmendinger and Joey Logano. Gordon led 13 laps early in the race, which gave him 23,000 career laps lead on the Sprint Cup circuit. The two cautions broke the mark for the least amount of cautions at Sonoma. There had been three cautions on four different occasions. That also allowed Bowyer to set a track record with an average speed of 83.624 in front of an estimated crowd of 91,000.
Next up for the Sprint Cup Series is the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. Race coverage is scheduled to start at 7:30pm EDT Saturday night on TNT.
Jeff Wolfe is a Contributor for Frontstretch.com. He can be reached via e-mail at jeff.wolfe@frontstretch.com.
Tracking The Chase: Another Second Makes Stewart the Big Gainer
by Jeff Wolfe
Tony Stewart's second straight second-place finish, and third straight finish in the top-3, made him the big gainer in the points race at Sonoma Sunday. Stewart jumped three places in the standings from eighth to fifth, but is still 63 points behind leader Matt Kenseth. Stewart, the defending Sprint Cup champion, has two wins this year and now has seven top-5 finishes and eight top-10 finishes in 16 races this season. NASCAR's regular season is 26 races with the top-10 in points and the two drivers with the most wins in the top 20 in points qualifying for the 10-race Chase for the Championship.
Kenseth was able to extend his lead from four points to 11 points. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. had been in second in the standings after breaking his 143-race winless streak at Michigan last week, but was not a factor Sunday and ended up 23rd after being involved in a melee on the final restart. Earnhardt Jr. is now in third place, 14 points out, and Greg Biffle, who finished seventh, is in second 11 points out.
Another winner in the points was Sunday's winner Clint Bowyer. He moved from seventh to ninth in points and is now 67 points behind Kenseth.
A driver losing potential points on the final lap Sunday was Martin Truex, Jr. He was set to have a top-10 finish, but a spin dropped him to a 22nd-place finish. He fell two places in the points standings to ninth, but does have a 30-point cushion on tenth-place Brad Keselowski. Truex Jr. does not have a win to fall back on this season if he were to drop out of the top-10 in points.
Also looking for his first win this season is Carl Edwards, who sits 11th in points, and currently out of the Chase for the Championship, 11 points behind Keselowski.
The two wild-card spots are held by Kyle Busch and Ryan Newman. Busch is 12th in the standings, six points ahead of Newman. Making a gain on those two Sunday was Joey Logano who finished tenth. While he is 15th in the standings, he is just 12 points behind Newman with one win this season. The other winner in the top-20 is Kasey Kahne, but he is 17th in the point standings, 32 behind Newman after finishing 14th Sunday.
The one factor that could change the wild-card part of the Chase standings is if Keselowski falls out of the top-10. He has two victories this year, which would place him ahead of Busch and Newman.
Standings: 1) Matt Kenseth 596, 2) Greg Biffle -11, 3) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. -14, 4) Jimmie Johnson -25, 5) Tony Stewart -63), 6) Kevin Harvick -64, 7) Clint Bowyer -67, 8) Denny Hamlin -73, 9) Martin Truex, Jr. -76, 10) Brad Keselowski -106.
Wild Cards: Kyle Busch 12th in points, 1 win; Ryan Newman, 13th in points, 1 win.
Race Winners: Matt Kenseth (Daytona), Denny Hamlin (Phoenix, Kansas), Tony Stewart (Las Vegas, Fontana), Brad Keselowski (Bristol, Talladega), Ryan Newman (Martinsville), Greg Biffle (Texas); Kyle Busch (Richmond), Jimmie Johnson (Darlington, Dover), Kasey Kahne (Charlotte), Joey Logano (Pocono), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Michigan); Clint Bowyer (Sonoma).
Tracking the Top 35: The Margin Increases Again
While NASCAR guarantees a starting spot for the top-35 in the points standings each week, those close, or the one on, the 35th-place bubble still have plenty of cushion as there is a 59-point gap between the 35th-place car and the 36th-place car. The No. 36 car driven by Dave Blaney Sunday sits in the 35th spot, but with the lead over the No. 33 car driven by Stephen Leicht Sunday at 59 points, it is an increase of seven points from last week. Blaney finished 37th Sunday and Leicht was 41st.
Here's your owners point standings around the all-important cutoff.
29) Front Row Motorsports (No. 34 - David Ragan) 125 points ahead of 36th.
30) Front Row Motorsports (No. 38 - David Gilliland), 111 points ahead of 36th.
31) BK Racing (No. 93 – Travis Kvapil), 101 points ahead of 36th.
32) BK Racing (No. 83 - Landon Cassill), 74 points ahead of 36th.
33) FAS Lane Racing (No. 32 – Boris Said), 64 points ahead of 36th.
34) Tommy Baldwin Racing (No. 10 – Tomy Drissi), 62 points ahead of 36th.
35) Tommy Baldwin Racing (No. 36 – Dave Blaney), 59 points ahead of 36th.
36) Richard Childress Racing/ LJ Racing (No. 33 – Stephen Leicht), 59 points behind 35th.
t-37) Wood Brothers Racing (No. 21 - Trevor Bayne), 95 points behind 35th.
t-37) Robinson-Blakeney Racing (No. 49 - J.J. Yeley), 95 points behind 35th.
39) Inception Motorsports (No. 30 – Brian Simo), 109 points behind 35th.
40) Phil Parsons Racing (No. 98 – David Mayhew), 125 points behind 35th
41) Front Row Motorsports (No. 26 - Josh Wise), 128 points behind 35th.
Jeff Wolfe is a Contributor for Frontstretch. He can be reached via e-mail at jeff.wolfe@frontstretch.com.
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Got NASCAR-related questions or comments?
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Tom Bowles was on vacation this week. Secret Star, Quotes to Remember and the other additional Newsletter features you know and love will return next Monday.
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TODAY ON THE FRONTSTRETCH:
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FROM THE WEEKEND:
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by Bryan Davis Keith
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by Toni Montgomery
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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
Q: Prior to the construction of Kentucky Speedway, the Camping World Truck Series raced at Louisville Motor Speedway. The races on the .437-mile gumdrop (for lack of better terms) were definitely on the rough and tumble side. The start of the first race there was no different. What happened?
Check back Tuesday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!
Friday's Answer:
Q: In 1998, Jerry Nadeau qualified second for the Save Mart/Kragen 350k. That was the height of his weekend as everything went downhill from there. What happened?
A: Unfortunately, it appears that Nadeau, a Winston Cup rookie at the time, got overzealous on the start. Pole sitter Jeff Gordon made the rare decision to take the right side on the initial start, leaving Nadeau with the traditional pole sitter's spot. Having not run all that well up to that point in Cup, Nadeau went for it at the start, leading into Turn 1a. However, he went into the turn way too fast and went off-course into the dirt. This hurt his No. 13 significantly. Later in the race, Nadeau ended up crashing into the side of a hill in the Esses, knocking himself out of the race. The start can be seen in this clip. The crash that took Nadeau out can be seen here (turn your speakers up for this one).
Q: Prior to the construction of Kentucky Speedway, the Camping World Truck Series raced at Louisville Motor Speedway. The races on the .437-mile gumdrop (for lack of better terms) were definitely on the rough and tumble side. The start of the first race there was no different. What happened?
Check back Tuesday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!
Friday's Answer:
Q: In 1998, Jerry Nadeau qualified second for the Save Mart/Kragen 350k. That was the height of his weekend as everything went downhill from there. What happened?
A: Unfortunately, it appears that Nadeau, a Winston Cup rookie at the time, got overzealous on the start. Pole sitter Jeff Gordon made the rare decision to take the right side on the initial start, leaving Nadeau with the traditional pole sitter's spot. Having not run all that well up to that point in Cup, Nadeau went for it at the start, leading into Turn 1a. However, he went into the turn way too fast and went off-course into the dirt. This hurt his No. 13 significantly. Later in the race, Nadeau ended up crashing into the side of a hill in the Esses, knocking himself out of the race. The start can be seen in this clip. The crash that took Nadeau out can be seen here (turn your speakers up for this one).
Coming Tomorrow in the Frontstretch Newsletter:
-- Top News from Kevin Rutherford
-- Sitting In the Stands: A Fan's View by S.D. Grady
-- Links to your favorite Frontstretch articles, and more!
Coming Tomorrow On The Frontstretch:
The Yellow Stripe by Danny Peters
Danny returns with another intriguing commentary in the world of motorsports.
5 Points To Ponder by Bryan Davis Keith
Bryan brings you a series of storylines setting you up for Kentucky.
Who's Hot / Who's Not in Sprint Cup Presented by StarCoach Race Tours: Sonoma-Sparta Edition by Brett Poirier
With the first road race of the year behind us, Brett looks at what positive trends are developing in NASCAR's two top series and which drivers need a breather heading into Saturday night's race at Kentucky Speedway.
Couch Potato Tuesday by Phil Allaway
This past weekend, the Sprint Cup Series raced at Sonoma Raceway, the first of two road courses on the schedule. Meanwhile, the Nationwide Series was at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for their first road race of the year. Finally, the Izod IndyCar Series raced at Iowa Speedway. Were the race telecasts for these events up to snuff? Find out in this week's edition of the TV Critique.
We'll have a special Cup Series guest stop by to discuss the technical aspects of our sport.
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