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INFINEON RACEWAY 2011 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES NASCAR K & N PRO SERIES-WEST EVENT SCHEDULE Thursday, June 23RD 10:00 AM NKNPS-W REGISTRATION OPENS 10:30 AM NKNPS-W HAULERS ENTER 11:00 AM 12:00 PM Infineon Raceway Media Rides 12:00 PM 5:00 PM NKNPS-W GARAGE OPENS & INSPECTION ONLY 7:00 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER Friday, June 24TH 6:30 AM NSCS REGISTRATION OPENS 6:30 AM
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ROAD AMERICA 2011 NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES NASCAR ROLEX GRAND AM CONTINENTIAL TIRE SERIES EVENT SCHEDULE Tuesday, June 21ST 2:00 PM RGA HAULERS ENTER Wednesday, June 22ND 7:00 AM
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 Ford Focus sets the pace for NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway
Autoblog (blog)
by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) on Jun 20th 2011 at 7:58AM Of course, as is true in many other areas, NASCAR does things differently. While other racing disciplines pit the latest technologies against each other on challenging road courses, NASCAR still uses ...
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/20/ford-focus-sets-the-pace-for-nascar-race-at-michigan-internation/
'Pure Michigan' NASCAR race planned for August
USA Today
(AP) — The name of the state's popular Pure Michigan tourism campaign is going on a NASCAR race this summer. Michigan Economic Development Corp. officials on Sunday announced that the Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race would take place Aug. ...
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/2011-06-20-1810565614_x.htm
NASCAR Nationwide Series Returns To Road America With Grand-Am
PaddockTalk
Track activity begins on Thursday, June 23, with a full day of GRAND-AM practice sessions. Later in the day, the Nationwide Series haulers will gather at Times Printing Company in Random Lake for a hauler party, 2:30-5:30 pm Fans can look at their ...
http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/story-164780.html
Nascar grid
Kansas City Star
Winner's average speed: 153.029 mph. Time of race: 2 hours, 36 minutes, 50 seconds. Margin of victory: 0.281 seconds. Caution flags: 5 for 18 laps. Lead changes: 21 among 12 drivers. Lap leaders: Ku.Busch 1-8; R.Newman 9-11; Ku.Busch 12; G.Biffle 13-27 ...
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/19/2961607/nascar-grid.html
NASCAR: Denny Hamlin owns MIS
Detroit Free Press
If NASCAR's most popular driver couldn't win the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Sprint Cup race, well, Bad Brad would do nicely. The fans didn't get their way at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Brad Keselowski, ...
http://www.freep.com/article/20110620/SPORTS16/106200389/NASCAR-Denny-Hamlin-owns-MIS
NASCAR.com to launch social game
Search-Autoparts.com
NASCAR.COM has announced the launch of the NASCAR Pro Championship presented by Sprint, the first-ever NASCAR social gaming experience, which will be featured within Car Town, the largest automotive and motorsports game on Facebook. ...
http://aftermarketbusiness.search-autoparts.com/aftermarketbusiness/Distribution/NASCARcom-to-launch-social-game/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/727866?contextCategoryId=41884
Mark Martin's squeeze riles Dale Earnhardt Jr.
The Detroit News
But he had more pressing concerns after finishing 21st in Sunday's 400-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. Earnhardt, who is third in the series points standings, was running just outside the top 10 when he brushed the ...
http://www.detnews.com/article/20110620/SPORTS03/106200328/Mark-Martin%E2%80%99s-squeeze-riles-Dale-Earnhardt-Jr.
Jimmie Johnson has lost his golden horseshoe
Examiner.com
In route to his fifth and record consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, Johnson was an elusive prey being chased by everyone. After a disastrous outing in the 2010 Daytona 500, where he finished 35th, Johnson and his Hendrick Motorsports team ...
http://www.examiner.com/nascar-in-national/jimmie-johnson-has-lost-his-golden-horseshoe
NASCAR team honors Michigan high school basketball player who died after ...
Washington Post
Carlos Osorio / Associated Press ) - Travil Kvapil, meets with Wes Leonard's family, brother Mitchell, left, and mother Jocelyn, before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Michigan international Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday, June 19, 2011. ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/autoracing/nascar-team-honors-michigan-high-school-basketball-player-who-died-after-winning-shot/2011/06/19/AGhuo4bH_story.html
Late caution helps Hamlin to victory
FOXSports.com
Denny Hamlin finally had fortune go his way, as he benefited from a late caution to take the NASCAR Sprint Cup victory at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday. Hamlin endured a spirited challenge from Matt Kenseth on the final couple of laps to ...
http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/Denny-Hamlin-wins-NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-race-at-Michigan-International-Speedway-061911
Blount: One slick victory for Hamlin
ESPN
By Terry Blount Two days after NASCAR officials confiscated the "unapproved" oil pans on all three Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas, Hamlin used his old, gnarly oil pan and had a "take that" moment, winning for the first time this season. ...
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/columns/story?columnist=blount_terry&id=6678438&campaign=rss&source=RPMHeadlines
Win for Michael Waltrip may mean a close shave
Detroit Free Press
HOT COMMENT: Northville's Jack Roush accompanied his driver Carl Edwards to the postrace news conference following Edwards' victory in the Nationwide Series race at MIS on Saturday. Asked what he thought of fellow team owner Richard Childress' $150000 ...
http://www.freep.com/article/20110619/SPORTS16/106190584/Win-Michael-Waltrip-may-mean-close-shave?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs
NASCAR: Junior displeased with Martin's maneuver
The Virginian-Pilot
NASCAR officials found them Friday before the cars got on the track and ordered the teams of Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch and Joey Logano to change oil pans. All three teams are likely to be punished, although a point penalty is not expected. ...
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/nascar-junior-displeased-martins-maneuver
JENSEN: Michigan Memories
SPEEDtv.com
OK, folks, here's a dirty little secret: Not every NASCAR Sprint Cup race is great. They weren't all great when it was Petty vs. Pearson, they weren't all great when it was Earnhardt vs. the world, and they aren't all great now. ...
http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/jensen-michigan-memories/
CUP: Edwards Wants Downforce Trimmed
SPEEDtv.com
Edwards used post-race interviews to lobby NASCAR for some fairly dramatic changes as the sanctioning body and teams work on car designs for the 2013 season. “I just hope NASCAR takes the opportunity to look at this race and take some downforce away,” ...
http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-carl-edwards-wants-downforce-trimmed-nascar-sprint/
Saturday qualifying could be death sentence to June NASCAR weekend at Pocono
PennLive.com (blog)
They are sabotaging it from within the confines of a race weekend by moving Sprint Cup qualifying to Saturday and keeping its national support series' -- the Camping World Truck Series and Nationwide Series -- in another zip code.
http://blog.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2011/06/saturday_qualifying_could_be_d.html
Gibbs explains oil pan issue; Childress wants more uniform penalties
The Virginian-Pilot
JD Gibbs, president of Joe Gibbs Racing, explained Sunday morning why his organization did not submit oil pans to NASCAR for approval. The oil pans were in all three of Gibbs' cars on Friday and NASCAR ordered the teams of Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and ...
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/gibbs-explains-oil-pan-issue-childress-wants-more-uniform-penalties
 
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       Denny Hamlin Back In Winner's Circle At Michigan
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Hamlin Wins 17th Race Of His Career
For the first time this season -- at a track where he was expected to contend -- Denny Hamlin finally dodged the pitfalls that have plagued him in previous races and closed the deal. First out of the pits after a stop under caution on Lap 192 of 200, Hamlin held off Matt Kenseth after a restart with five laps left and claimed his first victory of the season in Sunday’s Heluva Good 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Hamlin, who won his 17th Sprint Cup race, crossed the finish line .281 seconds ahead of Kenseth. Unlike previous races at his best tracks, such as Martinsville, Richmond and Pocono -- where Hamlin was strong early but succumbed to a variety late-race problems -- Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota was at its best in the closing laps of Sunday’s race. “We finished -- that’s the thing,” Hamlin said in victory lane. “We got it done. Everyone knows that we’ve been strong. Today we didn’t look as strong as what we normally do here, but we got it working there at the end. We made a magic adjustment, and the car took off. This is the point of the season where we really need to start hitting our stride, and hopefully we’ve got another good 10 weeks before the Chase starts.”
Kyle Busch, Hamlin’s teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, finished third for the second week in a row. Paul Menard came home fourth for his best result of the season, and Carl Edwards finished fifth and expanded his lead in the series standings to 20 points over second-place Kevin Harvick (14th Sunday). Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Clint Bowyer, Mark Martin and Brian Vickers completed the top 10. Kenseth spun his tires on the final restart but got a push from Edwards, his Roush Fenway Racing teammate, and closed on Hamlin over the final five laps -- but ran out of time. “I got a bad restart, and Carl pushed me back to clean air, which was real nice of him, and I got back to Denny, but I couldn’t get around him,” Kenseth said. “We were kind of slow for about 10 laps on most runs, and then it seemed like we were the best car from 10 (laps) until we needed fuel. I just didn’t have enough time to get around him. I tried everything I could, and I just couldn’t figure out how to do it.”
The victory and third-place finish for the Gibbs cars were a welcome change from the start of the weekend. On Friday, NASCAR ordered all three JGR teams to replace oil pans that had not been submitted for approval. (JGR’s third driver, Joey Logano, finished 18th.) NASCAR is pondering sanctions for the unapproved parts, with an announcement expected early in the week. Hamlin cracked the top 10 in the Cup standings for the first time since the third week of the season at Las Vegas. The runner-up to Jimmie Johnson in last year’s Chase, Hamlin is ninth, 77 points behind Edwards with 11 races left before the field for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup is set. Hamlin got the opportunity he needed when a caution on Lap 158 -- the result of an accident involving Juan Pablo Montoya and Andy Lally in Turn 4 -- interrupted a cycle of green-flag pit stops and scrambled the running order for a restart on Lap 164. Edwards passed Kenseth and Busch for the lead on the restart lap, with Hamlin in pursuit. With the top-10 drivers in fuel-saving mode, Edwards continued to pace the field, pulling away from Hamlin by a second and a half, before contact from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Mark Martin sent Dale Earnhardt Jr. into the Turn 1 wall to bring out the final caution.
On Lap 192, when the lead-lap cars came to the pits -- most for two tires and fuel -- Hamlin’s crew executed its best stop when it counted most. Johnson continued to have problems with Michigan, one of four active Cup tracks where the five-time defending champion hasn’t won a race. Johnson spun off Turn 2 just eight laps into the race, flattened three of his four tires and broke the sway bar on the No. 48 Chevrolet. Ultimately, Johnson lost two laps as his crew repaired the car. He salvaged a 27th-place finish but lost most of the ground in the standings he had gained on Edwards last week at Pocono. Johnson fell from second, six points back, to fifth, 29 points in arrears. (Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service)
How Will NASCAR Handle Gibbs Racing Penalty?
Will Joe Gibbs Racing get its second straight points penalty, or will NASCAR issue a slap on the wrist for the unapproved oil pans found on all three Gibbs Sprint Cup cars during opening-day inspection Friday at Michigan International Speedway? On Monday, NASCAR docked Kyle Busch and Joe Gibbs each six driver and owner points, respectively, and fined crew chief Dave Rogers $25,000 when Busch’s third-place car measured too low in the left front during postrace inspection last Sunday at Pocono. On Friday, Cup series director John Darby told the Gibbs teams, which had not submitted the oil pans for approval before mounting them on their engines, to replace the offending oil pans with approved parts before Friday’s first practice. The teams complied, and the unapproved oil pans, which at 25-30 pounds were significantly heavier than those commonly in use, sat on display in the NASCAR hauler for other organizations to inspect. One important note: There are no weight restrictions on oil pans in the NASCAR rulebook, but NASCAR reserves the right to reject parts it finds questionable.
Because the oil pans never saw competition, NASCAR seems inclined to treat the offense as a simple failure to submit a part for approval. It’s clear, however, that a heavier oil pan can provide a performance advantage by lowering the center of gravity and helping a car turn through the corners. NASCAR should be wary of hanging its hat on the fact the oil pans were never used on-track, as Jeff Gordon pointed out Friday afternoon on his Twitter account. “All I’m going to say about Gibbs cars oil pan is that we had 100-point penalty for a flared left front fender that never went on track,” Gordon wrote. --/-- The reference was to the 2007 penalties Gordon’s and Jimmie Johnson’s teams drew for body infractions at Sonoma—penalties that included $100,000 fines and six-week suspensions to their respective crew chiefs, Steve Letarte and Chad Knaus. Against that backdrop, the Cup garage is waiting attentively for the disposition of the oil pan issue. (Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service)
Pit Crew Still An Open Question For Johnson
On a given Monday, Jimmie Johnson doesn’t know which crew members will pit his car the following Sunday—but that’s by design. Despite winning their fifth straight Sprint Cup championship last year, Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus felt there was room for improvement in the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team. The pit crew was one of the areas that needed a fresh approach. In fact, issues on pit road at Texas last fall proved the final straw for Knaus, who borrowed Jeff Gordon’s over-the-wall crew for the rest of the Chase, which Johnson ultimately won. During the offseason, Knaus held a minicamp for prospective crew members, and competition for starting spots on Sunday has continued throughout the season. “The situation Chad created is that he’s really trying not to have a first string, second string,” Johnson told Sporting News Friday at Michigan International Speedway. “You earn your position during the week in practices and prove that you’re the fastest guy that week and can do the best job that week going over the wall. I know every guy on the team; I train with them now and am in there on Tuesday’s working out with them so that we can form a tighter bond together. I see a lot of good things happening, and I know that they’re working very hard for that coveted position to go over the wall and change or carry (tires) or jack the car.” (Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service)
Edwards Wins Michigan Nationwide Race With Late Surge
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Edwards Celebrates Win In Victory Lane
When Carl Edwards saw the Ford of Roush Fenway Racing teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. blow by him with 21 laps left in Saturday’s Alliance Truck Parts 250 at Michigan International Speedway, he was worried. Just as crew chief Mike Beam predicted he would, however, Edwards caught Stenhouse in the closing laps, passed his teammate on Lap 117 of 125 and pulled away to win his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series race of the season and the 33rd of his career. “Ricky drove his heart out -- that guy is unbelievable,” Edwards said in victory lane. “I didn’t think I was going to be able to get him, but it was like his car got tightened up. Man, he did a good job. … I thought Ricky was setting sail. I didn’t think I was going to be able to catch him. His car, I don’t think, was balanced as well as mine was, and he was somehow making it go that fast. So he’s someone I’m a little nervous about for the future.”
Stenhouse held on to second place, crossing the finish line 1.669 seconds behind Edwards, and took the lead in the series standings by two points over eighth-place finisher Elliott Sadler. Kyle Busch won a heated battle against polesitter Paul Menard for the third position, with Menard rolling across the stripe in fourth and Trevor Bayne fifth. To Stenhouse, whose car picked up a push after about 15 green-flag laps, the race was instructive. Going forward, Stenhouse plans to place more emphasis on practice. “We’re right there where we need to be -- we’ve just got to cap it off,” said Stenhouse, 23, who picked up his first Nationwide win last month at Iowa. “We’ve got to get a little bit better. I think Carl’s a little bit better at practice, getting his car where it needs to be. It takes us a little bit to get it going throughout the race, so we’re going to have to work on that. I think that’s something I’m going to have to do. It’s frustrating running second, but to have Ford running 1-2 up here in Michigan is a good deal for us.”
Edwards had stretched his lead to one second over Stenhouse when NASCAR called a caution on Lap 93 after Aric Almirola spun in Turn 2. Mark Martin, however, was on pit road when the caution flag came out and inherited the top spot when the rest of the lead-lap cars came to the pits under caution. After the restart on Lap 101, Edwards quickly dispatched Martin, with Busch following into second position. But Stenhouse soon grabbed second from Busch and quickly tracked down Edwards, passing him for the lead on Lap 104. (Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service)
Ty Dillon Wins Michigan ARCA Race
Ty Dillon took advantage of a late-race wreck by leader Cale Gale with six laps remaining, and brushed leader Max Gresham aside with one lap to go and posted his fourth victory of the season in the RainEater Wiper Blades 200 on Friday at Michigan International Speedway. Gale, who had led a total of 72 laps in the 100-lap event, was the victim of a blown right tire that sent him into the wall, giving the lead to Gresham on a green-white, one-lap restart. But Dillon jumped Gresham for the lead just after the start-finish line on the wild last lap and held off Gresham for the victory and a commanding lead in the ARCA driver points standings. “I thought for sure we had Ty on the restart on the last lap but we just got outdone a little,” Gresham said. “Ty beat me to the corner. If I would have had one more lap I might have gotten back in front but I just ran out of time. He just had a little bit more power than we had and you can’t beat power.”
Dillon, driving the Richard Childress Racing Development Chevrolet, now holds a 210-point advantage over veteran Frank Kimmel, who finished ninth. Dillon, 19, knew he had his work cut out with Gale clearly the class of the field before Gale’s tire flattened after traveling over debris on the track. -- “I just tried to save my stuff and do what I could as the No. 25 (Gresham) kept coming,” Dillon said. “It seems ARCA races seem to have a lot of cautions at the end so I just tried to stay patient.” -- Dillon, who graduated from high school just two weeks ago, is the grandson of long-time NASCAR Sprint Cup team owner Childress. Gale started from the pole after setting an ARCA record-qualifying speed of 189.623 miles per hour this morning and led the field by as much as five seconds on occasion, but a total of seven caution periods kept him somewhat at bay until his tire tragedy. “It’s just racing,” he said following his 19th place finish. “It seems like 2011 has just been bad luck for me for whatever reason,” added Gale, who was coached over the radio throughout the race by Sprint Cup driver Kevin Harvick, who drives for Childress. Tim George finished third followed by Chad Hackenbracht and Chris Buescher.
Michigan Speedway Will Repave Track
When NASCAR comes to Michigan International Speedway next year, the track will sport a completely repaved racing surface, if the project announced Friday goes according to plan. Michigan will begin the fourth repaving in the history of the two-mile track with the resurfacing of pit road immediately after Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race. The project does not include any reconfiguring of the racetrack, speedway officials said. Repaving of the racing surface itself will begin after the Aug. 21 Sprint Cup race. The project is scheduled for completion before the NASCAR’s top three divisions return to Michigan next year.
Most drivers were wary about the repaving, because most think the nature of racing is likely to change. Michigan is known for its wide racing surface and use of multiple grooves, and that aspect could be diminished with new asphalt. “Just like every other racetrack, it will change the grip and the tire combination, which will have an effect on the racing,” Ryan Newman said. “I don’t think we’ve ever gone to a newly surfaced racetrack and run three-wide or had three grooves to work with, so it changes the characteristics of the racing. In saying that, it’s something that has to be done for the future of our sport from a safety standpoint. … As a driver, I should say, I never like to see them paved. I love them when they’re old and have character and they’re lacking grip, and we can take a tire there that’s pretty grippy and falls off and that is a good combination for us as drivers, especially for the racing and for the fans.”
Dale Earnhardt Jr., whose last Cup win came at Michigan in June 2008, was more succinct in his assessment of the project, which will cost an estimated $7 million. “The track’s awesome,” Earnhardt said. “I don’t know why it needs new asphalt. They ought to send that asphalt over to Pocono.” (Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service)
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  • Schrader, Craven, McGee on NASCAR Now Roundtable : NASCAR driver Ken Schrader joins ESPN NASCAR analyst Ricky Craven and ESPN the Magazine senior writer Ryan McGee as panelists on NASCAR Now's weekly roundtable discussion program airing Monday, June 20, at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
  • Childress working with Boywer, General Mills on contracts: Another free agent out there is #33-Clint Bowyer. Here's what car owner Richard Childress said about the Bowyer situation: "We're working really hard right now on sponsorship for him," Childress said. "We're all wanting to stay together but we're just looking for sponsorship. We've got some really good things going on but we've got to get them finalized." So what about the status of General Mills as a sponsor? "I think you'll see General Mills back next year,'' he said.(Virginian-Pilot)(6-20-2011)
  • Winners not leading many laps: #11-Denny Hamlin led only eight laps in scoring the victory. This marks the sixth time that a driver has led fewer than 10 laps and won. Here's a look at how many times a driver led fewer than 10 laps and won in the past five seasons (remember there's still 21 races left this year).
    2011 --- 6 times
    2010 --- 4 times
    2009 --- 4 times
    2008 --- 2 times
    2007 --- 8 times
    (    Virginian-Pilot)(6-20-2011)
  • Michigan Notes-n-Nuggets:
    " Denny Hamlin earns his 17th victory in his 202nd race.
    " Denny Hamlin moved into tie for 44th on NASCAR's all-time win list with Kevin Harvick, Marvin Panch and Curtis Turner.
    " Denny Hamlin becomes the 10th different race winner in 15 races in 2011.
    " Denny Hamlin ears his second victory in 11 races at Michigan; he won this race one year ago.
    " Denny Hamlin finished first or second in the past three Michigan races.
    " Denny Hamlin earns his fifth consecutive top-10 finish at Michigan.
    " The past four Michigan races were won from a top-10 starting position.
    " Two drivers in the top-10 scored their best finishes in 2011:Denny Hamlin (first) and Paul Menard (fourth); for Menard, this marked his second-best finish.
    " Landon Cassill (12th) scored his career-best finish; his previous best was 24th.
    " Matt Kenseth (second) scored his third consecutive top-10 finish, extending a streak that began at Kansas.
    " Kyle Busch (third) scored his first top-10 in his past five Michigan races; he finished third at Pocono one week ago.
    " Paul Menard (fourth) posted his best finish and first top-10 in 10 Michigan races.
    " Carl Edwards (fifth) finished 12th or better in the past nine Michigan races, the longest current streak.
    " Carl Edwards scored 11 top-10 finishes in 15 races in 2011, the most of all drivers.(    NASCAR.com/Racing Recall)(6-20-2011)
  • Win 197 for car #11: #11-Denny Hamlin's win in the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway was car #11's 197th win in the Sprint Cup Series. Second all-time in Sprint Cup Series history for a car number. #43, which has 198 wins in 2296 Sprint Cup races is the leader, 3rd is the #3 at 97 wins. See wins by car numbers on my Wins by Car Numbers page.(6-19-2011)
  • Hamlin wins at Michigan: #11-Denny Hamlin won the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway for his 1st win of 2011 and 17th win of his career. He took the lead during the final pit stops of the race and held off #17-Matt Kenseth at the checkered flag.
    Kenseth finished second, followed by #18-Busch, #27-Menard, #99-Edwards, #39-Newman, #14-Stewart, #33-Bowyer, #5-Martin, and #83-Vickers. Edwards expanded his point lead to 20. #29-Harvick is now in second after an early spin by #48-Johnson and a 27th place finish.
    There were 21 lead changes among 12 drivers; 5 cautions for 18 yellow flag laps. The attendance is listed as 88,000, down from 95,000 last June.
    Scheduled Race Re-Air: SPEED, Wednesday, June 22 at 12:00pm/et
    See race results, awards, laps led and more on Jayski's     Michigan Race Results/Awards page. (6-19-2011)
  • Race Fast Facts - Michigan:
    Denny Hamlin won the 43rd ANNUAL HELUVA GOOD! SOUR CREAM DIPS 400, his 17th victory in 202 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
    This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2011. His last victory came at Texas last November, 16 races ago.
    This is his second consecutive spring race victory and seventh top-10 finish in 11 races at Michigan International Speedway.
    Matt Kenseth (second) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 24 races at Michigan International Speedway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2011.
    Kyle Busch (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 13 races at Michigan International Speedway.
    Carl Edwards leads the point standings by 20 points over Kevin Harvick.(NASCAR Statistics)(6-19-2011)
  • 2011 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
    [after Michigan, race 15 of 36]:
    rank, car#, driver, points, behind
    1) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 532
    2) #29-Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 512, -20
    3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 505, -27
    4) #18-Kyle Busch [2 wins], 503, -29
    5) #48-Jimmie Johnson [1 win], 503, -29
    6) #17-Matt Kenseth [2 wins], 491, -41
    7) #22-Kurt Busch, 491, -41
    8) #39-Ryan Newman, 456, -76
    9) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 455, -77
    10) #33-Clint Bowyer, 455, -77
    wild cards
    11) #14-Tony Stewart, 454, -78 [11th in points]
    12) #24-Jeff Gordon [2 wins], 438, -94 [12th in points]
    Two race winners are not inside the top-20: #2-Keselowski is 22nd, 12 pts out of 20th; #78-Smith is 29th, 54 pts out of 20th
    NOTE: wild cards are drivers not in the chase with a win as long as they are in the top-20 in points, then if no wins by drivers points
    See drivers championship points standings on     Jayski's Drivers Points Standings page.(6-19-2011)
  • Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at Infineon:
    No changes this week, but with the #21 team not attempting Infineon, Gordon will be locked in there.
    31) #34-Gilliland/Front Row, 254, +76
    32) #36-Blaney/TBR, 231, +53
    33) #32-Bliss/FAS Lane, 223, +45
    34) #13-Mears/Germain, 219, +41
    35) #21-Bayne/Wood Brothers, 201, +23 points ahead of 36th
    these teams / drivers will need to qualify by speed:
    36) #7-RGordon/RGM, 178, 23 points out of top 35
    37) #71-Lally/TRG, 176, -25
    38) #38-Kvapil/Front Row, 178, -28
    The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
    For the owner points standings, see my     Owners Points Standings page.(6-19-2011)
  • Gibbs courting Edwards? UPDATE: am hearing that Carl Edwards, currently the driver of the #99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, is being courted by Joe Gibbs Racing to take over the #20 Home Depot Toyota ride. Where would that leave current #20 driver, Joey Logano, to the long rumored 4th Joe Gibbs car, no word on who would be the sponsor, if it happens.(6-17-2011)
    UPDATE: Ford and Roush Fenway Racing are feeling a sense of urgency to re-sign Carl Edwards. For the last month, Edwards has been rumored to be headed to Joe Gibbs Racing. Earlier this season, JGR president J.D. Gibbs acknowledged that the organization would be interested in talking to Edwards if sponsorship could be acquired for a fourth team. Roush Fenway Racing president Steve Newman called the Edwards' negotiation "a slow and steady process." Both Roush and Ford have worked diligently to entice Edwards to remain in the blue-oval camp but are starting to feel the pressure from Toyota. "We have constant conversations with Carl," Newmark said. "I still remain cautiously optimistic that we'll get something done, but as we've talked about before, the process that we're going through, we want to make sure that we have everything in order going forward and Carl's main focus is on making sure he's going to a place where he can win championships. Newmark understands that Edwards is shopping the market and "has no issue with him engaging in discussions." Now the challenge for Roush comes in offering the most competitive package for Edwards and his future. At the same time, Newmark has the challenge of locking up Roush sponsors Aflac, UPS and Crown Royal. Newmark locked down both 3M and Greg Biffle for a multi-year deal in April. Newmark is not actively seeking a replacement for Edwards -- yet. With Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse in the pipeline, there's really no need to.(    Fox Sports)(6-19-2011)
  • Raikkoen not driving for Gordon at Infineon: Robby Gordon won't have open-wheel star Kimi Raikkonen driving one of his cars next week at Infineon Raceway, just another twist in what has been a strange season for his race team. Gordon will race this weekend at Michigan and again next week at Infineon but might not be back behind the wheel of his own Sprint Cup car until the Brickyard 400 in late July. The driver/owner had hoped to field two cars at the road course at Infineon - one for him and another for Raikkonen, the 2007 Formula One champion. Raikkonen wrecked Gordon's main road-course car at a test last month. Gordon just finished getting that car repaired and he and Raikkonen couldn't work out a deal for the Finnish driver to make his Cup debut for Robby Gordon Motorsports. Gordon, who has had to start and park his car at times this year due to lack of sponsorship, will attempt to run the entire race at Michigan and Infineon. His next race likely will be Indianapolis in late July. He also has planned to run the Nationwide race at Montreal in August. He said he might run two cars in some weeks for additional testing. Gordon is now buying engines and using his own shop to rebuild and maintain them. He was leasing engines from Penske Motorsports.(Scene Daily)(6-19-2011)
  • Roush supportive of Childress: Jack Roush drew a few laughs after his team's NASCAR Nationwide victory, when he was asked his view of the fine handed down to fellow owner Richard Childress. Childress was fined $150,000 earlier this month for an altercation with Kyle Busch at Kansas Speedway. Childress was upset that Busch bumped into Joey Coulter on the cool-down lap after a race. "It was pretty high," Roush said about the fine. "I guess that pretty much puts the nail in the coffin of, 'Have at it, guys.' Maybe that was a boy and a man. I am not sure. Maybe that is different than the boys having at it. Kyle has been pretty rough on my cars over a period of time and for Richard to stand up for himself was OK," Roush said.(Associated Press)(6-19-2011)
  • JGR teams face penalties for oil pans: UPDATE: The Joe Gibbs Racing teams of #18-Kyle Busch, #11-Denny Hamlin and #20-Joey Logano all face possible penalties after an issue was discovered in inspection Friday morning at Michigan before practice began. John Darby, Cup series director, said that all three Gibbs cars had oil pans that had not been submitted for approval before competition. "We had them pull (those) off and put what we're accustomed to, what has been submitted back on their cars,'' Darby said. All three teams face possible penalties for the infraction. "Chances are great (a penalty) wouldn't involve points,'' Darby said.(Hampton Roads)(6-17-2011)
    UPDATE: Joe Gibbs Racing had unapproved- and unusually heavy - oil pans seized from its three NASCAR Sprint Cup cars Friday morning at Michigan International Speedway. Officially, the issue was that the oil pans had not been submitted for approval by NASCAR, a standard procedure for the thousands of parts and pieces on race cars. But a bigger issue ultimately might be weight. While a standard NASCAR Sprint Cup oil pan weighs about 4 pounds, the three taken off the Gibbs cars weighed an estimated 20-30 pounds apiece. Competitors contacted by SPEED.com and FOXSports.com said the heavy oil pans would allow the teams to remove weight elsewhere in the car and put it low and on the front of the car, which could provide a handling advantage, perhaps a substantial one. Officials did not penalize JGR at the track but said in a statement, "NASCAR will discuss early next week if there will be any additional penalties assessed to these three teams."(    SPEED)(6-18-2011)
 
 
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Courtesy of Racin' Today
  http://www.racintoday.com
Hight Shreds Speed Record In Bristol Win
http://www.racintoday.com/archives/28019
Ingram: Hamlin, JGR Hitting Stride Just In Time?
http://www.racintoday.com/archives/28031
Franchitti Gets The Victory At Milwaukee
http://www.racintoday.com/archives/28007
Dollansky Tops In N.D.
http://www.racintoday.com/archives/27984
 
 
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FROM TRAGEDY GROWS TRIUMPH: HOW ONE LOCAL FAMILY FINDS STRENGTH IN THE DEATH OF THEIR DAUGHTER
 
Baby Siena Gave up Everything to Save her Sister’s Life
 
Sacramento, California, June 17, 2011 –  NASCAR racer Dave Smith and his wife Dorine were excited, and a bit nervous, to welcome identical twin girls. Half-way through a healthy pregnancy, Dorine discovered that one of her daughters was in trouble. On the evening of October 24, 2010, more than 4 months before her due date, Dorine gave birth to Siena and Adrianna at Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento. 
 
Siena and Adrianna were born 14 weeks premature, and suffered from a rare condition called Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). This condition caused one child to receive more blood and nutrients than needed, while the other received less. In this case, Siena was the baby to receive less blood.
 
Though Siena and Adrianna had been born sick and premature, doctors had seen no indication of the severity of the girl’s health until Dorine went into early labor.
 
“I prided myself in obtaining the best of pre-natal care.  I received ultrasounds twice a week, had genetic testing, an amniocentesis and constant support from a great group of Sutter OBGYNs.  Everything was going great until one day I went into pre-term labor,” said Dorine.
 
Upon delivery, Dorine had been allowed mere seconds to gaze at her beautiful baby girls before they had been whisked away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Sutter Memorial Hospital. From that point on it was a constant struggle for survival. Both babies were born weighing just over 1 pound, and both babies’ skin had been transparent and underdeveloped. The only contact that the Smiths had with their daughters was through the Plexiglas walls of their incubators.
 
On her second day of life, Adrianna required surgery that would allow her to accept the necessary nutrients she needed to survive. However, on that same day, Siena took a turn for the worst. She suffered a massive hemorrhage in her brain and was not strong enough to endure it. The doctors prepared the Smiths to tell their baby girl goodbye.
 
“Siena had given her all for her sister, her blood, her nutrients, her strength and now her life. Late that night, we visited Adrianna and told her that Siena had passed away and was now her angel in Heaven.  Her tiny hand squeezed my finger hard, as if to say, “Don’t worry Mommy, I’m tough enough to get through this,”’ said Dorine. 
 
And that is what she did. On January 11, 2011 the Smiths were finally able to bring their baby home.
 
Adrianna, now seven months old, is a healthy and beautiful baby girl. The Smiths will always remember their daughter Siena, and the sacrifice she gave to save her sister; and they know that it was the result of the lifesaving research and support of the March of Dimes that the doctors of Sutter Memorial Hospital were able to save Adrianna.
 
It is because of the success and necessity of the March of Dimes that the Smith family has decided to give back to their community through this year’s upcoming Be A Hero for Babies Day, an event created by Farmers Insurance to help March of Dimes fund lifesaving research, education and advocacy.
 
From now until June 29, 2011 the Smiths will be personally fundraising to support the March of Dimes.  SNT Motorsports Development Corp will also be donating 15 percent of their NASCAR sponsorship dollars to the March of Dimes to help end premature births and infant mortality.
 
The NASCAR race featuring this Red Line Oil, Sport Truck RV, Muscle Milk, Byers Leaf Guard, Porter Communications, Freightliner, Red Rocket Auto Tech and Porter Law Group supported car will be held on June 25, 2011 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, and a pair of angel wings will be painted on the race car in memory of Siena.
 
 
 
 
 
 
We are "William's Garden Ministries" : A non-profit organization offering facilities for services centered around children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Our goal is to help to unlock the hidden potential in children with Autism, and to promote awareness about ASD's.
All tax deductable donations and contributions welcome!
 
For more information please go to www.williamsgarden2010.com
 
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Courtesy of Jayski
  http://www.jayski.com
 LAST RACE: Alliance Truck Parts 250, Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Michigan International Speedway
  • Edwards wins at Michigan: #60-Carl Edwards won the Alliance Truck Parts 250 at Michigan InternationalSpeedway. It is his 4th win of the season and the 33rd of his career. #6-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. finished second, followed by #18-Kyle Busch, #33-Paul Menard, #16-Trevor Bayne, #20-Joey Logano, #32-Mark Martin, #2-Elliott Sadler, #22-Brad Keselowski, and #38-Jason Leffler. There were 3 cautions for 14 laps and 14 lead changes among 8 leaders. The estimated attendace was 38,000. Complete results are posted on the Michigan race results page.(6-18-2011)
  • Michigan Race Fast Facts:
    Carl Edwards won the 20th Annual Alliance Truck Parts 250, his 33rd victory in 226 NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
    This is his fourth victory and 11th top-10 finish in 2011.
    This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Michigan International Speedway.
    This is Roush Fenway Racing's fifth series win at Michigan, most all-time.
    Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Michigan International Speedway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2011.
    Kyle Busch (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Michigan International Speedway.
    Ricky Stenhouse Jr. leads the point standings by 2 points over Elliott Sadler.
    (NASCAR Statistics)(6-18-2011)
  • Driver standings following Michigan:
    1) #6-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 525
    2) #2-Elliott Sadler 523 -2
    3) #32-Reed Sorenson 521 -4
    4) #31-Justin Allgaier 508 -17
    5) #88-Aric Almirola 471 -54
    6) #38-Jason Leffler 471 -54
    7) #09-Kenny Wallace 441 -84
    8) #66-Steve Wallace 415 -110
    9) #11-Brian Scott 393 -132
    10) #62-Michael Annett 371 -154
·         Penske looking for sponsor for Hornish: From a Dodge PR:
YOUR TEAM OWNER ROGER PENSKE SAID HE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU BACK HERE FULL-TIME; WHAT DOES THIS DO TOWARD THAT IN 2012?
Hornish: "We're working really hard to be back full-time. I like the Nationwide Series. I like the way the cars run and race. It's a lot of fun. I wouldn't have any qualms about being here full-time. We're working hard to get what we can get and be able to do those things. We have some great sponsors that have stuck with us and are working hard to be able to get where we need to be. We're just doing the best job we can for them."(Darnell Communications/ Dodge)(6-18-2011)
·         Dufault working on deal for Montreal race: Right now there is a big blank space on Maryeve Dufault's 2011 race calendar where the NASCAR Nationwide Series NAPA 200 should be. From the start of her first stock car season that began with a very credible 24th finish among the 43 cars in the ARCA Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway in February, it has been Dufault's goal to run in Canada's lone Nationwide stop at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. "We are pretty close to signing a Nationwide contract for Montreal," Dufault said. "We are in talks right now and we should be able to announce it in the next couple of weeks." One of the problems, of course, is that most of the top echelon race teams who normally would be looking for a Canadian driver for the Canadian race have already signed someone. Dufault would also have to find time in the next month to test an NNS car on a road course, something that doesn't come cheap. Dufault admits she won't take the first offer that comes along. She said she wants a car that will be competitive because she has no desire to run at the back of the pack.(Toronto Sun)(6-17-2011
 
 
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Courtesy of The NASCAR Insiders
Menard And Cassill Pleasantly Surprising At Michigan
Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:29 PM PDT
By winning at Michigan Denny Hamlin became the 10th different winner of the season. His hard fought victory over Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards and his own teammate, Kyle Busch, added to what’s been a thrilling season marked by a diverse cast of characters.
Adding to that cast Sunday were Paul Menard and Landon Cassill.
In his fifth full Cup Series season and first at Richard Childress Racing, Menard has been an aberration. Through 15 races he’s scored three top-fives, four top-10s and he sits 16th in the points. Compare that to two top-fives and seven top-tens in the four full seasons prior. The cherry on top, so far this season, is a fourth place finish on Sunday- a solid weekend bookend to his fourth place finish in the Nationwide race on Saturday.
Menard, who struggled through the end at DEI and went through the turmoil of Yates and RPM last season, is in the first truly stable ride of his career and so far it looks like he’s making the most of it.
For Cassill, who has yet to have a full season ride somewhere, Sunday was a bright spot. In the last couple of years he has fought to just have a seat – often times that’s meant starting and parking for some of the sport’s bottom of the barrel teams.
This season, James Finch has let Cassill actually finish races and while there hasn’t been a ton to write home about, it hasn’t been all bad. Sunday, for instance, Cassill out drove teams much better funded than his for an impressive 12th place finish.
For Cassill, these opportunities provide him a stage to showcase his talent and hopefully get noticed by a better funded organization.
With good finishes from Menard and Cassill, our 10th different winner of the season and possible penalties on the horizon for Joe Gibbs Racing, feel free to use this as your Michigan sound off post.
 
 
 
 
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Courtesy of Jayski
  http://www.jayski.com
NEXT RACE: Kentucky Speedway -- UNOH 225, Thursday, July 7, 2011, 8:00pm/et
 
    • SPEEDtv: - Prerace 7:30pm; Race 8:00pm
 
  •   Cooper Standard announces partnership with BKR: As the 2011 National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) season makes its first Michigan stop of the season June 18 to 19 at the Michigan International Speedway, Cooper Standard is pleased to announce its partnership with Brad Keselowski Racing. Through the partnership, Cooper Standard will sponsor and supply parts to Brad Keselowski Racing's entry in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, enter into a personal services contract with Keselowski and work cooperatively with his race team on technology innovations to enhance on-track performance in the areas of fuel savings, sealing and ride handling with special attention to translating these innovations to production vehicles. On Aug. 20, at the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the MIS, the Cooper Standard-sponsored Brad Keselowski Racing Truck No. 29 will make its debut.(Cooper Standard PR)(6-17-2011)
  • Carmichael set to make 2011 Nationwide debut: Ricky Carmichael will make his 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series debut in the cockpit of Turner Motorsports' No. 30 Monster Energy Chevrolet Impala in the Bucyrus 200 Presented by Menards at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. In addition to his duty at the division's second-annual stop at the at the famed 4.048-mile, 14-turn road course, the 31-year-old driver will also pilot the No. 30 Monster Energy-sponsored entry at Daytona International Speedway on July 1, Richmond International Raceway on September 9 and at Phoenix International Raceway on November 12. Veteran Turner Motorsports crew chief Stewart Cooper will call the shots for Carmichael's debut in the No. 30 machine. The Bucyrus 200 presented by Menards will mark his first road course race in Nationwide Series competition. In two NASCAR Camping World East Series road course races in 2008, Carmichael finished ninth and 12th, respectively at Watkins Glen International and Lime Rock Speedway.(Turner Motorsports PR)(6-15-2011)
 
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Courtesy of TruckSeries.Com
  http://www.truckseries.com
Driver points
http://nascar.speedtv.com/camping-world-trucks/standings/?sc_id=3631
Owner Points
http://nascar.speedtv.com/camping-world-trucks/standings/?sc_id=3631
 
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     A R C A (Automobile Racing Club of America)
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Courtesy of ARCA
  http://www.arcaracing.com
Drivers and Others Honor Dads on Father's Day
(TOLEDO, Ohio - June 19, 2011) - For Father's Day, numerous ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards competitors, officials, and participants talked about the importance of their dads in their lives and racing careers.
http://www.arcaracing.com/news.php?contentid=10960
 
 
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 Insider Racing News
http://insiderracingnews.com/Writers/MP/062011.html
Will Gordon's Legacy Be Marred By the Two That Got Away?
By Matthew Pizzolato
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Upset With Mark Martin After Michigan NASCAR Race, But Calmer After Hendrick...
http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/6/19/2232160/dale-earnhardt-jr-mark-martin-nascar-michigan-speedway-results-hendrick-motorsports-2011
Carl Edwards Questions Current Sprint Cup Car After Michigan International Speedway Race on
http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/6/19/2232234/carl-edwards-questions-current-sprint-cup-car-after-michigan
Kyle Busch Had Breathing Issues During Michigan International Speedway NASCAR Race
http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/6/19/2232270/kyle-busch-nascar-michigan-speedway-results-joe-gibbs-racing-2011
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Point Standings: Carl Edwards' Top-Five Finish Results In...
http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/6/20/2232304/nascar-michigan-speedway-results-point-standings-sprint-cup-2011
Two Weeks, Two Fumbles for Joe Gibbs Racing
http://www.racejournalonline.com/index.php?page=read&article=798
 
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Courtesy of Race Fan TV
  http://www.racefantv.com/
 
MONDAY, JUNE 20
12:00m-1:00A
SPEED
AMA Pro Racing, American Superbike and Supersport highlights, Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL, June 19/11, HD, N
1:00A-2:00
SPEED
AMA Pro Racing, Daytona SportBike and Supersport, Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL, June 19/11, HD, N
2:30P-5:00
TSN2
NHRA Full Throttle drag series ELIMINATIONS, Ford Thunder Valley Nationals, Bristol, TN, June 19/11, HD, N
5:00P-6:00
espn2
NASCAR Now, HD, L
7:00P-8:00
SPEED
NASCAR Race Hub, HD, N
TUESDAY, JUNE 21
5:00P-5:30
espn2
NASCAR Now, HD, L
7:00P-8:00
SPEED
NASCAR Race Hub, HD, N
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22
5:00P-5:30
espn2
NASCAR Now, HD, L
7:00P-8:00
SPEED
NASCAR Race Hub, HD, N
9:00P-9:30
SHOW
Inside NASCAR, N
THURSDAY, JUNE 23
5:00P-5:30
espn2
NASCAR Now, HD, L
6:00P-7:00
SPEED
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West O'Reilly Auto Parts 200, Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, June 11/11, HD, N
6:00P-7:00
VS
Lucas Oil Motorsport Hour, #15, Lucas Off Road Pro2 & PL (P4 2012) #02, Speedworld, AZ, Apr 16/11
7:00P-8:00
SPEED
NASCAR Race Hub, HD, N
 
 
 
We do not list all the programming offered by SPEED; for complete listings go to their website, http://www.speedtv.com/schedule/
 
Always CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS!
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