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Researchers Crack KeeLoq Code for mobil Keys
By Kim Zetter EmailAugust 24, 2007 | 7:50:53 PMCategories: Hacks and Cracks
mobil_key Slashdot had a small post about this yesterday but I've spoken with one of the researchers about it so thought I'd add a little more detail.
A group of Israeli and Belgian researchers found a vulnerability in the algorithm that is used to secure anti-theft digital key systems in numerous vehicles, including those made by such companies as Honda, Ford, General Motors, Mercedes Benz and Jaguar. With that information they were able to devise an attack to crack the code of anti-theft keys.
With just an hour of remote access to the digital key of one mobil made by a manufacturer, the researchers say they are able not only to crack the unique code for that specific key but can also determine the key initialization process used to code the digital keys for all of the mobils made by that manufacturer. From there, it's pretty simple for them to crack the unique code of another mobil made by that company.
"There is one master key from which is derived the key for each mobil a company makes," says Orr Dunkelman, a researcher from the University of Leuven in Belgium who worked on the project with four colleagues.
The cipher the researchers examined, known as KeeLoq, is used to lock and unlock many vehicles that employ remote-control key-less systems and digital key systems -- key fobs and keys that are embedded with a chip that transmits a unique digital code. The devices not only lock and unlock mobil doors but can also mobilize or immobilize a vehicle and operate its alarm system.
The KeeLoq technology, which is licensed by Microchip Technology to mobil makers and other entities, has long been considered to be pretty secure. Each KeeLoq key or key fob uses a unique value, out of billions and billions of possibilities, to unlock a mobil.
But after proprietary information about KeeLoq was leaked to a Russian hacking web site (pdf) last year, the five researchers, from the University of Leuven as well as the Hebrew University and the Technion in Israel, began examining the system for vulnerabilities. Within three to five days Dunkelman says they developed their first basic attack, then spent months refining their technique.
The attack involves probing a digital key wirelessly by sending 65,000 challenge/response queries to it. Once the researchers collect 65,000 responses – which takes about an hour – they use software they designed to decipher that key's unique code. The deciphering currently takes about a day using a dedicated computer. But once they've cracked one key, they know 36 bits of the 64 bits they need to know. Those 36 bits are identical for every mobil model a manufacturer makes (different mobil models will vary only slightly).
This doesn't mean Dunkelman can just walk onto a parking lot and open any mobil that's the same model of the one he cracked. He still needs to crack the unique key used to open the other mobils. But because he already knows the 36 bits that are common to all of the keys for one model of mobil, it takes only a few seconds to crack those other keys. He can do this by reading the keys wirelessly -- for example, while sitting next to a patron at a restaurant or standing near a mobil when an owner opens it and sniffing the communication between the digital key and the mobil. Once he has a key's unique code, he can encode it to a chip in a remote device (which he can do in a couple of seconds in the field) and use it to open and steal the mobil.
Dunkelman says an ideal scenario might be for a valet attendant to sniff the keys of mobils in his charge to obtain the 36 bits for several different makes and models.
"If you go to a restaurant and leave your mobil with valet parking, the parking guy can probe your key while you're eating and enjoying your steak and by the time you leave he has all the information he needs," says Dunkelman.
Last week Dunkelman and his colleagues contacted Microchip Technology to report their findings. They also discussed the findings at the Crypto conference. But they say they won't release their research paper publicly until after they've heard from Microchip.
A spokeswoman for Microchip declined to comment on the researcher's findings.
Friday, 24 August 2007
In India, One Cheap mobil Could Go a Long Way
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In India, One Cheap mobil Could Go a Long Way
By Emily Wax
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, August 25, 2007; Page D01
K Every afternoon when Sudheer Mahanan, a government forest warden, picks up his two children from school, he is forced to squeeze them onto his moped.
As they speed over monsoon-drenched potholes and weave around meandering cows, his 5-year-old daughter, Harichandana, gets smushed between the seat and the handlebars. Seated in the rear, her 11-year-old brother, Harikrishna, hugs his father's waist and jostles for space with his heavy bookbag fastened on his back. Sometimes, the children look terrified, as when a truck cuts them off or a bus screeches to a stop within inches of their moped.
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Sudheer Mahanan, a government worker in southern India, takes his children, Harichandana, front, and Harikrishna home from school on a moped. Mahanan said he can't afford a mobil.
Sudheer Mahanan, a government worker in southern India, takes his children, Harichandana, front, and Harikrishna home from school on a moped. Mahanan said he can't afford a mobil. (By Emily Wax -- The Washington Post)
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"I just don't make enough to afford a mobil as of yet," Mahanan said as he pulled out of traffic one day recently and watched other mopeds roar by, some with infants teetering on their mothers' laps. "But to own a mobil -- oh, it's something I want. It is every family's dream."
In many of India's boomtowns, a mobil is a quintessential part of the middle-class dream, a symbol of status and comfort that helps a family arrive in style, without a layer of grime from the choking pollution or soggy, mud-stained clothes from the rain.
That fantasy may soon be within reach of families like Mahanan's. An Indian automaker is set to roll out the world's cheapest mobil early next year in what is being called a revolution by those in the industry and a nightmare by environmentalists and urban planners worried about India's already harrowing traffic and overly congested roads, not to mention lack of parking.
The manufacturer, Tata Motors, has provided few details about its new, four-door vehicle other than its sticker price: about $2,500 -- 100,000 rupees, also called 1 lakh, in Indian currency. Dubbed the "1-lakh mobil," it will cost half as much as the lowest-priced mobil on India's roads today.
"Owning a mobil will become like owning a TV or air conditioner. It's not a dream. But it is a necessity," said Azad Pathan, who owns the largest Tata dealership in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, a state in southern India. "This will be huge. There's been a boom. Now, many Indians are on huge credit sprees. But the real question is: Are the roads ready?"
The cheapest mobil in the world is being released during a time of good fortune for many Indians. While two-thirds of the country's population still struggles on $1 a day, millions of people here have emerged from grinding poverty into the lower middle class. The Asian subcontinent's largely service-based economy has been growing 8 to 9 percent a year, and World Bank studies estimate that India's middle class will expand from 50 million people today to more than 500 million by 2025.
"Because of India's rise, the 1-lakh mobil is going to be a revolution," said Radhakrishnan Nair, chief executive of Technopark, a large office complex with 120 service companies in Thiruvananthapuram, where the newly paved parking lot is filled with inexpensive and mid-range mobil.
Nair said he has already seen many well-paid young college graduates take advantage of low-interest loans to buy mobil. "Few people want to take the bus anymore," he said. "If you are doing well, you want a mobil."
How those extra mobil would affect the roads here is an open question. Traffic in India is already a mind-boggling, exhausting experience. In Mumbai, the country's financial capital, a 40-mile drive can easily take longer than three hours. The roads often seem like a circular parking lot, where savvy vendors take advantage of the captive audience, hawking cold drinks, magazines and books to ease the pain.
There are few rules of the road -- no one stays in a lane, and everyone honks the horn all the time. Drivers are generally advised to let any mobil or cow bigger than their mobil go ahead.
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In India, One Cheap mobil Could Go a Long Way
By Emily Wax
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, August 25, 2007; Page D01
K Every afternoon when Sudheer Mahanan, a government forest warden, picks up his two children from school, he is forced to squeeze them onto his moped.
As they speed over monsoon-drenched potholes and weave around meandering cows, his 5-year-old daughter, Harichandana, gets smushed between the seat and the handlebars. Seated in the rear, her 11-year-old brother, Harikrishna, hugs his father's waist and jostles for space with his heavy bookbag fastened on his back. Sometimes, the children look terrified, as when a truck cuts them off or a bus screeches to a stop within inches of their moped.
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Sudheer Mahanan, a government worker in southern India, takes his children, Harichandana, front, and Harikrishna home from school on a moped. Mahanan said he can't afford a mobil.
Sudheer Mahanan, a government worker in southern India, takes his children, Harichandana, front, and Harikrishna home from school on a moped. Mahanan said he can't afford a mobil. (By Emily Wax -- The Washington Post)
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"I just don't make enough to afford a mobil as of yet," Mahanan said as he pulled out of traffic one day recently and watched other mopeds roar by, some with infants teetering on their mothers' laps. "But to own a mobil -- oh, it's something I want. It is every family's dream."
In many of India's boomtowns, a mobil is a quintessential part of the middle-class dream, a symbol of status and comfort that helps a family arrive in style, without a layer of grime from the choking pollution or soggy, mud-stained clothes from the rain.
That fantasy may soon be within reach of families like Mahanan's. An Indian automaker is set to roll out the world's cheapest mobil early next year in what is being called a revolution by those in the industry and a nightmare by environmentalists and urban planners worried about India's already harrowing traffic and overly congested roads, not to mention lack of parking.
The manufacturer, Tata Motors, has provided few details about its new, four-door vehicle other than its sticker price: about $2,500 -- 100,000 rupees, also called 1 lakh, in Indian currency. Dubbed the "1-lakh mobil," it will cost half as much as the lowest-priced mobil on India's roads today.
"Owning a mobil will become like owning a TV or air conditioner. It's not a dream. But it is a necessity," said Azad Pathan, who owns the largest Tata dealership in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, a state in southern India. "This will be huge. There's been a boom. Now, many Indians are on huge credit sprees. But the real question is: Are the roads ready?"
The cheapest mobil in the world is being released during a time of good fortune for many Indians. While two-thirds of the country's population still struggles on $1 a day, millions of people here have emerged from grinding poverty into the lower middle class. The Asian subcontinent's largely service-based economy has been growing 8 to 9 percent a year, and World Bank studies estimate that India's middle class will expand from 50 million people today to more than 500 million by 2025.
"Because of India's rise, the 1-lakh mobil is going to be a revolution," said Radhakrishnan Nair, chief executive of Technopark, a large office complex with 120 service companies in Thiruvananthapuram, where the newly paved parking lot is filled with inexpensive and mid-range mobil.
Nair said he has already seen many well-paid young college graduates take advantage of low-interest loans to buy mobil. "Few people want to take the bus anymore," he said. "If you are doing well, you want a mobil."
How those extra mobil would affect the roads here is an open question. Traffic in India is already a mind-boggling, exhausting experience. In Mumbai, the country's financial capital, a 40-mile drive can easily take longer than three hours. The roads often seem like a circular parking lot, where savvy vendors take advantage of the captive audience, hawking cold drinks, magazines and books to ease the pain.
There are few rules of the road -- no one stays in a lane, and everyone honks the horn all the time. Drivers are generally advised to let any mobil or cow bigger than their mobil go ahead.
Heylen hoping for better luck on second day of Champ mobil qualifying in Belgium
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Heylen hoping for better luck on second day of Champ mobil qualifying in Belgium
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ZOLDER, Netherlands: Local hero Jan Heylen is hoping for more track time on Saturday after a disastrous start to his home Champ mobil Belgian Grand Prix campaign.
Heylen was involved in a four-mobil crash seconds into the first practice session on Friday that sidelined him for the rest of the day and left his Conquest Racing team scrambling to patch up the mobil.
Will Power of Team Australia posted the fastest lap of the 4.2-kilometer (2.6-mile) Zolder circuit in 1 minute, 13.810 seconds, with an average speed of 196.607 kph (121.545 mph) for the provisional pole and a guaranteed front-row start in Sunday's race.
"It is very disappointing to have the mobil damaged on the first lap of the first practice session this morning," Heylen said. "We were unfortunately unable to participate in this afternoon's qualifying session but the weekend is just starting and the guys are working hard to get the mobil back together for tomorrow's sessions."
Series leader Sebastien Bourdais, closing in on an unprecedented fourth straight Champ mobil series title, was second fastest in qualifying, 0.213 seconds behind Power, and happy with his position.
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"For us, we don't need to gain in the championship, we just need to keep running near the front to finish off this championship," said the Frenchman, who was joining the Formula One circuit next season.
Power's teammate Simon Pagenaud of France was third fastest.
"I do know the circuit from back in 2005 when I did World Series by Renault so I have some experience here," he said. "It's great to be back at Zolder. They have resurfaced the track and it is very grippy which is exactly what I like."
While Heylen is not a title contender — he's 16th in the series standings — he is a major draw mobild for Belgian fans this weekend.
Fewer than 10,000 people attended Friday's qualification at Zolder as Champ mobil racing returned to Europe after a four-year absence. Organizers said they expect crowds of around 40,000 to line the track on the weekend.
Minardi Team USA had a terrible day with Dan Clarke banned from racing this weekend by organizers who blamed him for the crash involving Heylen. Also, Dutch rookie Robert Doornbos, second in the series standings, was forced out of qualifying with a blown engine.
"It's not the way we wanted to continue our fight for the championship, but we'll give it another go tomorrow for the pole," Doornbos said. "I hope all my fans still come out to support me for the rest of the weekend, as anything is possible in Champ mobil."
Doornbos' fans will get another chance to see him next weekend when Champ mobil finishes its two-race swing through Europe with a race at Assen in the Netherlands.
It's not yet clear if Clarke will get to race in Assen.
Champ mobil race director Tony Cotman called the crash he caused "totally unacceptable and completely avoidable."
"Dan was already on probation after previous incidents in San Jose, which helped lead me to my decision today," Cotman said, adding he would decide next week on any further penalties for Clarke.
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Heylen hoping for better luck on second day of Champ mobil qualifying in Belgium
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ZOLDER, Netherlands: Local hero Jan Heylen is hoping for more track time on Saturday after a disastrous start to his home Champ mobil Belgian Grand Prix campaign.
Heylen was involved in a four-mobil crash seconds into the first practice session on Friday that sidelined him for the rest of the day and left his Conquest Racing team scrambling to patch up the mobil.
Will Power of Team Australia posted the fastest lap of the 4.2-kilometer (2.6-mile) Zolder circuit in 1 minute, 13.810 seconds, with an average speed of 196.607 kph (121.545 mph) for the provisional pole and a guaranteed front-row start in Sunday's race.
"It is very disappointing to have the mobil damaged on the first lap of the first practice session this morning," Heylen said. "We were unfortunately unable to participate in this afternoon's qualifying session but the weekend is just starting and the guys are working hard to get the mobil back together for tomorrow's sessions."
Series leader Sebastien Bourdais, closing in on an unprecedented fourth straight Champ mobil series title, was second fastest in qualifying, 0.213 seconds behind Power, and happy with his position.
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"For us, we don't need to gain in the championship, we just need to keep running near the front to finish off this championship," said the Frenchman, who was joining the Formula One circuit next season.
Power's teammate Simon Pagenaud of France was third fastest.
"I do know the circuit from back in 2005 when I did World Series by Renault so I have some experience here," he said. "It's great to be back at Zolder. They have resurfaced the track and it is very grippy which is exactly what I like."
While Heylen is not a title contender — he's 16th in the series standings — he is a major draw mobild for Belgian fans this weekend.
Fewer than 10,000 people attended Friday's qualification at Zolder as Champ mobil racing returned to Europe after a four-year absence. Organizers said they expect crowds of around 40,000 to line the track on the weekend.
Minardi Team USA had a terrible day with Dan Clarke banned from racing this weekend by organizers who blamed him for the crash involving Heylen. Also, Dutch rookie Robert Doornbos, second in the series standings, was forced out of qualifying with a blown engine.
"It's not the way we wanted to continue our fight for the championship, but we'll give it another go tomorrow for the pole," Doornbos said. "I hope all my fans still come out to support me for the rest of the weekend, as anything is possible in Champ mobil."
Doornbos' fans will get another chance to see him next weekend when Champ mobil finishes its two-race swing through Europe with a race at Assen in the Netherlands.
It's not yet clear if Clarke will get to race in Assen.
Champ mobil race director Tony Cotman called the crash he caused "totally unacceptable and completely avoidable."
"Dan was already on probation after previous incidents in San Jose, which helped lead me to my decision today," Cotman said, adding he would decide next week on any further penalties for Clarke.
Baby found dead in St. Louis mobil
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Baby found dead in St. Louis mobil
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ST. LOUIS | A 7-month-old baby was found dead in the heat of a parked mobil Thursday on a parking lot at the Washington University School of Medicine, authorities said.
Names of the child and her parents have not been released.
Police spokeswoman Schron Jackson said officers were still on the scene, and she had few details. Washington University officials declined comment.
On a day with the high temperature in the upper 90s, passers-by spotted the baby and used a rock to break a mobil window. They tried to revive her, but the child was pronounced dead at the scene when emergency crews arrived, Jackson said.
It wasn’t immediately clear how long the child had been in the mobil. Health officials say children and pets can become seriously ill or die if left in an unattended vehicle, even for a very short time.
Jan Null, adjunct professor of meteorology at San Francisco State University, said the death was the 22nd in the U.S. this year involving a child left in a hot vehicle. Null, who performs research into how hot a vehicle gets and tracks child deaths in hot vehicles, said it was the first such case in Missouri this year but the 12th in the state since 1998.
Null said that if the outside temperature was 95 degrees, the temperature inside the mobil would have exceeded 140 degrees.
“That’s a lethal temperature for an infant or small child,” Null said. “Their body temperatures increase three to five times faster than ours would.”
Null’s research shows that about two-fifths of deaths of children in hot vehicles occur when the child is accidentally forgotten by a mobilegiver. About a quarter of the cases involve children playing in mobils. About 20 percent are children intentionally left in mobils.
“The 5-minute trip to the bank that ends up taking a half-hour can be deadly,” Null said. “Children should never be left unattended in vehicles. Period.”
The St. Louis area previously reported nine deaths from a heat wave that is approaching a month long. The high temperature has topped 90 degrees every day but one since July 31, and a high reading in the upper 90s is predicted for Friday. Temperatures are expected to cool into the 80s by the weekend.
Most of the victims of the heat wave in the St. Louis area have been elderly, including a 68-year-old woman found in her Jennings home Wednesday. Her air conditioner was set at 70 and fans were blowing, but authorities said the temperature inside the house was 90 degrees when she was found.
Jan Heylen has disastrous start to home Champ mobil GP
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Jan Heylen has disastrous start to home Champ mobil GP
ZOLDER, Belgium: Some homecoming for Jan Heylen.
The Belgian driver with Conquest Racing was involved in a crash on the first practice lap Friday at the Champ mobil Belgian Grand Prix that also left Paul Tracy, Dan Clarke and Justin Wilson with damaged mobil.
Heylen finished sixth in the last race in Wisconsin and was looking to build on the momentum at his home grand prix.
"I'm excited to be racing in front of a hometown crowd and I know the entire Conquest team is prepared to fight for a strong finish," the Belgian said before the race.
The crash was particularly bad timing for the Conquest team, which has only one mobil this weekend and needed it on the track as much as possible to seek the best setup for Sunday's race.
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Instead, the pit crew worked all day and planned to all evening to patch up the mobil to get it on track for Saturday's qualifying.
Heylen "will be back in the cockpit for Saturday's morning practice session and final qualifying," the team said.
The 4.2-kilometer (2.6-mile) track in the Belgian countryside holds special memories for Conquest owner Eric Bachelart.
"Zolder is definitely a very special place for me as this is where I did my first laps in a race mobil, where I started my first race and even where I had my first win," he said. "It's a great feeling to go back there where everything started for me 25 years ago, now with a Belgian-American team based in Indianapolis, running a Belgian driver, and supported by Belgian initiatives."
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RED LIGHT: Race officials blamed Minardi Team USA driver Dan Clarke for the practice crash and suspended him from driving for the rest of the weekend.
And there may be more penalties to come for Clarke, the English driver who was second in the rookie-of-the-year ratings in 2006.
Champ mobil race director Tony Cotman said he will take a week to study the incident before deciding whether to allow Clarke to drive in next week's Bavaria Beer Champ mobil Grand Prix of Holland in Assen.
"This morning's incident was totally unacceptable and completely avoidable," Cotman said. "Dan was already on probation after previous incidents in San Jose, which helped lead me to my decision today.
"After the weekend is complete and I have a time to review the incident without the raw emotion of the moment, I will make a decision as to any further penalties against Clarke," he added.
Clarke's ousting followed his best-ever Champ mobil result — a second place behind Sebastien Bourdais at Road America.
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NICE AND NARROW: Graham Rahal liked his first look at the Zolder track, but thinks it may not be wide enough.
"The track is pretty cool and pretty quick," Rahal said after finishing fourth fastest in qualifying. "I think the only issue is it is a bit narrow maybe, which makes it a little more dangerous. But I don't think it's that big of a problem."
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LONG WAY HOME: While Jan Heylen is close to home this weekend, and Dutch rookie Robert Doornbos will feel the same way next weekend at the Champ mobil race in Assen, the Netherlands, all the drivers have a long way to go before they race in the United States again.
After the Dutch race, the circuit moves Down Under for the Indy 300 at Surfer's Paradise in Queensland, Australia, and then moves to Mexico before the final race of the season in Phoenix on Dec. 2.
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Jan Heylen has disastrous start to home Champ mobil GP
ZOLDER, Belgium: Some homecoming for Jan Heylen.
The Belgian driver with Conquest Racing was involved in a crash on the first practice lap Friday at the Champ mobil Belgian Grand Prix that also left Paul Tracy, Dan Clarke and Justin Wilson with damaged mobil.
Heylen finished sixth in the last race in Wisconsin and was looking to build on the momentum at his home grand prix.
"I'm excited to be racing in front of a hometown crowd and I know the entire Conquest team is prepared to fight for a strong finish," the Belgian said before the race.
The crash was particularly bad timing for the Conquest team, which has only one mobil this weekend and needed it on the track as much as possible to seek the best setup for Sunday's race.
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Instead, the pit crew worked all day and planned to all evening to patch up the mobil to get it on track for Saturday's qualifying.
Heylen "will be back in the cockpit for Saturday's morning practice session and final qualifying," the team said.
The 4.2-kilometer (2.6-mile) track in the Belgian countryside holds special memories for Conquest owner Eric Bachelart.
"Zolder is definitely a very special place for me as this is where I did my first laps in a race mobil, where I started my first race and even where I had my first win," he said. "It's a great feeling to go back there where everything started for me 25 years ago, now with a Belgian-American team based in Indianapolis, running a Belgian driver, and supported by Belgian initiatives."
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RED LIGHT: Race officials blamed Minardi Team USA driver Dan Clarke for the practice crash and suspended him from driving for the rest of the weekend.
And there may be more penalties to come for Clarke, the English driver who was second in the rookie-of-the-year ratings in 2006.
Champ mobil race director Tony Cotman said he will take a week to study the incident before deciding whether to allow Clarke to drive in next week's Bavaria Beer Champ mobil Grand Prix of Holland in Assen.
"This morning's incident was totally unacceptable and completely avoidable," Cotman said. "Dan was already on probation after previous incidents in San Jose, which helped lead me to my decision today.
"After the weekend is complete and I have a time to review the incident without the raw emotion of the moment, I will make a decision as to any further penalties against Clarke," he added.
Clarke's ousting followed his best-ever Champ mobil result — a second place behind Sebastien Bourdais at Road America.
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NICE AND NARROW: Graham Rahal liked his first look at the Zolder track, but thinks it may not be wide enough.
"The track is pretty cool and pretty quick," Rahal said after finishing fourth fastest in qualifying. "I think the only issue is it is a bit narrow maybe, which makes it a little more dangerous. But I don't think it's that big of a problem."
___
LONG WAY HOME: While Jan Heylen is close to home this weekend, and Dutch rookie Robert Doornbos will feel the same way next weekend at the Champ mobil race in Assen, the Netherlands, all the drivers have a long way to go before they race in the United States again.
After the Dutch race, the circuit moves Down Under for the Indy 300 at Surfer's Paradise in Queensland, Australia, and then moves to Mexico before the final race of the season in Phoenix on Dec. 2.
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