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Giaffone Bumps Luyendyk

At lunchtime he was shopping with his wife. Less than five hours later, Felipe Giaffone took the final spot on the 2005 Indianapolis grid, bumping Arie Luyendyk Jr. from the 33-car field

Veteran IRL driver Giaffone signed with Foyt Enterprises just this afternoon, and in the final qualifying day recorded a four-lap average speed of 217.645 - over 2mph faster than Beck Motorsports' Luyendyk Jr.

"At 1:30 I was at Babies R' Us with my wife when I got the call, so I wasn't expecting it," Giaffone said when he showed up for Bump Day. "I have to run and see what happens."

He had little time to prepare, but it was enough to get him into next weekend's 89th event. Luyendyk Jr. tried to bump Giaffone, but with 213.957mph average speed, he was unsuccessful and was left out of the grid.

2004 IRL Champion Tony Kanaan will start the race from pole position. 1999 Indy 500 winner Kenny Brack, making a return to the series to replace injured Buddy Rice, recorded the fastest lap average of qualifying, but will start the race from 23rd.

The 89th Indianapolis 500 - Final Grid:

Pos  Driver              Chassis-Engine     Speed    Day
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 1.  Tony Kanaan         Dallara-Honda      227.566  Pole Day
 2.  Sam Hornish Jr      Dallara-Toyota     227.273  Pole Day
 3.  Scott Sharp         PanozHonda         227.126  Pole Day
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 4.  Danica Patrick      PanozHonda         227.004  Pole Day
 5.  Helio Castroneves   Dallara-Toyota     226.927  Pole Day
 6.  Dario Franchitti    Dallara-Honda      226.873  Pole Day
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 7.  Vitor Meira         PanozHonda         226.848  Pole Day
 8.  Kosuke Matsuura     PanozHonda         226.397  Pole Day
 9.  Buddy Lazier        Dallara-Chevrolet  226.353  Pole Day
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10.  Tomas Enge          Dallara-Chevrolet  226.107  Pole Day
11.  Tomas Scheckter     Dallara-Chevrolet  226.031  Pole Day
12.  Bruno Junqueira     PanozHonda         225.704  Pole Day
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13.  Scott Dixon         PanozToyota        225.215  Pole Day
14.  Adrian Fernandez    PanozHonda         225.120  Pole Day
15.  Sebastien Bourdais  PanozHonda         224.955  Pole Day
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16.  Dan Wheldon         Dallara-Honda      224.308  Pole Day
17.  Roger Yasukawa      Dallara-Honda      224.131  Pole Day
18.  Bryan Herta         Dallara-Honda      223.972  Pole Day
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19.  Darren Manning      PanozToyota        223.943  Pole Day
20.  Richie Hearn        PanozChevrolet     222.707  Pole Day
21.  Jeff Bucknum        Dallara-Honda      221.521  Pole Day
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22.  Alex Barron         Dallara-Toyota     221.053  Pole Day
23.  Kenny Brack         PanozHonda         227.598  3rd Day
24.  Ryan Briscoe        PanozToyota        224.080  3rd Day
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25.  Patrick Carpentier  Dallara-Toyota     222.803  3rd Day
26.  Ed Carpenter        Dallara-Toyota     221.439  3rd Day
27.  Jaques Lazier       PanozToyota        221.228  3rd Day
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28.  AJ Foyt IV          Dallara-Toyota     220.442  3rd Day
29.  Marty Roth          Dallara-Chevrolet  219.497  3rd Day
30.  Larry Foyt          Dallara-Toyota     219.396  3rd Day
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31.  Jeff Ward           Dallara-Toyota     218.714  3rd Day
32.  Jimmy Kite          Dallara-Toyota     218.565  3rd Day
33.  Felipe Giaffone     PanozToyota        217.645  Bump Day

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