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Showing Spirit
When Bruno Junqueira crashed into the barriers at the Lexmark Chicane on lap 36 under enormous pressure from Tracy's PF Racing teammate Patrick Carpentier, the championship was over. No-one could catch him.
"I saw him (Junqueira) there. They didn't actually tell me that he had crashed. I saw him there. I looked at the car, it was pretty mangled up. I said, well, I thought to myself, it doesn't look like he's going to be getting that thing going. I waited and waited. I said, what is going on? They said, well, we'll wait to see if he's going to get out of the car. He got out of the car. They came on the radio and they said: You are the champion. I broke down for probably 20 or 30 seconds and started to cry inside the helmet. Then they said, okay, we got to get it together. We still need to finish this race and get points to really solidify it and make sure that it's for real."
Tracy did finish, but he didn't get any points. The race itself was somewhat embarassing for the series, as more than a few cars exited the race after hitting solid objects, as for a second year running rain lashed the Gold Coast Indy 300.
Reports of heavy hailstorms hitting the surrounding suburbs and towns were filtering into the circuit in the hour before racestart. Come the hour though, the skies, while overcast, were not falling.
Before the race started, during the warm up laps, Tracy pitted briefly. While other pit crews watched for any sudden car adjustments, the PF crew tightened Tracy's belts and he resumed. Junquiera launched away at the start but seeing how well his teammate started, Bourdais idled up to the line. The field got away on lap 3 and again Junqueira led while Tracy and Servia both spun in Lexmark Chicane, dropping them to the tail of the field, Tracy spinning after contact from his title rival's teammate, Sebastien Bourdais.
At the third attempt, Junqueira again leaves his teammate behind with Tagliani moving up to third ahead of Fernandez, Dominguez and Moreno. The order stablised for the opening laps, the drivers knew what was coming, and were taking it cautiously.
For Sebastien Bourdais it wasn't cautious enough, as after steadily hunting down Junqueira the rain hit the circuit just as the French rookie exited Lexmark Chicane. Bourdais lost control of his Lola and cannoned off the walls on the short straight to the Energex Chicane. The throttle jammed and tyre smoke enveloped the concrete canyon, but somehow none of the following cars hit anything. The pits opened on lap 12, but a lap later the red flag was shown as the rain intensified. With large hail hitting the track, the drivers decamped to the pits. The race was shortened for the restart, which wasn't a restart as Mika Salo spun the PK Racing machine at the top of the circuit.
At the next restart it was Mario Haberfeld who spun while Rodolfo Lavin and the luckless Salo collided. Tagliani spun at the first chicane a few laps later. Ryan Hunter-Reay, Jimmy Vasser and Darren Manning snuck into the pits before they were closed. With the resulting yellow, race leader Michel Jourdain Jr led Fernandez, Junqueira, Dominguez, Salles and Carpentier and others headed pitwards. The American Spirit Team Johansson team took up the lead, Ryan Hunter-Reay ahead of Jimmy Vasser.
At the restart Fernandez clipped the wall at Intel Turn and returned to the pits for a new nosecone. When the race went green for the final time there were only four laps left. Jimmy Vasser's tyres had gone off, leaving him vulnerable to attack from Darren Manning. When Vasser made a mistake, Manning pounced, moving the Walker Reynard into second. Hunter-Reay however held firm and took the chequered flag from Manning, Vasser and a hugely disappointed Jourdain. Carpentier was next ahead of a best ever finish for Salles. Tracy finished thirteenth and out of the points, but it mattered not.
The battle was set for second position in the championship at the series finale at Fontana this weekend, but fires in California have led to the cancellation of the event.
Result of Champ Car World Series, Round 18 of 18, Surfer's Paradise, Australia:
Standings: Paul Tracy 226, Bruno Junqueira 199, Michel Jourdain Jr 195, Sebastien Bourdais 159, Patrick Carpentier 146, Mario Dominguez 118, Oriol Servia 108, Adrian Fernandez 105, Darren Manning 103, Alex Tagliani 97 etc.
Panizzi's Last-Gasp Win
You could call it leaving it to the last minute. Taking the lead of the rally, on the last stage, of your last drive for the team, and the third last runner on the stage. That's what Gilles Panizzi did on Rallye Catalunya, taking the win after storming through the stage as Sebastien Loeb struggled with his choice of hard wet tyres on a soaked stage. Loeb and teammate Carlos Sainz's engine problem on the last stage helped Petter Solberg in his quest for the title, as had the rain that had fallen since the beginning of Leg Three.
Leg One was all about Sebastien Loeb, after a brief blip when Petter Solberg led after SS1, Loeb ending the day with nearly half a minute over his nearest challenger, teammate and title rival Carlos Sainz, who had Markko Martin and Gilles Panizzi just behind. Solberg's rally was badly compromised at service after SS3, when a collapsed bearing on the alternator was only discovered as he attempted to leave service, the five minutes required to fix the problem earning him a fifty second time penalty, dropping him out of the points to finish the day eleventh, two minutes off the lead.
Leg Two was a consolidation of Leg One for Loeb, who held onto a twenty second lead, now over Martin with Panizzi a further fifteen seconds further back in third, after Sainz fell to fourth after choosing the wrong settings early in the day, now a minute behind Loeb. Solberg meanwhile lost thirty seconds to Loeb as he moved up one place during the day, passing teammate Makinen to take tenth but still nowhere as the Pirellis on the Subarus were outgunned by the Michelins on all the cars ahead of them. Meanwhile Burns was still hovering around in the lower end of the points.
And so we came to Leg Three. And the weather. It was raining. And it didn't let up. Those Pirelli-mounted Subarus, struggling in the dry, were now a force, as they both took just over a minute off leader Loeb over the first three stages of the final day, moving up four places each to sixth and seventh. If they could keep this up Solberg could threaten the podium. Meanwhile SS19 saw the demise of Richard Burns, crashing out in the rainy conditions.
And so they took to the final stage. Gronholm flew through the stage, setting what was almost the fastest time, around twenty seconds faster than both the Subarus managed. Already McRae had got Citroen off to a bad start in the last stage, his time over a minute and twenty seconds slower than Gronholm's. The next important stage time was set by Sainz, who was almost a minute slower than Gronholm after his engine stopped during the stage, costing him most of that time, dropping him from fourth to seventh place.
But the drama wasn't over. Panizzi and Martin flew through the last stage, Panizzi just beating Gronholm's fastest stage time to put pressure on Citroen's Loeb, his two teammates having set a precedent he needed not to match if he wanted to win. Which he did, over fifteen seconds faster than Sainz. However, this meant he was about half a minute slower than Panizzi and Martin, Panizzi stealing the win on the last stage as Loeb edged out Martin for second by just six tenths of a second!
Peugeot ended the rally with a better result than they may have expected, Panizzi taking the win while Gronholm rallied home late to take sixth place, though with it went his slim chances of taking the title this year. Despite his crash on SS19 Richard Burns is still in the hunt for the title, as Citroen's final stage misfortune kept him closer to the points lead than he could have hoped for.
Ford scored third and fourth with their young duo, Martin almost snatching second place on the final stage while Duval continued to show his improved form in the latter part of the season. Subaru's poor rally at the end of Leg Two turned into something quite reasonable by the end of Leg Three as Petter Solberg and Tommi Makinen charged as their Pirellis came to the four, Makinen even winning a stage on the final day. Meanwhile Skoda continued to suffer problems, Didier Auriol retiring before Leg Two began while Toni Gardemeister's was reliable but slow, ending the rally in twelfth place.
Result of World Rally Championship, Round 13 of 14, Catalunya Rally, Spain:
Standings: Sebastien Loeb and Carlos Sainz 63, Petter Solberg 62, Richard Burns 58, Markko Martin 49, Marcus Gronholm 46, Colin McRae 40, Gilles Panizzi 27, Francois Duval 26, Tommi Makinen 24, Harri Rovanpera 18 etc.
Manufacturers: Citroen 147, Peugeot 142, Subaru 93, Ford 89, Skoda 21, Hyundai 12
McRae Prepared To Walk Away After British Finale
Former champion Colin McRae says he is prepared to walk away from rallying after next week's season-ending British round but has not ruled out a 2005 comeback. The Briton's form has slumped since Citroen announced in August that they were not renewing his contract due to a change in the rules limiting teams to two drivers next year.
That left McRae, the 1995 champion with Subaru and now aged 35, no chance to find an alternative top flight drive and little time to raise funds for a privately entered car.
"The problem is you've got to raise so much money," the Guardian newspaper quoted the Scot as saying on Wednesday. "We've tried so hard for so long.
"It's looking like I'll take a year out, take a bit of a regroup. I'm not enjoying rallying at the moment. Maybe by April I'll realise how much I miss it and come back in 2005 full of enthusiasm."
McRae, whose team can still clinch the manufacturers' championship in their first full season, promised to go flat out in his home event.
"I'm going to give it everything and hopefully give the fans something to cheer about," he said on his website. "The surface is far more up my street and I want to finish this year on a high note for myself, my co-driver Derek Ringer and everyone that has supported me so much this season."
McRae, who has tested a Formula One car and driven NASCAR-style racers, has been linked to Nissan's Dakar Rally team as well as Audi in sportscar racing. The Scot could throw a spanner in the works of the closest rally championship finale, with four drivers still contesting the title.
Two are his Citroen teammates Carlos Sainz of Spain and Sebastien Loeb of France while another is arch-rival and compatriot Richard Burns at Peugeot. The fourth, and one of the favourites after winning in Britain last year, is Subaru's Norwegian Petter Solberg. Sainz and Loeb lead with 63 points each while Solberg has 62 and Burns is fourth with 58. McRae is seventh with 40 points.
McRae report provided by Reuters
Gordon Starts On Sunday, Wins On Monday
You can never count off Jeff Gordon. Just one win in the first 31 races, and then he wins two races in two weeks. A race that took two days to run, thanks to the appearance of rain, a common feature on most of the weekend's motorsport. Gordon's win came despite a great run by Tony Stewart who finished second, Stewart's chances damaged by a problem at his second last pit stop dropping him to seventeenth. Though eleventh place for Matt Kenseth wasn't great, it wasn't a bad result either, especially when Kevin Harvick
finished twentieth after suffering some late damage and Ryan Newman finished 29th after spinning out in the closing laps. With three races remaining Kenseth has a 258 point lead over Dale Earnhardt Jr, with Harvick, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon within fifty points of Junior.
A little further back Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart had moved up to fifth and sixth by lap 26 of the 325 lap event from their midfield starting positions, the duo having just passed the fading Newman. Lap 30 saw Stewart take Gordon for fifth, then fourth from Bill Elliott two laps later. Lap 34 and the caution was out again for something that had been feared all day, which was rain. The field pitted, Harvick leading Labonte, Elliott, Stewart and Earnhardt Jr off pit road before the race was red flagged on lap 39. The field sat in pit lane waiting for the rain to stop, and waiting. At one stage it looked like the race would restart but then it poured down again, forcing the race to be postponed until Monday.
The race restarted Monday morning under cloudy skies, the race going back to green on lap 44 almost a day after it started. It was straight back to caution on lap 46 as Todd Bodine spun after Michael Waltrip got loose, Kevin LePage also spinning with Kenny Wallace suffering major damage in the mayhem, with other drivers including Matt Kenseth also coming out with some minor damage, forcing Kenseth to pit. The race resumed on lap 52, with Stewart taking third from Elliott four laps later as Labonte took the lead from Harvick, Stewart passing Harvick for second on lap 60 and then teammate Labonte for the lead two laps later as Gordon was back inside the top five after passing Earnhardt Jr.
Harvick took second back from Labonte soon after only for Labonte to take it back on lap 79, as Gordon advanced another spot after passing Elliott for fourth, then Harvick for third on lap 88, Elliott following past Harvick two laps later as Harvick faded like Newman had earlier in the race. Green flag stops began soon after around lap 100, but in the middle of these stops the caution came out on lap 104 as Ricky Rudd spun avoiding Jamie McMurray who was trying to pit. Chaos ensued as the officials tried to determine who was where, as some of those who had just pitted would now possibly get trapped a lap down.
In the end, there were several unhappy teams, including Kurt Busch's after he was sent to the back of the longest line for not slowing quickly enough after the yellow came, Jeff Gordon's after having to come in twice instead of once as they thought he was the driver to get the free pass onto the lead lap (but he wasn't, he was on the lead lap) and Jimmy Spencer's after they thought he was going to receive the free pass onto the lead lap and so pitted, only to find out that he had been on the lead lap but wasn't anymore and was now a lap down. And these werejust three of the unhappy teams...
Lap 153 and debris on the racetrack brought out the next caution, the field pitting, Stewart leading Gordon, Earnhardt Jr, Labonte and Kurt Busch off pit road, Busch recovering well from his penalty at the previous caution. The race went back to green on lap 158 but Martin's engine blew soon after, so lap 162 saw the caution flags waving again, a few cars including Newman and Kenseth making pit stops. The race restarted on lap 169 but it was back to caution on lap 172 after Michael Waltrip's engine blew, Ricky Craven hitting the wall after slipping on the oil dropped from Waltrip's expired engine. Most of the leaders stayed out except Earnhardt Jr, while a few at the tail of the field came in.
Lap 179, Stewart still leading and opening up a margin as we got some green flag laps again. Lap 181 saw Labonte take third from Busch before taking second from Gordon two laps later, though Gordon hung around and retook second from Labonte five laps after losing the place. But it wasn't too long before we were under caution again on lap 201, as Dave Blaney spun in turn three, Harvick getting caught up in the spin and suffering damage to his car. In came the field to the pits once more, Gordon leading Labonte, Busch, Stewart and Joe Nemechek in his first drive in the car and team he will drive for next year, the #01 US Army car, as Jerry Nadeau continues to recuperate after his crash at Richmond earlier in the year.
The race restarted on lap 206, Labonte taking the lead from Gordon as they completed the lap, Earnhardt Jr quickly moving up to fifth after losing ground at the second last caution period. Lap 215 saw Stewart take third from Busch, Earnhardt Jr taking fourth from Busch two laps later, while Stewart continued moving forward and passed Gordon for second on lap 222. It was caution again soon after on lap 224 after Steve Park hit the turn one wall after a front left tyre deflated. The field stopped once more, Gordon leading Labonte, Earnhardt Jr, Robby Gordon and Elliott off pit road.
During all this time Stewart was charging back up through the field, making his way in to the top ten as he tried to chase down those at the front. Meanwhile Jeff Gordon continued to run at the front, reclaiming second from Earnhardt Jr before retaking the lead from Labonte on lap 276. By this point Stewart was even closer to the front as the field, running third behind Gordon and Jimmie Johnson as they prepared for the final round of pit stops which began with 40 laps remaining.
After the stops Gordon still led, but Stewart was second and close behind, with Johnson, Elliott and Labonte completing the top five, the race for the win coming down to the battle of the previous two Winston Cup champions. 30 to go and Stewart was with Gordon, and as the next twenty laps passed the duo moved up and down the racetrack looking for the fastest line as they traded hundredths of seconds. With just under ten laps remaining, Stewart moved almost on to the rear bumper of Gordon, before losing that ground he'd just gained a couple of laps later.
Just as the race was in its final handful of laps the caution came out on lap 323, Ryan Newman spinning coming off turn two after getting loose while holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr for sixth place. There was contact between the two but it only came after Newman began spinning, Newman's car ending up a wreck as he fell from sixth to 29th place. And so the race ended under caution, Jeff Gordon taking the win ahead of Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Bill Elliott and Bobby Labonte, Gordon scoring his second win in two weeks for the eighteenth time in his career.
Result of NASCAR Winston Cup, Round 33 of 36, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Georgia, United States:
Standings: Matt Kenseth 4678, Dale Earnhardt Jr 4420, Kevin Harvick 4416, Jimmie Johnson 4412, Jeff Gordon 4382, Ryan Newman 4329, Tony Stewart 4151, Bobby Labonte 4000, Bill Elliott 3845, Terry Labonte 3839 etc.
Injured Brack Feeling Better Each Day
Swedish driver Kenny Brack, who suffered multiple fractures in a crash at the Texas 500 Indy Racing League event earlier this month, says he is feeling better every day.
"I feel good about going to the rehab centre now," Brack said in a statement after being moved on Thursday from the Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis to the Rehabilitation Hospital in the same city. "I know the rehab will be a long process but I plan to work hard and get back to my old self. I'm starting to feel better each day," said the 1999 Indy 500 winner.
Brack sustained fractures of his breast bone, right thigh bone, lower back and both ankles after locking wheels with South African Tomas Scheckter, the son of ex-Formula One World Champion Jody, on the back straight heading for turn three.
The Swede's Team Rahal car was flipped into the air and Brack crashed into the catch fencing, tearing the fence, before bouncing back on to the track where his car spun on its side before stopping at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth on October 12.
In other IRL news, Al Unser Jr, who fractured his pelvis when a miniature all-terrain vehicle rolled on top of him at his home in Chama, New Mexico last Sunday, has been released from hospital in Albuquerque.
"I fractured my pelvis in three places," the twice Indy 500 winner said in a statement. "If I was still a kid, I'd probably have been OK but, at age 41, I knew when I stood up that something wasn't quite right on my left side.
"I couldn't support myself with my left leg," said Unser, who added that his goal was to be back in a race car in about seven weeks' time.
Report provided by Reuters
Russia's Rusinov Eyes Le Mans 24 Hours Berth
Roman Rusinov is hoping to become the second Russian driver, and the first in more than 70 years, to compete in the Le Mans 24 Hours race.
"Le Mans is one of the world's most prestigious races and to compete in it is a big honour for any race driver," Rusinov, touted as one of Russia's most talented young drivers, said on Wednesday.
"But being the first Russian who is trying to achieve this, is twice as big and it makes me feel very special."
The driver, who turned 22 last week, is competing in next Sunday's Le Mans 1,000 km endurance race in a Courage, hoping to qualify for the 24-hour classic to be held on June 13, 2004.
Boris Ivanovsky, who emigrated to France after the 1917 October Revolution, was the only Russian to compete in the Le Mans 24-Hours race, finishing second overall with Henri Stoffel in 1931.
"Like many other young racers, my ultimate goal is to drive for one of the Formula One teams," said Rusinov, who will take part in the Formula 3000 championship next year after competing in the Euro 3000 series this season.
Report provided by Reuters
CART
It seems a long time ago that a young Canadian exploded out of the Indy Lights series to take podium finishes and a pole in his first almost-full season. His first full season saw him finish third in the series. Now he is finally the CART Champion. After a career in which he as often took himself out of contention as rivals won championships, Tracy himself had to stand back and watch the action from afar.
Newman-Haas Racing would take the start from the front row, Sebastien Bourdais on the pole ahead of Junqueira. Tracy climbed to third fastest after a troubled lead-up which included mechanical failure and a slow first session. Alex Tagliani was looking very quick in fourth fastest, with just tenths seprating the top four. Adrian Fernandez was next, exorcising the demons of twelve months before in the best way possible with Oriol Servia next ahead of the Herdez Competicion team together on the fourth row, veteran Roberto Moreno ahead of defending race winner Mario Dominguez.
At the second attempt the race went green again, but just over a lap later it went crazy. Into Energex chicane, Tracy moved past Moreno into fifth, only for the Brazilian to overshoot the chicane and resume in fifth. A couple of corners later at Intel Turn, Moreno spun in the midst of the tight pack as he turned in on Tracy, taking Tagliani with him towards the wall. The Canadian spun 180 degress into a face off with the stopped Tracy. Tagliani tried to rejoin but ran into Tracy, breaking Tracy's wing. After a few moments, Tracy moved away but his right rear climbed over Tagliani's front rear, flicking the Lola up in the air and landing heavily, breaking an upright, though Tracy limped back to the pits.
Pos Driver Team
1. Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson Reynard-Ford
2. Darren Manning Walker Racing Reynard-Ford
3. Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson Reynard-Ford
4. Michel Jourdain Jr Team Rahal Lola-Ford
5. Patrick Carpentier PF Racing Lola-Ford
6. Gaulter Salles Dale Coyne Racing Lola-Ford
7. Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing Lola-Ford
8. Rodolfo Lavin Walker Racing Reynard-Ford
9. Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing Lola-Ford
10. Mario Dominguez Herdez Competition Lola-Ford
Rally
With one round to go, there are still four drivers in contention: Citroen teammates Sebastien Loeb and Carlos Sainz tied on 63 points, Subaru's Petter Solberg just one point behind with Peugeot's Richard Burns, who has led the points for most of the season sits in fourth, five points behind. With Solberg claiming victory on Rally Great Britain last year, it looks like a close battle between the Citroen drivers and Solberg for the title, though Burns's consistency throughout the season can't be counted out, though he has yet to win in his two seasons at Peugeot, something he may need to do to win the title.
Heavier rain over the second half of Leg Two levelled the playing field somewhat, reducing the Pirelli advantage, Solberg gaining one place while Makinen lost a place to a charging Marcus Gronholm. But it was the final stage where the action took place. With one stage remaining, Loeb held a 30 second advantage over Panizzi who was ten seconds ahead of Martin, Martin suffering from a gearbox problem in the second last stage (and the final one). Next up was Sainz, a minute behind Loeb, followed by Duval and Solberg about fifteen to twenty seconds further back, with Gronholm two minutes off the lead in seventh place.
Citroen looked on target for a great result, particularly after finishing Leg One running 1-2, but the last stage ruined any chances of a celebration for them. Loeb led the rally on every stage except two: the first, and the last, as a poor tyre choice on the last three stages cost Loeb dearly. Sainz ran well all rally until his engine stall on the final stage cost him three places and points, while McRae struggled all rally and finished outside the points in his second last rally for the team.
Pos Driver/Co-driver Car
1. Gilles Panizzi/Herve Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC
2. Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena Citroen Xsara
3. Markko Martin/Michael Park Ford Focus RS WRC 03
4. Francois Duval/Stephan Prevot Ford Focus RS WRC 03
5. Petter Solberg/Phillip Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2003
6. Marcus Gronholm/Timo Rautiainen Peugeot 206 WRC
7. Carlos Sainz/Marc Marti Citroen Xsara
8. Tommi Makinen/Kaj Lindstrom Subaru Impreza WRC2003
9. Colin McRae/Derek Ringer Citroen Xsara
10. Philippe Bugalski/Jean-Paul Chiaroni Citroen Xsara
NASCAR
Ryan Newman took his ninth pole for the season with Bobby Labonte alongside on the front row. Newman grabbed the lead at the start but almost as soon as the race began it was under caution on lap four for debris from a flat left rear tyre on Dale Jarrett's car. Back to green on lap seven, Newman leading the way as Dale Earnhardt Jr took second from Bobby Labonte a lap later, Kevin Harvick taking third from Labonte on lap ten. Three laps later Harvick relieved Earnhardt of second place before Harvick took the lead from Newman before the lap was over, Earnhardt passing Newman for second a lap later.
At the restart on lap 114 it was Earnhardt Jr leading from Stewart, Labonte, Kenseth and Michael Waltrip, though the timing of the caution meant that Earnhardt Jr was not at the head of the restart line and had several cars on the tail end of the lead lap ahead of him at the green. The top three made their way through these cars order unchanged as Kenseth and Waltrip dropped back and Gordon made his way back to the front. Stewart then challenged Earnhardt Jr for the lead taking it from him on lap 129, Stewart proceeding to leave the field in his wake as Gordon's progress forward moved him up to fourth place by lap 150.
Where was Stewart? A problem with one of the air wrenches at the pit stops cost him time, and so he dropped from second before the stops to seventeenth after them. The race returned to green on lap 230, but as at the last caution Labonte was on the move quickly and took the lead from Gordon two laps later. Earnhardt Jr wasn't hanging around either, passing Gordon for second before taking the lead from Labonte on lap 239. But Labonte wasn't done with, taking the lead back from Earnhardt Jr six laps later.
Pos Driver Car
1. Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2. Tony Stewart Chevrolet Monte Carlo
3. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Monte Carlo
4. Bill Elliott Dodge Intrepid
5. Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Monte Carlo
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet Monte Carlo
7. Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Intrepid
8. Kurt Busch Ford Taurus
9. Jimmy Spencer Dodge Intrepid
10. Joe Nemechek Pontiac Grand Prix
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