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[*] posted on 3-13-2007 at 09:59 AM
Baja 250 MC/ATV results


2007 SCORE Baja 250

Ensenada to Santo Tomas

Course Mileage - 216.2



OFFICIAL CLASS RESULTS

MOTORCYCLE & ATV CLASSES





CLASS 20 MOTORCYCLE

# OV CL DRIVER TIME MPH

156X 46 1 RYAN PENHALL 4:38:38 46.5

154X 83 2 MARK CHICADO 4:52:01 44.4

151X 133 3 MARIO ACOSTA G. 5:11:42 41.6

153X 236 4 BRETT GRIMSLEY 6:24:33 33.7

155X 289 DNF RYAN GRANDON



CLASS 21 MOTORCYCLE

# OV CL DRIVER TIME MPH

116X 47 1 CARLOS CASAS 4:39:02 46.4

112X 51 2 RYAN GUSTINE 4:40:00 46.3

104X 52 3 CORY EVENSON 4:40:05 46.3

105X 55 4 JOEY LANE 4:42:35 45.9

100X 64 5 SHAUN HANSON 4:44:45 45.5

113X 82 6 IVAN RAMIREZ 4:51:53 44.4

102X 91 7 CHAD ERL 4:54:32 44.0

115X 92 8 JUAN IGNACIO FLORES E. 4:55:05 43.9

106X 124 9 CHRIS PARKER 5:06:05 42.3

109X 112 10 DAVID GONZALEZ, JR. – One Speed Zone Violation 5:11:55 41.6

101X 142 11 COLLIN CORRIGAN 5:17:20 40.8

110X 193 12 LUKE DODSON 5:52:38 36.7

117X 231 13 JUAN FRANCISCO CASTRO – One Speed Zone Violation 6:28:00 33.4

111X 247 14 BRETT HELMS 6:37:00 32.6

107X 272 15 LUIS VALENCIA 7:29:59 28.8

114X 289 DNF JORGE A. PEREZ CORREA



CLASS 22 MOTORCYCLE

# OV CL DRIVER TIME MPH

1X 1 1 ROBBY BELL 3:52:31 55.7

16X 2 2 MIKE CHILDRESS 3:56:50 54.7

12X 25 3 MARC BURNETT 4:21:58 49.5

11X 27 4 JOE DESROSIERS 4:26:35 48.6

5X 33 5 KEVIN JOHNSON 4:30:51 47.9

14X 34 6 DAN WALSH 4:31:01 47.8

13X 61 7 JESSE SHARPE 4:44:13 45.6

7X 107 8 SCOTT BLOOM 5:00:02 43.2

8X 115 9 STEVE THOMPSON 5:02:59 42.8

15X 148 10 CAMERON STEELE 5:19:25 40.6

3X 152 11 JACK MCCORMICK 5:20:10 40.5

6X 176 12 MARC CARLSON 5:36:08 38.5

10X 181 13 STEVEN SOTO 5:38:42 38.3

18X 189 14 DON MYLL 5:50:04 37.0

2X 286 15 CHRISTOPHER BLAIS 8:44:32 24.7

17X 289 DNF LUIS RAMIREZ



CLASS 30 MOTORCYCLE

# OV CL DRIVER TIME MPH

308X 26 1 JIM O'NEAL 4:22:10 49.4

309X 28 2 FRANCISCO SEPTIEN 4:27:27 48.5

314X 30 3 GERARDO ROJAS 4:27:59 48.4

317X 36 4 SERGIO VEGA 4:31:04 47.8

303X 42 5 DAVID POTTS – One Speed Zone Violation 4:40:09 46.3

315X 71 6 NICOLA DUTTO 4:48:24 44.9

301X 81 7 BRYCE HARTMAN 4:51:18 44.5

304X 85 8 MITCHELL SANCHEZ 4:52:16 44.3

312X 94 9 JOHN TRABUCCO 4:55:23 43.9

316X 106 10 STEVE BAILOR 4:59:43 43.2

310X 135 11 RODRIGO BASAVE 5:12:44 41.4

311X 137 12 DAN O'NEAL 5:14:36 41.2

302X 182 13 SCOTT POLIMENI 5:39:42 38.1

307X 196 14 CHARLIE WILSON 5:54:15 36.6

306X 220 15 STUART GOGGINS 6:14:39 34.6

313X 240 16 TERRANCE PEREGOODOFF 6:27:00 33.5

305X 289 DNF SCOTT BRUNKE



CLASS 40 MOTORCYCLE

# OV CL DRIVER TIME MPH

408X 59 1 BRETT HELM 4:43:42 45.7

406X 68 2 JOHN CONNOLLY 4:47:06 45.1

414X 75 3 DONALD CONNELLY 4:49:43 44.7

404X 76 4 KENT PERKINS 4:50:08 44.7

405X 99 5 BILL BOYER 4:56:32 43.7

402X 101 6 PAUL NEEDELS - One Speed Zone Violation 5:02:24 42.8

401X 102 7 CURT INSLEY - One Speed Zone Violation 5:02:37 42.8

407X 114 8 RICHARD DEVEAU 5:02:51 42.8

403X 126 9 DAVE SIMPSON 5:06:42 42.3

413X 140 10 RANDY JAPPARA 5:16:37 40.9

411X 151 11 JIM OWENS - One Speed Zone Violation 5:24:54 39.9

409X 165 12 STEVE DOWNEY 5:26:14 39.7

410X 166 13 LEONEL VALLEJO 5:26:24 39.7

412X 251 14 MICHAEL HARMON - Two Speed Zone Violations 7:03:27 30.8



CLASS 50 MOTORCYCLE

# OV CL DRIVER TIME MPH

503X 50 1 CRAIG ADAMS 4:39:54 46.3

500X 70 2 JIM O'NEAL 4:48:00 45.0

501X 113 3 KEITH SPEIR 5:02:15 42.9



CLASS 60 MOTORCYCLE

# OV CL DRIVER TIME MPH

601X 190 1 DON LEWIS 5:50:46 36.9



SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE <250CC

# OV CL DRIVER TIME MPH

206X 145 1 ENRIQUE LEGASPY 5:19:10 40.6

201X 191 2 BRENT MCCOY 5:51:00 36.9

202X 194 3 GARRETT TOLMAN 5:53:35 36.6

204X 201 4 KURT STEFFIEN 5:56:08 36.4

209X 202 5 RENE ECHEGARAY 5:56:37 36.3

207X 198 6 JACK SUSSOEV – One Speed Zone Violation 6:00:40 36.0

208X 206 7 REY HEREDIA – One Speed Zone Violation 6:09:34 35.1



SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE >250CC

# OV CL DRIVER TIME MPH

251X 65 1 JAVIER HERNANDEZ B. 4:45:29 45.4

253X 79 2 BILLY FOLTZ 4:50:54 44.5

256X 93 3 CRAIG BOUMAN 4:55:15 43.9

263X 96 4 JUSTIN VAUGHN 4:55:53 43.8

267X 98 5 MIKE CRAWFORD 4:56:19 43.7

261X 100 6 BILL EDDINGS 4:56:43 43.7

277X 116 7 BOBBY PENNELL 5:03:27 42.7

254X 118 8 ADAM MCCAMISH 5:03:49 42.7

262X 121 9 LUKE TERRY 5:04:06 42.6

250X 143 10 JEFF LEONARD 5:17:58 40.8

266X 149 11 MICHAEL P. GILBERT 5:19:33 40.6

268X 153 12 MANUEL REYES 5:20:26 40.4

259X 159 13 SEAN DLIULLO 5:23:16 40.1

273X 162 14 NATHON VERDUGO 5:24:38 39.9

285X 163 15 PETER SCHMIDTMANN 5:25:47 39.8

265X 167 16 JEREMIAH KOLBENVIK 5:26:29 39.7

298X 169 17 EDY GARCIA 5:27:44 39.5

258X 174 18 ERIK LITZENBERG 5:32:58 38.9

270X 180 19 PATRICK DUNN 5:37:30 38.4

275X 205 20 RYAN SNIDER 5:59:15 36.1

264X 216 21 TOM MADLEN 6:11:43 34.9

269X 224 22 BIRT DEWITT 6:17:29 34.3

283X 203 23 JESUS F. GALINDO M. – Three Speed Zone Violations 6:23:20 33.2

289X 245 24 GLEN D. GOMEZ 6:33:03 33.0

284X 254 25 DEAN SCHUMACHER 6:49:58 31.6

288X 268 26 TIMM ROARTY 7:20:42 29.4

299X 274 27 PETE BRESLIN 7:30:36 28.7

272X 289 DNF BRANDT ANDERSON

274X 289 DNF JAMES ENYART

281X 289 DNF RANDALL REINSCH

282X 289 DNF JUSTIN HERRMANN

286X 289 DNF FRED ADRIAN SOBKE

287X 289 DNF FERNANDO MUNGUIA L.

290X 289 DNF JAVIER MACLISN



CLASS 24 ATV

# OV CL DRIVER TIME MPH

105A 119 1 FRANCISCO SERVIN A. 5:03:51 42.6

103A 200 2 DANIEL MARIN, JR. 5:56:00 36.4

107A 246 3 JAVIER RIOS – One Speed Zone Violation 6:40:25 32.4

108A 267 4 EARL THIGPEN 7:13:48 29.9

106A 282 DNF SCOTT BENNETT 8:16:50 26.1

104A 289 DNF ROBERTO MIRAMONTES

102A 289 DNF SCOTT TAYLOR



CLASS 25 ATV

# OV CL DRIVER TIME MPH

1A 39 1 DANNY PRATHER 4:31:54 47.7

4A 43 2 WAYNE MATLOCK 4:35:29 47.0

11A 77 3 JEFF HANc-ck 4:50:25 44.6

12A 80 4 CARMEN CAFRO 4:51:12 44.5

8A 84 5 JOSH ROW 4:52:05 44.4

13A 86 6 FRANCISCO RUANO 4:53:23 44.2

14A 87 7 ALEX CAMANINI 4:54:03 44.1

7A 90 8 ADOLFO ARELLANO 4:54:09 44.1

16A 111 9 JASON GREEHAW 5:01:37 43.0

3A 146 10 RANDY DYER 5:19:15 40.6

17A 183 11 RAFAEL GARCIA 5:39:45 38.1

5A 218 12 JAMES WOODFORD 6:12:40 34.8

9A 253 13 JOHN PADGETT 6:47:50 31.8

18A 271 14 BRANDON BROWN 7:28:04 28.9

2A 289 DNF JOVANY PIMENTEL



SPORTSMAN ATV

# OV CL DRIVER TIME MPH

70A 104 1 ALFONSO COTA 4:59:08 43.3

50A 134 2 DAVID MCCARROLL 5:12:29 41.5

51A 139 3 LUIS SALGADO 5:16:28 40.9

99A 161 4 MIGUEL ARELLANO S. 5:24:25 39.9

54A 150 5 CRAIG CHRISTY – One Speed Zone Violations 5:24:47 39.8

68A 168 6 RAMON SOTO 5:26:40 39.7

73A 147 7 DAVIDE CORBANI – Two Speed Zone Violations 5:29:22 39.4

62A 175 8 DAVID JAUME 5:35:15 38.6

72A 177 9 MARIO YORBA 5:36:09 38.5

75A 186 10 JORGE JUVERA V. 5:48:10 37.2

64A 197 11 JOHN CROWLEY 5:55:35 36.4

66A 204 12 REID RUTHERFORD 5:58:40 36.1

78A 210 13 JAVIER BELTRAN C. 6:02:45 35.7

67A 212 14 BRIANNA MANCILLAS 6:03:05 35.7

52A 213 15 HERIBERTO MARQUEZ P. 6:07:16 35.3

59A 230 16 RICHARD GARCIA 6:20:33 34.0

57A 237 17 JASON WADE 6:24:45 33.7

56A 241 18 CARLOS LOPEZ 6:28:00 33.4

65A 255 19 DON KERR 6:55:34 31.2

63A 257 20 KEVIN MIKUSKY 6:59:26 30.9

98A 258 21 MARK LINDSAY 7:00:11 30.8

58A 259 22 PHILLIP HOLDSWORTH 7:02:20 30.7

61A 260 23 DANIEL GUERRERO 7:04:08 30.5

60A 261 24 KEN LEHMANN 7:04:28 30.5

53A 275 25 SHAWN A. MUNRO 7:32:34 28.6

69A 289 DNF CARLOS JUAREZ G.

81A 289 DNF MOISES HERRERA

96A 289 DNF ROBBY ROBINSON

74A 289 DNF ALLAN BEER

95A 289 DNF ALEJANDRO BENEGIO C.

79A 289 DNF JOSE A. CONTRERAS L.

80A 289 DNF BERNARDO ARELLANO M.
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[*] posted on 3-14-2007 at 07:15 AM
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OFF-ROAD - Tecate SCORE Baja 250 Results
By Mark Kariya
Photo By Mark Kariya (Photo © Cycle News, Inc. 2007)
Bell/Norman Lead Honda Sweep 3/13/2007

After some dicing with the Red Bull KTM team in the early miles, Team Honda's Robby Bell and Kendall Norman took control and sped away to win the Tecate SCORE Baja 250 on Saturday, March 10. In doing so, the pair started the defense of their SCORE Desert Series championship by beating the largest field in event history (the venue changed to an Ensenada-to-Santo Tomas run only the week before when last-minute reluctance by landowners prevented the traditional San Felipe 250 from taking place) with 423 total entries. (Of that number, 393 actually started with 108 of them being motorcycles; 288 of the starters made it to the finish line 216 miles away.)

"It couldn't have gone any better; it was so clean," Bell said of his stint from the start to Valle de Trinidad on their Precision Concepts/Dunlop/Pro Circuit CRF450X.

The third rider to start, Bell quickly moved into second place behind Red Bull KTM's Chris Blais, who rode a Michelin/Motion Pro/GPR 610 XC that he would hand off to David Pearson. In the fog just before they left the dirt and got onto Highway 3 for their first speed-limited transport section, Bell snuck up on Blais and dove underneath to take the lead for the first time, but he couldn't shake the KTM.

"Chris came right back at me," Bell acknowledged. "They have that 610, and that thing's fast!

"Right when we got back onto the dirt, he totally set me up. We got onto the dirt and all of a sudden he blows by me. I was in fifth gear and I was rolling it on to get onto the dirt. He had obviously set it up to where he was going to slingshot past me."

The two traded the lead a few times, Bell saying, "We were going back and forth, but we were so close we could look ahead of each other so the dust wasn't bad. As soon as I got him and got a little gap on him, he fell into my dust and had to slow down.

"From there, it was totally clean."

Well, for the eventual winners it was. The rest of the field seemed to have various problems to deal with. The KTM broke not long afterward, and it took several hours to effect repairs; they would make it to the finish just under the nine-hour time limit in eight hours, 44 minutes and 32 seconds.

Privateer Mike Childress came from his 14th-place start to second overall on the Honda of North Hollywood/Precision Concepts/GPR-backed CRF450X and had the factory duo looking over their shoulders. Norman said, "We were physically in first place when I got it, but I was told we were about two minutes behind on time because Mike Childress was really turning it up."

Norman's run from Trinidad west to the Pacific Ocean then north to the finish at the Santo Tomas baseball field was quicker than that turned in by Childress' ailing partner, Andy Grider. "I got sick yesterday; went to bed around 5:00 last night," Grider said. "I sweated all day and got up at 4:00 this morning to get to Valle de Trinidad still not feeling good. I felt a little better when Mike gave me the bike, but I could tell I'm still sick and not there. A head nut came off; I had to stop and get that fixed, but other than that it was just me—I didn't feel good today."

He would get the checkered flag in a time of 3:56:50, just over four minutes slower than Norman's winning 3:52:31 which worked out to a 55.80-mph average. (Both of them beat the first four-wheeled vehicle, a Ford Trophy truck driven by Mark Post and Rob MacCachren who clocked 4:03:21.)

Marc Burnett and Shawn Highland teamed up for third overall bike and third in Class 22 (Open Pro) on their Freestylemx.com/Pacific Collision Centers/Rockstar Energy Drink-sponsored RM-Z450 in 4:21:58.

Scott Garnet, Scott Myers and Jim O'Neal teamed up for fourth overall a few seconds behind in 4:22:10 though that earned them the Class 30 (riders over 30 years old) win on their Temecula Motorsports/Precision Concepts/FMF CRF450X. Class 22's Joe Desrosiers and Westley Garrett rounded out the top five motorcycles in 4:26:35 on their DP Racing/Motoworld of El Cajon/Michelin XR650R.

Other class winners included Carlos Casas and Noe Ibarra in Class 21 (250cc Pro) on their CRF450X (4:39:02); Chad Black, Conner Penhall and Ryan Penhall in Class 20 (125cc Pro) on their CRF250X (4:38:38); Brett Helm, Jeff Kaplan, Jon Ortner and Greg Zitterkopf in Class 40 on their CRF450X (4:43:42); Craig Adams, Bob Johnson, Doug Smith and Tim Withers in Class 50 on their CRF450X (4:39:54); and Gene Dempsey, Sam Dempsey, Mike Harper and Don Lewis in Class 60 on their XR650R (5:50:46).
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[*] posted on 3-14-2007 at 02:01 PM


Hey Tom,
Thank you so much for all your help during prerun and race day. You were a big help and I appreciate it very much. We didn't have anything go wrong other then being behind the the pack all day. We were looking for a top 5 but ended 9th. At least nobody got hurt and the bike only needs a rear tire.
It was nice to meet Corky at contingency and tell Bill thanks for coming along also..
I think I will race the CODE McMillin 500. Mexicali, south of SF and back to Mexicali. I might try to accomplish it solo. Not looking for a place on the podium, just to finish would be great. Let me know if you are available to come down It will be March 31st. I will definitely need some help on this one...
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[*] posted on 3-14-2007 at 02:44 PM


Paul, what bike were you on? I was at Erendira and have pics of many of the bikes.

Too bad Joe crashed just before the finish. They had third locked up. He looked like the fastest through the arroyo. Lots of action out there this year.




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[*] posted on 3-14-2007 at 05:34 PM


I went to see Joe after I learned of his crash. We had a beer and then Westley took him home. They had a good run, very impressive. I raced the 106X bike. I ran from K77 to San Vicente. Chris was on the bike through Erendira. Here is a picture Hermes Angeles took of me through Jamau..

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Too bad Joe crashed just before the finish. They had third locked up. He looked like the fastest through the arroyo. Lots of action out there this year.


Is he OK?
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[*] posted on 3-14-2007 at 06:25 PM


Paul, I'm ready to come down. Did I tell you I purchased an IMS dry brake dump can.
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Paul, if I can swing it... I will help in some way! The 31st is a Saturday, afterall! Viva the Mexicali/ McMillin 500!



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[*] posted on 3-14-2007 at 07:44 PM


He broke a couple of ribs and some muscle inflamation. He was a champ brining in the bike after that crash.
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He broke a couple of ribs and some muscle inflamation. He was a champ brining in the bike after that crash.


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[*] posted on 3-17-2007 at 11:15 AM


Sounds good David.
My friend is talking with Carlos (Baja Pits) for pit service. I'm gonna need some gas,power bars, water etc..
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COOL!

Carlos is good people!




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[*] posted on 4-11-2007 at 06:34 PM


Lehmann rallies to the Baja




NUTT BAR RACING’S Ken Lehmann was the oldest rider to finish the Baja 250 Sportsman class this year. James Clarke photo


By James Clarke PQ News Sports
Apr 10 2007

There’s an old saying that “you never conquer the Baja, the Baja conquers you,” but for Parksville’s Ken Lehmann, just finishing one of the coolest races on earth made the bumps and bruises all worthwhile.

And while Lehmann knows quads, the Baja 250 “was a lot bigger than anything I’ve ever experienced.

“It was a lot of fun, an experience I’ll never forget,” he said recently from inside his well-organized garage.

The race, which has been based out of San Felipe, Mexico since its inception 26 years ago, was moved this year amidst much furor to Ensenada with the finish in Santo Tomas.

The course changes every year, and this go-round logged in at 216.4 miles in total.

Like every year, the course is open two weeks prior to the race to allow crews and riders to pre-trip and get ready.

A boys trip for the books, Lehmann was joined by his buddy Don Kerr from Victoria and his teenage son. The three amigos left March 5 and took their time coming home, stopping for plenty more riding on the dunes of Oregon.

“It was just a fun guy holiday,” said the married father of eight who also has three grandkids.

“And boy did we have fun.”

The Island boys both raced in the sportsman class (250 cc and up) for All Terrain Vehicles. Lehmann’s ride was his 2005 Yamaha YFZ 450. His wife bought him a plate for it just before he left that says Grampa.

The easy-going landscaper rode dirt bikes since a young boy, but a knee injury three years ago meant a change of rides was in order.

“I love it,” he said of the fast and rugged four wheel surface shuttles.

Owner of Orca Tree and Lawn Care Ltd., he has a small course carved out of the trees on his five-acre parcel by the airport, where the family spends a lot of time riding together.

As for the Baja 250, carved out of the unforgiving mountain range, desert and farmland -- one stretch has the rides running parallel to the shoreline of the Sea of Cortez for 36 miles. Asked what the hardest part of the race was, Lehmann pointed to the ‘Whoop’ stretch with miles and miles of moguls forcing the rider to stand up on the pegs, and a silt section over five miles long where the drivers were literally wrestling their rides to stay on course.”

“It was crazy,” said Lehmann. “It’s like talcum powder and about 18 inches deep. Oh did I eat some dust.”

A hundred miles into the race both hands were hurting, and his left hand, the clutch hand, was a mess of bloody blisters seeping through his glove, so he did what any quick thinking Canuck would do and wrapped both of them up with duct tape.

“It was a long haul,” Lehmann, who lost five pounds during the race chuckled. “It was spectacular.”

The trip was made possible in part by his sponsor, Spunky’s Motorcycles in Parksville, through their NuttBarr Racing funded by Mike Hunt.

“and thanks to my wife, Karyn -- without her help I wouldn’t have been able to do this.”

The Baja 250 has five pit stops for fuel and water and listed 413 riders in all, including the likes of Jesse James The motorbikes started first, followed by the quads, then a three hour lapse before the featured class, the Trophy Trucks,

There were 34 entries in their class, which featured teams from as far away as France, Australia and Germany. Lehmann and Kerr, aka Nutt Barr Racing??, were the only two Canadians. The race got underway in slight fog at 6 a.m., Lehmann blasted off at 7:15 a.m.

“It wasn’t too hot at all actually; awfully dusty though. I went the wrong way and got lost for about three miles,” he shrugged.

Though well-flagged, it is not uncommon for the locals to mess with the riders, pointing the wrong way on purpose or moving a marker just for the fun of it.

In the end, Lehmann finished his first Baja in seven hours and four minutes, good enough for 24th with an average speed of 32.3 MPH -- just behind his teammate who crossed over in 7:04. Lehmann was the second-oldest rider registered in the Sportsman Class, and was the oldest to finish it solo. One 60-something year old American man was in the saddle at the start line rolled about 10 feet then jumped off and handed off to his replacement.

“Just to be able to say he’s raced in it, to have his name in there. We didn’t know we could have co-riders,” Lehmann laughed, pointing out most teams split the driving duties between two or three.

The Baja 250 is the first of the Baja’s triple crown, which includes the Baja 500 and the Baja 1000.

Asked if he has any intention of signing on for the grandaddy of themk all, the 1000, Lehmann said “I’d like to do it someday, but it’s a lot of money. I’m definitley going back to do (the Baja 250) again next year. though.”


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