Season points opener draws large car count at 34 Raceway
By Dana Royer/34 Raceway
BURLINGTON, IA (April 28) -It was a full house in the pit area at 34 Raceway
last Saturday night (April 26) as 34 Raceway held its first points races of
the season for all five classes. The chilly weather didnšt stop the racers
as a 138 cars packed the pit area to compete in the five classes of J & J
Steel Ideal Ready Mix IMCA Late Models, Miller Lite IMCA Modifieds,
Sebastian Sandblasting 305 Sprint Cars, Mikešs Auto Parts, IMCA Stock Cars
and the Pepsi Hobby Stocks.Following another bout of rain Thursday and
Friday crews worked hard to prepare the track and pit area for the nightšs
racing event. Fans braved the cold weather to see 5 features, 15 heat races
and 5 B-mains. Getting wins for the night were, Jason Frankel (late models),
Quincy, Il., Dennis LaVeine (modifieds), Burlington, Brian Hetrick
(sprints), Stronghurst, Il., Darin Thye (stock cars), Burlington and Dan
Wenig (hobby stocks), West Burlington.
Coming up next Saturday, May 3 will be KILJ Radio Night with points races in
all five classes. Mark your calendars for Friday, May 9 when the IRA 410
Outlaw Sprints will take to the 3/8 mile high bank. Also running will be Mod
Lites and Il. 3/4 Midgets.
A total of 35 IMCA Late Models checked in to compete for a position in the
24 car feature event. Sitting on the front row were Gary Russell and Jay
Johnson. Russell took the early lead holding off Tom Darbyshire for the
first four laps. Darbyshire took over the lead when Russell went over the
turn one turn on lap five. Darbyshire would then lead the field for the next
six laps. It took Jason Frankel, who had moved up to the second spot,
several tries to get past Darbyshire before finally getting the job done on
lap twelve of the 25 lap feature. Frankel went on to take the checkered flag
followed by Darbyshire and Matt Ryan on Darbyshirešs tail.
Burlingtonšs Dennis LaVeine made a last lap pass to win his first IMCA
Modified feature this year. Bill Parks took the early lead but when Bill
Roberts tried to pass, Parks bumped Roberts sending him spinning while
Roberts continued on, now in the lead. After five cautions the race was
called on a time limit with a green, white, checkered finish following the
fifth caution. That was when Dennis LaVeine made his final move passing
Roberts on the back stretch on the final lap and going on to take the
checkered flag for the win. Roberts finished second and Rich Smith took
third.
Fifteen 305 sprints took to the track for their first points race of the
year with Donnie Steward and Rob Kubli on the front row. Kubli took the lead
from Steward on lap two of the twenty lap race while Brian Hetrick was
trying to close in. Hetrick, got by Kubli for the lead on lap seven and went
on to take the checkered flag by several car lengths over Tasker Phillips
and Kubli.
The IMCA Stock Cars put on a show for the crowd with Darin Thye taking the
win. Thye took the lead from the drop of the green working to hold off Chris
Wibbell and Todd Holsteen throughout the fifteen lap feature. Joining the
leaders in bumper to bumper action were John Oliver, Jr., Sean Johnson and
Kirk Kinsley. Wibbell tried to take the lead from Thye but couldnšt hold on
and Thye went on to take the checkered with Wibbell on his bumper followed
by Holsteen right behind.
The Pepsi Hobby Stocks went flag to flag in their fifteen lap feature with
West Burlingtonšs Dan Wenig taking the win. Wenig took the early lead
followed closely by Luke McLaughlin. On lap 10, McLaughlin was able to get
past Wenig for the lead but couldnšt pull away. With one lap to go, Wenig
made his final move and got around McLaughlin and took the checkered flag in
another exciting finish for the evening. Finishing second was McLaughlin and
third went to Dean Kratzer.
34 Raceway Results for April 26
Hobby Stocks - A Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 C21 Dan Wenig West Burlington, Ia 40
2 6 60 Luke Mclaughlin Mediapolis , Ia 39
3 11 4K Dean Kratzer Fort Madison, Ia 38
4 4 57D Blaine Dopler Wapello , Ia 37
5 10 8 Brian Holmes Wapello , Ia 36
6 9 15 Tanner Thomann West Burlington, Ia 35
7 12 5N Donavan Nunnikoven Kellogg , Ia 34
8 8 57 Brodie Dopler Wapello , Ia 33
9 3 7D Doug Fenton Burlington , Ia 32
10 1 92J Sky Griffith Wapello , Ia 31
11 16 10G Craig Griffin Monmouth , Il 30
12 13 97J Jacob Smith Argyle , Ia 29
13 7 12 Chad Krogmeier Burlington , Ia 28
14 14 52 Jeremy Pundt Donnellson , Ia 27
15 15 80 Jason Gerdes Lomax , Il 26
16 21 13 Todd Lange Stronghurst , Il 25
17 17 48 Chuck Fullenkamp Ft Madison, Ia 24
18 18 7R Eric Rowley Burlington , Ia 23
19 5 51 Matt Gavin (hs) Kirkwood , Il 22
20 24 26 Josh Mckasson Wever , Ia 21
21 20 77 Brandon Peitz Burlington , Ia 20
22 19 8H Victor Hastings Oquawka , Il 19
23 23 14 Jason Billings Keokuk , Ia 18
24 22 13X Vincent Kissinger Carthage , Il 17
Hobby Stocks - B Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 5 8H Victor Hastings Oquawka , Il 0
2 4 77 Brandon Peitz Burlington , Ia 0
3 10 13 Todd Lange Stronghurst , Il 0
4 6 13X Vincent Kissinger Carthage , Il 0
5 2 14 Jason Billings Keokuk , Ia 0
6 1 26 Josh Mckasson Wever , Ia 0
7 11 7X Jarod Conrad Wayland , Ia 16
8 9 15B Jeremey Billings Keokuk , Ia 15
9 7 30 Alex Buffington Wapello , Ia 14
10 12 28H Christopher Hartley Burlington , Ia 13
11 3 8W Randy Wachter Burlington , Ia 12
12 8 9 Travis Plummer Burlington , Ia 11
Hobby Stocks - HEAT 3
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 5 4K Dean Kratzer Fort Madison, Ia 0
2 2 15 Tanner Thomann West Burlington, Ia 0
3 6 51 Matt Gavin (hs) Kirkwood , Il 0
4 1 5N Donavan Nunnikoven Kellogg , Ia 0
5 3 80 Jason Gerdes Lomax , Il 0
6 9 7R Eric Rowley Burlington , Ia 0
7 8 8W Randy Wachter Burlington , Ia 0
8 10 13X Vincent Kissinger Carthage , Il 0
9 7 15B Jeremey Billings Keokuk , Ia 0
10 4 28H Christopher Hartley Burlington , Ia 0
Hobby Stocks - HEAT 2
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 4 92J Sky Griffith Wapello , Ia 0
2 10 60 Luke Mclaughlin Mediapolis , Ia 0
3 3 12 Chad Krogmeier Burlington , Ia 0
4 9 57D Blaine Dopler Wapello , Ia 0
5 1 52 Jeremy Pundt Donnellson , Ia 0
6 2 48 Chuck Fullenkamp Ft Madison, Ia 0
7 8 14 Jason Billings Keokuk , Ia 0
8 5 8H Victor Hastings Oquawka , Il 0
9 7 9 Travis Plummer Burlington , Ia 0
10 6 7X Jarod Conrad Wayland , Ia 0
Hobby Stocks - HEAT 1
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 5 8 Brian Holmes Wapello , Ia 0
2 4 C21 Dan Wenig West Burlington, Ia 0
3 7 7D Doug Fenton Burlington , Ia 0
4 6 57 Brodie Dopler Wapello , Ia 0
5 3 97J Jacob Smith Argyle , Ia 0
6 10 10G Craig Griffin Monmouth , Il 0
7 10 26 Josh Mckasson Wever , Ia 0
8 1 77 Brandon Peitz Burlington , Ia 0
9 2 30 Alex Buffington Wapello , Ia 0
10 8 13 Todd Lange Stronghurst , Il 0
Imca Stock Cars - A Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 11D Darin Thye Burlington , Ia 40
2 4 52 Chris Wibbell Dallas City, Il 39
3 1 T2 Todd Holsteen Burlington , Ia 38
4 10 05 John Oliver, Jr Danville , Ia 37
5 8 8R Sean Johnson Independance , Ia 36
6 12 42 Kirk Kinsley Wapello , Ia 35
7 14 30C Abe Huls Carthage , Il 34
8 16 54 Chris Webb Biggsville , Il 33
9 19 17N Nick Fenton Mt Pleasant, Ia 32
10 20 27J Jason Cook Mt Pleasant, Ia 31
11 18 56 Shane Watts Burlington , Ia 30
12 6 68 Cole Simmons Morning Sun, Ia 29
13 3 7Z Derek Coleman New London, Ia 28
14 13 25 Bo Hunter Burlington , Ia 27
15 21 22J Greg Johnson Burlington , Ia 26
16 22 7D Derek Goble Danville , Ia 25
17 23 C4 Corey Strothman New London, Ia 24
18 7 08S Rod Staats Columbus Jct, Ia 23
19 17 75 Cale Samberg Burlington , Ia 22
20 5 9B John Brockway Morning Sun, Ia 21
21 9 44 Brett Timmerman Wapello , Ia 20
22 24 77 Rod Grother Independence , Ia 19
23 11 4 Jake Wenig Burlington , Ia 18
24 15 77M Jeff Mueller New London, Ia 17
Imca Stock Cars - B Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 4 17N Nick Fenton Mt Pleasant, Ia 0
2 1 27J Jason Cook Mt Pleasant, Ia 0
3 7 22J Greg Johnson Burlington , Ia 0
4 6 7D Derek Goble Danville , Ia 0
5 11 C4 Corey Strothman New London, Ia 0
6 3 77 Rod Grother Independence , Ia 0
7 9 5J Jerry Wilhelm Danville , Ia 16
8 2 21M Patrick Mincer Columbus Junction, Ia 15
9 10 07 Ray Raker Danville , Ia 14
10 5 24 Corey Townsend Bloomfeld , Ia 13
11 8 0 Tim Breuer Burlington , Ia 12
Imca Stock Cars - HEAT 3
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 11D Darin Thye Burlington , Ia 0
2 9 05 John Oliver, Jr Danville , Ia 0
3 4 68 Cole Simmons Morning Sun, Ia 0
4 3 44 Brett Timmerman Wapello , Ia 0
5 7 77M Jeff Mueller New London, Ia 0
6 5 56 Shane Watts Burlington , Ia 0
7 1 77 Rod Grother Independence , Ia 0
8 6 7D Derek Goble Danville , Ia 0
9 8 5J Jerry Wilhelm Danville , Ia 0
Imca Stock Cars - HEAT 2
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 4 Jake Wenig Burlington , Ia 0
2 4 8R Sean Johnson Independance , Ia 0
3 8 42 Kirk Kinsley Wapello , Ia 0
4 6 9B John Brockway Morning Sun, Ia 0
5 9 30C Abe Huls Carthage , Il 0
6 3 75 Cale Samberg Burlington , Ia 0
7 7 21M Patrick Mincer Columbus Junction, Ia 0
8 10 24 Corey Townsend Bloomfeld , Ia 0
9 5 0 Tim Breuer Burlington , Ia 0
10 1 C4 Corey Strothman New London, Ia 0
Imca Stock Cars - HEAT 1
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 T2 Todd Holsteen Burlington , Ia 0
2 1 52 Chris Wibbell Dallas City, Il 0
3 4 7Z Derek Coleman New London, Ia 0
4 3 08S Rod Staats Columbus Jct, Ia 0
5 6 25 Bo Hunter Burlington , Ia 0
6 7 54 Chris Webb Biggsville , Il 0
7 10 27J Jason Cook Mt Pleasant, Ia 0
8 9 17N Nick Fenton Mt Pleasant, Ia 0
9 8 22J Greg Johnson Burlington , Ia 0
10 5 07 Ray Raker Danville , Ia 0
Imca Modifieds - A Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 10 71 Dennis Laveine Burlington , Ia 40
2 4 5R Bill Roberts, Jr Burlington , Ia 39
3 11 8 Rich Smith Davenport , Ia 38
4 8 H7 Dean Mcgee Galesburg , Il 37
5 16 4G Kevin Goben Sherrard , Il 36
6 5 53 Dave Anderson Burlington , Ia 35
7 19 24R Adam Johnson Independance , Ia 34
8 14 57B Dennise Betzer Central City, Ia 33
9 21 76 Norm Brakeville Monmouth , Il 32
10 13 1 Mike Hill New London, Ia 31
11 15 7M Mike Weikert, Jr Muscatine , Ia 30
12 23 2 Dusty Krakilo Durant , Ia 29
13 17 46 Ron Vandekamp Knoxville , Ia 28
14 22 00 Brad Carson Colchester , Il 27
15 6 7S Brandon Savage Keokuk , Ia 26
16 7 77 Josh Foster Montrose , Ia 25
17 12 97 Terry Houston Mt Sterling, Il 24
18 2 95 Bill Parks Colchester , Il 23
19 9 11D Darin Thye Burlington , Ia 22
20 18 55 David Goble Burlington , Ia 21
21 1 33 Brandon Rothzen Media , Il 20
22 3 96 Adam Carson Colchester , Il 19
23 20 16D Dave Cloke Burlington , Ia 18
24 24 70 Rock Christofferson Niota , Il 17
Imca Modifieds - B Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 24R Adam Johnson Independance , Ia 0
2 1 16D Dave Cloke Burlington , Ia 0
3 3 00 Brad Carson Colchester , Il 0
4 8 76 Norm Brakeville Monmouth , Il 0
5 6 2 Dusty Krakilo Durant , Ia 0
6 4 70 Rock Christofferson Niota , Il 0
7 9 58 Andy Krieger Burlington , Ia 16
8 7 33D Scott Hogan Vinton , Ia 15
9 5 14 Tyler Cale Donnellson , Ia 14
10 10 14R Jim Redmann Lockridge , Ia 13
Imca Modifieds - HEAT 3
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 5 53 Dave Anderson Burlington , Ia 0
2 1 96 Adam Carson Colchester , Il 0
3 7 77 Josh Foster Montrose , Ia 0
4 2 33 Brandon Rothzen Media , Il 0
5 3 7M Mike Weikert, Jr Muscatine , Ia 0
6 6 55 David Goble Burlington , Ia 0
7 8 24R Adam Johnson Independance , Ia 0
8 9 14 Tyler Cale Donnellson , Ia 0
9 4 58 Andy Krieger Burlington , Ia 0
Imca Modifieds - HEAT 2
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 97 Terry Houston Mt Sterling, Il 0
2 3 11D Darin Thye Burlington , Ia 0
3 5 8 Rich Smith Davenport , Ia 0
4 7 5R Bill Roberts, Jr Burlington , Ia 0
5 4 57B Dennise Betzer Central City, Ia 0
6 8 46 Ron Vandekamp Knoxville , Ia 0
7 6 70 Rock Christofferson Niota , Il 0
8 9 33D Scott Hogan Vinton , Ia 0
9 2 14R Jim Redmann Lockridge , Ia 0
Imca Modifieds - HEAT 1
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 71 Dennis Laveine Burlington , Ia 0
2 1 H7 Dean Mcgee Galesburg , Il 0
3 7 95 Bill Parks Colchester , Il 0
4 3 7S Brandon Savage Keokuk , Ia 0
5 5 1 Mike Hill New London, Ia 0
6 4 4G Kevin Goben Sherrard , Il 0
7 6 16D Dave Cloke Burlington , Ia 0
8 9 00 Brad Carson Colchester , Il 0
9 8 2 Dusty Krakilo Durant , Ia 0
10 10 76 Norm Brakeville Monmouth , Il 0
305 Sprints - A Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 6 35 Brian Hetrick Stronghurst , Il 40
2 3 7 Tasker Phillips Knoxville , Ia 39
3 4 23K Rob Kubli Milo , Ia 38
4 5 38 Seth Wilke Burlington , Ia 37
5 13 44 John Draper Bryant , Ia 36
6 12 5 Tim Rose Burlington , Ia 35
7 14 88 Jarrod Schneiderman West Burlington, Ia 34
8 2 16HD Donnie Steward West Burlington, Ia 33
9 10 0 Nick Guernsey Burlington , Ia 32
10 1 23 Kevin Hetrick Gladstone , Il 31
11 11 36 Justin Newberry Burlington , Ia 30
12 7 6 Dustin Whiting Burlington , Ia 29
13 8 4B Scott Boles New London, Ia 28
14 9 4J Justin Parrish Des Moines, Ia 27
15 15 1 Jayson Ditsworth Gladstone , Il 26
Imca Late Models - A Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 7 0F Jason Frankel Quincy , Il 40
2 3 42 Tom Darbyshire Morning Sun, Ia 39
3 9 07 Matt Ryan Davenport , Ia 38
4 18 33 Keith Pratt Mendon , Il 37
5 5 14B Tom Bowling Danville , Ia 36
6 13 25 Lonnie Bailey Quincy , Il 35
7 11 14 Boone Mclaughlin Mediapolis , Ia 34
8 19 69 Tom Goble Burlington , Ia 33
9 10 15 Matt Strassheim West Burlington, Ia 32
10 15 77 Stephan Kammerer Blue Grass, Ia 31
11 21 7 Andy Nezworski Buffalo , Ia 30
12 6 31G Joey Gower Quincy , Il 29
13 16 00 Jd Auringer Waterloo , Ia 28
14 12 G1 Mike Garland Dewitt , Ia 27
15 17 22 Charlie Mckenna Clear Lake, Ia 26
16 20 58 Hershell Roberts East Moline, Il 25
17 24 31 Cory Richards Burlington , Ia 24
18 22 28 Clint Kirkham Camden , Il 23
19 4 38 Colby Springsteen Morning Sun, Ia 22
20 8 12N Terry Neal Ely , Ia 21
21 1 93 Jay Johnson West Burlington, Ia 20
22 14 30 Todd Cooney Des Moines, Ia 19
23 2 20 Gary Russell Biggsville , Il 18
24 23 21G Cory Goldbeck Camanche , Ia 17
Imca Late Models - B Feature 2
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 33 Keith Pratt Mendon , Il 0
2 1 58 Hershell Roberts East Moline, Il 0
3 7 28 Clint Kirkham Camden , Il 0
4 8 31 Cory Richards Burlington , Ia 0
5 5 22G Steve Grotz Quincy , Il 16
6 6 29 Adam Opendike Silvis , Il 15
7 4 85 Duane Christisen Blue Grass, Ia 14
8 3 21N Ben Nading Ankeny , Ia 13
9 9 42X Kevin Dickey - 12
Imca Late Models - B Feature 1
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 22 Charlie Mckenna Clear Lake, Ia 0
2 1 69 Tom Goble Burlington , Ia 0
3 4 7 Andy Nezworski Buffalo , Ia 0
4 5 21G Cory Goldbeck Camanche , Ia 0
5 6 84 Sam Halstead New London, Ia 16
6 9 99X Luke Pestka Rolan , Ia 15
7 7 25K Brian Klein Cedar Rapids, Ia 14
8 10 27B Travis Smock - 13
9 3 46 Nate Beuseling Coal Valley, Il 12
10 8 49T Kevin Tomlinson New London, Mo 11
Imca Late Models - HEAT 4
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 07 Matt Ryan Davenport , Ia 3
2 8 20 Gary Russell Biggsville , Il 2
3 4 38 Colby Springsteen Morning Sun, Ia 1
4 3 00 Jd Auringer Waterloo , Ia 0
5 7 33 Keith Pratt Mendon , Il 0
6 5 85 Duane Christisen Blue Grass, Ia 0
7 6 29 Adam Opendike Silvis , Il 0
8 1 31 Cory Richards Burlington , Ia 0
Imca Late Models - HEAT 3
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 0F Jason Frankel Quincy , Il 3
2 1 12N Terry Neal Ely , Ia 2
3 9 31G Joey Gower Quincy , Il 1
4 3 77 Stephan Kammerer Blue Grass, Ia 0
5 6 58 Hershell Roberts East Moline, Il 0
6 4 21N Ben Nading Ankeny , Ia 0
7 7 22G Steve Grotz Quincy , Il 0
8 5 28 Clint Kirkham Camden , Il 0
9 8 42X Kevin Dickey - 0
Imca Late Models - HEAT 2
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 14B Tom Bowling Danville , Ia 3
2 3 14 Boone Mclaughlin Mediapolis , Ia 2
3 4 15 Matt Strassheim West Burlington, Ia 1
4 5 30 Todd Cooney Des Moines, Ia 0
5 2 22 Charlie Mckenna Clear Lake, Ia 0
6 9 7 Andy Nezworski Buffalo , Ia 0
7 6 84 Sam Halstead New London, Ia 0
8 8 49T Kevin Tomlinson New London, Mo 0
9 7 27B Travis Smock - 0
Imca Late Models - HEAT 1
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 4 93 Jay Johnson West Burlington, Ia 3
2 5 42 Tom Darbyshire Morning Sun, Ia 2
3 2 G1 Mike Garland Dewitt , Ia 1
4 8 25 Lonnie Bailey Quincy , Il 0
5 6 69 Tom Goble Burlington , Ia 0
6 3 46 Nate Beuseling Coal Valley, Il 0
7 1 21G Cory Goldbeck Camanche , Ia 0
8 9 25K Brian Klein Cedar Rapids, Ia 0
9 7 99X Luke Pestka Rolan , Ia 0
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