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INDIANAPOLIS - Tony Kanaan spent all weekend cramming to get into the Indianapolis 500.He barely made it.Two crashes in less than 24 hours sent Kanaan's team scrambling to get the No. 11 car back together, and the 2004 IndyCar Series champ aced the biggest test of his career with a four-lap qualifying average of 224.072 mph to get his car on the starting grid with 30 minutes left in qualifications. All he had to do was wait to see if the speed would hold up, which it did."You live, you learn, and we crashed. Today was just a nightmare," he said after getting the 32nd starting spot in the 33-car field. "Apart from that, the conditions were the hottest we've ever seen. The track was really slick, I saw everybody complaining. So it's tough to keep it cool and say 'Yeah, we're just going to go out at 5.' It's the last day, you're not in the field yet, crashed two cars and just stay cool."Fortunately for Michael Andretti , Kanaan did.It's the first time the Brazilian will start outside the ...

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