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I would say Brabham BT49 (new GA) for the selected article, and one of the two shots of the Monza starting grid for featured picture. It's been a bit of a thin month for free photos on Flickr! Oh, and I've bumped up Stefan Bellof to C class - good work, and I think it could reach GA standard with some more references. :) -- Midgrid (talk) 16:53, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cs-wolves, I created 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season by mistake when I was creating the 2011 article. Not sure if I should tag it for deletion or keep it. What do you think? BTW I think you live in Scotland, are you going to the Rally Scotland? Bjmullan ( talk) 20:33, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing my error. I realise now that I was mixing the no-points grid background for the second place grid background. Silly boy. :-) B. Fairbairn ( talk) 13:01, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
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Article of the month –
Brabham BT49, new
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![]() The Brabham BT49 (pronounced /ˈbræbəm/) is a Formula One racing car designed by South African Gordon Murray for the British Brabham team. The BT49 competed in the 1979 to 1982 Formula One World Championships and was used by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet to win his first World Championship in 1981. The car was initially designed in 1979 as a short notice replacement for the team's Alfa Romeo-engined BT48, after Brabham team owner Bernie Ecclestone decided to end his relationship with the Italian engine manufacturer. The BT49 was created in only six weeks using elements of the BT48 chassis together with the widely used Cosworth DFV engine. It is a single seater with an open cockpit and exposed wheels. The monocoque chassis is made from aluminium alloy and carbon fibre composites. The car was fitted with controversial hydropneumatic suspension and water-cooled brakes at different points in its life. The BT49 was updated over four seasons taking a total of seven wins, six poles and 135 points. Seventeen were eventually built, most of which survive today. Some are used successfully in historic motorsport; Christian Glaesel won the 2005 FIA Historic Formula One Championship driving a BT49D. ( More...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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-- Midgrid (talk) 16:48, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi, saw your revert to 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, please warn vandal if you can; twinkle can help to add the warnings (or tell me I and I will do it, if around). That's the third vandalism by that editor, and never been warned (I have done it now for this latest piece User talk:79.108.9.152) - they earlier did this , which was much later corrected back. I know there's no guarantee that an IP is static, but that's the risk that IP users have to live with. P.S. I think you are doing a very good job with these motocycling pages, I see you quickly kill off all the non ref material and rumours. Ronhjones (Talk) 19:34, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
I've added one to 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season - it shows up when a user clicks "edit". It may prevent some unsourced data from being added. If you want the wording changed let me know (I "borrowed" this one from Eurovision Song Contest 2011). Ronhjones (Talk) 23:18, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Cs-wolves you really need to get out more :-) Well done! Bjmullan ( talk) 17:20, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Yes! Quite a common problem, what with teams being invented, drivers being invented, and now Arnoux's career being extended! Wonders will never cease. Bretonbanquet ( talk) 23:44, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Maybe not IP, but still crap. Another terrible idea from a common source. Let's hope common sense prevails and everyone knocks the idea on the head. A few of us spent weeks / months doing those tables. Make sure you have your say! Bretonbanquet ( talk) 17:20, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello, but I am on a strict schedule this week, and I want to aski you if you would finish the race results table on 2010 Bank of America 500. I still havn't finished the race summary, and todays Thursday. Tomorrow is when I need to start adding to the next article! If you would, here is the link. Thanks and happy editing: Nascar 1996 01:32, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, for the example that will help me a lot. Nascar 1996 18:18, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
What would you do? Nascar 1996 21:15, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Hahhaha doing fix at the same time for Brandon Maïsano :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Giagi ( talk • contribs) 14:55, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
I'm also waiting the final standings according to rules. Rules say drivers have to compete at least in 5 events (with Monza compulsory) to be awarded points and enter the final classification.
We have to create the new page for the new chapionship European + Italian, and related annual season one. I guess It's becoming an important series in the future. Giagi ( talk) 15:09, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
This is what Rules state (almost litterally translated):
Each driver, to enter the Final Standings of the Championship, must have competed (*) in five events (**), if not, panalty of not acquisition of the scores.
(*) Competed: having passed the scrutineering and then be verified. (**) In the five events must to be included the lastone. Giagi ( talk) 15:35, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
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Article of the month –
Alan Kulwicki, selected as a good article
Alan Dennis Kulwicki (December 14, 1954 – April 1, 1993), nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an American NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) racecar driver. He started racing at local short tracks in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car touring series. Kulwicki arrived at NASCAR, the highest and most expensive level of stock car racing in the United States, with no sponsor, a limited budget, and only a racecar and a borrowed pickup truck. Despite starting with meager equipment and finances, he earned the 1986 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award over drivers racing for well-funded teams. After Kulwicki won his first race at Phoenix International Raceway, he debuted what would become his trademark " Polish Victory Lap". Kulwicki won the 1992 Winston Cup championship by what was then the closest margin in NASCAR history. He died early in 1993 in a light aircraft accident, and was unable to defend his championship. He has been inducted into numerous racing halls of fame and was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers. Kulwicki was known for being a perfectionist and doing things his own way. An engineer by trade, his scientific approach to NASCAR racing inspires the way teams are now run. Despite lucrative offers from top car owners, he insisted on driving for his own race team, AK Racing, during most of his NASCAR career. Described by his publicist as "a real hard type of person to get to know", he remained a bachelor throughout his life. ( More...) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Article of the month –
2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, currently undergoing
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![]() The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XXIII ING Magyar Nagydíj) was a Formula One motor race held on August 3, 2008, at Hungaroring in Mogyoród, near Budapest, Hungary. It was the 11th race of the 2008 Formula One season. Contested over 70 laps, the race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for the McLaren team, from a second position start. Timo Glock finished second in a Toyota car, with Kimi Räikkönen third in a Ferrari. It was Kovalainen's first Formula One victory, which made him the sport's 100th driver to win a World Championship race, and was Glock's first podium finish. The majority of the race was dominated by a duel between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari respectively. Hamilton started from pole position on the starting grid but was beaten at the first corner by Massa, who passed him around the outside. The two championship rivals began a battle for the lead that was resolved when Hamilton sustained a punctured tyre just over half-way through the race, giving Massa a comfortable lead. The Ferrari's engine, however, failed with three laps of the race remaining, allowing Kovalainen to win. ( More...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Can I just ask, is there any truth at all in these pages: 2011 Formula Four season and Formula Four, or should they definitely be deleted? Thanks. Officially Mr X ( talk) 18:01, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I was already told by moonriddengirl to use more complicated references but you caught the Hispania update which I did (I think). It was a fresh story and I wanted to upload it quickly. After that I had my breakfast and I forgot to put the reference in more detail My bad I'm sorry thanks for informing me. ( Wiki id2 (talk) 12:16, 6 November 2010 (UTC))
Hello bud, thanks for updating the SJFA Superleague tables and your other work tidying up the pages. Much appreciated. Sgt Elvan ( talk) 21:05, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
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Article of the month –
Auto Club Speedway, a recent good article
Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) is a two-mile (3 km), low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1997. The track was also used for open wheel racing events until 2005. The racetrack is located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway. The track is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and is the only track owned by ISC to have naming rights sold. The speedway is served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as a Metrolink station located behind the backstretch.Construction of the track, on the site of the former Kaiser Steel Mill, began in 1995 and was completed in late 1996. The speedway has a grandstand capacity of 91,200 and 28 skyboxes. In 2006, a fanzone was added behind the main grandstand. Lights were added to the speedway in 2004 with the addition of a second annual NASCAR weekend. In 2011 the track will host only one NASCAR weekend. ( More...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hi Cs-wolves. Do you know about WP:NOTBROKEN? Just thought it might save you some effort. Regards. DH85868993 ( talk) 01:33, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Michigan State, Ohio State and Wisconsin share the Big 10 title. Who should then go to the Rose Bowl?-- Nitsansh ( talk) 23:59, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
New headline for WP:F1 Newsletter: McLaren Autosport Award goes to driver without Wikipedia article! ;) It's my turn to do it, really - I'll take a break shortly to watch the BBC news, but I'll try to deliver all the copies before midnight.-- Midgrid (talk) 21:50, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
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Article of the month –
2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, current Featured Article candidate
![]() The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XXIII ING Magyar Nagydíj) was a Formula One motor race held on August 3, 2008, at Hungaroring in Mogyoród, near Budapest, Hungary. It was the 11th race of the 2008 Formula One season. Contested over 70 laps, the race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for the McLaren team, from a second position start. Timo Glock finished second in a Toyota car, with Kimi Räikkönen third in a Ferrari. It was Kovalainen's first Formula One victory, which made him the sport's 100th driver to win a World Championship race, and was Glock's first podium finish. The majority of the race was dominated by a duel between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari respectively. Hamilton started from pole position on the starting grid but was beaten at the first corner by Massa, who passed him around the outside. The two championship rivals began a battle for the lead that was resolved when Hamilton sustained a punctured tyre just over half-way through the race, giving Massa a comfortable lead. The Ferrari's engine, however, failed with three laps of the race remaining, allowing Kovalainen to win. Räikkönen set the race's fastest lap in the other Ferrari, but was hampered by a poor qualifying performance and was stuck behind Alonso and Glock in turn for almost all of the race. Robert Kubica, another championship contender, finished eighth after finding his BMW Sauber car to be uncompetitive at the Hungaroring. ( More...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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-- Midgrid (talk) 23:00, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Hahahah!! I'll suggest it to them! The mighty Orient have given me many, many days and nights of worry and stress, but this one was a whole new level... Bretonbanquet ( talk) 23:20, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
I often forget how much worse you guys have it up there. Seven hours to get home is craziness, and walking five miles is no fun in the freezing cold and snow! But then I'm a soft southerner! I'm off to get some sleep - let's hope we get some footy over Christmas! Bretonbanquet ( talk) 00:33, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
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I am proud to announce that a file relating to NASCAR has been promoted to featured status, the first for our project. The nomination, which ened December 15, 2010, was nominated by Nascar1996 and received nine supports. This couldn't have been accomplished without our projects participants, so thank you and I hope you continue to improve the project. -- Nascar 1996 21:19, 16 December 2010 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate it on the talk pages.
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Article of the month –
2010 Sylvania 300, a recent
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The 2010 Sylvania 300 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 19, 2010, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. The 300 lap race was the twenty-seventh in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the first race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Clint Bowyer, of the Richard Childress Racing team, won the race, with Denny Hamlin finishing second, and Jamie McMurray third. Pole position driver Brad Keselowski maintained his lead in the first lap, but in the second lap Tony Stewart pulled ahead. Chase for the Sprint Cup participants Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, and Hamlin were in the top ten for most of the race, but in the closing laps all of them suffered spins or other problems. Hamlin was the only one to recover and finish in the top five. With two laps remaining, Tony Stewart was leading the race when he ran out of fuel, giving the lead to Bowyer, who also led the most laps in the race with 176. There were eight cautions and twenty-three lead changes among eight different drivers during the race. The race was Clint Bowyer's first win in the 2010 season, and the third of his career. The result advanced Bowyer to second in the Drivers' Championship, thirty-five points behind Hamlin and ten ahead of Kevin Harvick, but because of a penalty three days after the race, he fell to twelfth in the standings. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty-two points ahead of Toyota and seventy-four ahead of Ford, with nine races remaining in the season. A total of 95,000 people attended the race, while 3.68 million watched it on television. ( More...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I'm going on holiday (to Glasgow, coincidentally enough!) with some friends to celebrate the New Year tomorrow, so I won't be able to deliver this month's newsletter. Hope you're having a good festive season,-- Midgrid (talk) 17:14, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
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Article of the month –
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, current
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![]() The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400. It has existed since 1909, and is the original Speedway, the first racing facility historically to incorporate the word. With a permanent seating capacity for more than 257,000 people and infield seating that raises capacity to approximately 400,000, it is the largest and highest-capacity sporting facility in the world. Considered relatively flat by American standards but high-banked by Europeans, the track is a two-and-a-half-mile, nearly rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its inception: four 1/4-mile turns, two 5/8-mile long straightaways between the fourth and first and second and third turns, and two 1/8-mile short straightaways, termed "short chutes," between the first and second, and third and fourth turns. A modern infield road course was constructed between 1998 and 2000, incorporating the western and southern portions of the oval (including the southwest turn) to create a 2.605-mile (4.192 km) track. In 2008, the road course was modified to replace the southwest turn with an additional infield section, for motorcycle use, resulting in a 2.621-mile (4.218 km) course. Altogether, the current grounds have expanded from an original 320 acres (1.3 km2) on which the Speedway was first built to cover over an area of over 559. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987, it currently remains the only such landmark to be affiliated with automotive racing history. In addition to the Indianapolis 500, the speedway also hosts NASCAR's Brickyard 400. From 2000 to 2007 the speedway also hosted the United States Grand Prix for Formula One. The inaugural USGP race drew an estimated 225,000 spectators, setting a Formula One attendance record. In 2008, the Speedway added the Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, a Grand Prix motorcycle racing event. Since August 19, 1909, 248 automobile races have taken place, with 137 separate drivers winning. After winning his fifth United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2006, Formula One driver Michael Schumacher holds the record for most victories between the three major events ( Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400 and the F1 USGP), with all taking place on the Forumula One version of the road course. A. J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears each won the Indianapolis 500 four times on the traditional oval, and Jeff Gordon has also won four times on the oval in the Brickyard 400. No driver to date has won any combination of the three major events, with only one driver, ( Juan Pablo Montoya), having competed in all three, winning the Indy 500, finishing fourth in the US Grand Prix, and placing second in the Brickyard 400. Johnny Aitken holds the record for total wins at the track, with 15 victories (all on the oval), during the 1909, 1910 and 1916 seasons. ( More...) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hi, in view of how long it takes for us to deliver new issues of the newsletter, I was thinking of submitting future issues to User:MessageDeliveryBot for automated delivery. What do you think?-- Midgrid (talk) 19:57, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
You support wolves, and are therefore a stupid yam yam. By the way leave that korena bloke alone and let me do that job. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevinandpeter4 ( talk • contribs) 16:05, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
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Article of the month –
2010 Ford 400
The 2010 Ford 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 21, 2010 at Homestead Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The 267 lap race was the thirty-sixth in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the final race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. The race was won by Carl Edwards for the Roush Fenway Racing team. Jimmie Johnson finished second, and Kevin Harvick clinched third. Pole position driver Kasey Kahne maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as Edwards, who started in the second position on the grid, remained behind him. On the fourth lap, Edwards became the leader of the race. Hamlin, the points leader, before the race, spun sideways early in the race, resulting with damage to his splitter. Afterward on lap 73, Martin Truex, Jr. became the leader, but after the final pit stops Edwards was first. He maintained the lead to win the race, after leading 192 laps. There were ten cautions and 25 lead changes among nine different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Edwards' second win in the 2010 season, with the other being only one week earlier during the Kobalt Tools 500. Jimmie Johnson won the Drivers' Championship, 39 points ahead of Denny Hamlin. Johnson's team owner, Rick Hendrick won the Owners' Championship, and Chevrolet won the Manufacturer Championship with 261 points, 44 points ahead of Toyota. A total of 67,000 people attended the race, while 5.605 million watched it on television. ( More...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject NASCAR at 00:03, 25 January 2011 (UTC).
Hi there! Commons can only accept Flickr images which are licensed under the Creative Commons licence, and only the "Attribution" and "Share Alike" subclauses within it (i.e. some images are licensed under CC but cannot be uploaded to the Commons because they have different clauses attached). You can filter these images by going to the advanced search page and, at the bottom of the options menu, ticking all three boxes in the Creative Commons subsection. (If you find an image, or set of images, you really like and which aren't available under the right licence, you can create a Flickr account and use it to ask people to change the licence, as I sometimes do.)-- Midgrid (talk) 00:46, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Yes! Not a record (cheeky!) but a fantastic win. I was the guy dancing round a very sleepy town with the Orient shirt on singing "4-0" for hours on Saturday. Not so much luck for the Wullufs, I see... there's still plenty of time to turn it around! Very tight league this year. Good luck in the Cup! Bretonbanquet ( talk) 10:02, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, CS-wolves.
I have noticed that you have replaced all of the HTML ndash coding in the main Florida Gators article. Our prior use of the HTML coding for ndashes in these articles' tables and text was not an accident; like most editors, my eyes cannot discern the differences between the ASCII characters for a hyphen, an endash or an mdash when editing code. It is my understanding that there is no preferred form of coding for ndashes, etc. (See WP:DASH) As a courtesy to myself and the other editors who have wrtten virtually all of these tables and text, I would be grateful if you would not make any further such changes to the Florida Gators articles so I can continue to work on them without going blind and batty. It is my understanding that changing coding for the sake of coding, when an article already has an established and uniform pattern, is frowned upon. Thank you for your understanding. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 16:17, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for pointing that out about Albers. I never really followed him because he had no business being in F1. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 06:23, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, you may want to comment on my post at [1]. Regards. Eldumpo ( talk) 11:53, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Since your familar with other types of motorsports, do you think our project should include how the season's races were televised? Such as what I have done at 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series? I'm starting to wonder once I seen some comments about it at WT:F1. Thanks. -- Nascar 1996 14:43, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cs-wolves. Just a quick note to say thanks for help with fixing the GPUpdate.net links. DH85868993 ( talk) 04:09, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
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I would say Brabham BT49 (new GA) for the selected article, and one of the two shots of the Monza starting grid for featured picture. It's been a bit of a thin month for free photos on Flickr! Oh, and I've bumped up Stefan Bellof to C class - good work, and I think it could reach GA standard with some more references. :) -- Midgrid (talk) 16:53, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cs-wolves, I created 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season by mistake when I was creating the 2011 article. Not sure if I should tag it for deletion or keep it. What do you think? BTW I think you live in Scotland, are you going to the Rally Scotland? Bjmullan ( talk) 20:33, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing my error. I realise now that I was mixing the no-points grid background for the second place grid background. Silly boy. :-) B. Fairbairn ( talk) 13:01, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
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Article of the month –
Brabham BT49, new
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![]() The Brabham BT49 (pronounced /ˈbræbəm/) is a Formula One racing car designed by South African Gordon Murray for the British Brabham team. The BT49 competed in the 1979 to 1982 Formula One World Championships and was used by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet to win his first World Championship in 1981. The car was initially designed in 1979 as a short notice replacement for the team's Alfa Romeo-engined BT48, after Brabham team owner Bernie Ecclestone decided to end his relationship with the Italian engine manufacturer. The BT49 was created in only six weeks using elements of the BT48 chassis together with the widely used Cosworth DFV engine. It is a single seater with an open cockpit and exposed wheels. The monocoque chassis is made from aluminium alloy and carbon fibre composites. The car was fitted with controversial hydropneumatic suspension and water-cooled brakes at different points in its life. The BT49 was updated over four seasons taking a total of seven wins, six poles and 135 points. Seventeen were eventually built, most of which survive today. Some are used successfully in historic motorsport; Christian Glaesel won the 2005 FIA Historic Formula One Championship driving a BT49D. ( More...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hi, saw your revert to 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, please warn vandal if you can; twinkle can help to add the warnings (or tell me I and I will do it, if around). That's the third vandalism by that editor, and never been warned (I have done it now for this latest piece User talk:79.108.9.152) - they earlier did this , which was much later corrected back. I know there's no guarantee that an IP is static, but that's the risk that IP users have to live with. P.S. I think you are doing a very good job with these motocycling pages, I see you quickly kill off all the non ref material and rumours. Ronhjones (Talk) 19:34, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
I've added one to 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season - it shows up when a user clicks "edit". It may prevent some unsourced data from being added. If you want the wording changed let me know (I "borrowed" this one from Eurovision Song Contest 2011). Ronhjones (Talk) 23:18, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Cs-wolves you really need to get out more :-) Well done! Bjmullan ( talk) 17:20, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Yes! Quite a common problem, what with teams being invented, drivers being invented, and now Arnoux's career being extended! Wonders will never cease. Bretonbanquet ( talk) 23:44, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Maybe not IP, but still crap. Another terrible idea from a common source. Let's hope common sense prevails and everyone knocks the idea on the head. A few of us spent weeks / months doing those tables. Make sure you have your say! Bretonbanquet ( talk) 17:20, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello, but I am on a strict schedule this week, and I want to aski you if you would finish the race results table on 2010 Bank of America 500. I still havn't finished the race summary, and todays Thursday. Tomorrow is when I need to start adding to the next article! If you would, here is the link. Thanks and happy editing: Nascar 1996 01:32, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, for the example that will help me a lot. Nascar 1996 18:18, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
What would you do? Nascar 1996 21:15, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Hahhaha doing fix at the same time for Brandon Maïsano :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Giagi ( talk • contribs) 14:55, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
I'm also waiting the final standings according to rules. Rules say drivers have to compete at least in 5 events (with Monza compulsory) to be awarded points and enter the final classification.
We have to create the new page for the new chapionship European + Italian, and related annual season one. I guess It's becoming an important series in the future. Giagi ( talk) 15:09, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
This is what Rules state (almost litterally translated):
Each driver, to enter the Final Standings of the Championship, must have competed (*) in five events (**), if not, panalty of not acquisition of the scores.
(*) Competed: having passed the scrutineering and then be verified. (**) In the five events must to be included the lastone. Giagi ( talk) 15:35, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
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Article of the month –
Alan Kulwicki, selected as a good article
Alan Dennis Kulwicki (December 14, 1954 – April 1, 1993), nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an American NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) racecar driver. He started racing at local short tracks in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car touring series. Kulwicki arrived at NASCAR, the highest and most expensive level of stock car racing in the United States, with no sponsor, a limited budget, and only a racecar and a borrowed pickup truck. Despite starting with meager equipment and finances, he earned the 1986 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award over drivers racing for well-funded teams. After Kulwicki won his first race at Phoenix International Raceway, he debuted what would become his trademark " Polish Victory Lap". Kulwicki won the 1992 Winston Cup championship by what was then the closest margin in NASCAR history. He died early in 1993 in a light aircraft accident, and was unable to defend his championship. He has been inducted into numerous racing halls of fame and was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers. Kulwicki was known for being a perfectionist and doing things his own way. An engineer by trade, his scientific approach to NASCAR racing inspires the way teams are now run. Despite lucrative offers from top car owners, he insisted on driving for his own race team, AK Racing, during most of his NASCAR career. Described by his publicist as "a real hard type of person to get to know", he remained a bachelor throughout his life. ( More...) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Article of the month –
2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, currently undergoing
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Can I just ask, is there any truth at all in these pages: 2011 Formula Four season and Formula Four, or should they definitely be deleted? Thanks. Officially Mr X ( talk) 18:01, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I was already told by moonriddengirl to use more complicated references but you caught the Hispania update which I did (I think). It was a fresh story and I wanted to upload it quickly. After that I had my breakfast and I forgot to put the reference in more detail My bad I'm sorry thanks for informing me. ( Wiki id2 (talk) 12:16, 6 November 2010 (UTC))
Hello bud, thanks for updating the SJFA Superleague tables and your other work tidying up the pages. Much appreciated. Sgt Elvan ( talk) 21:05, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
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Article of the month –
Auto Club Speedway, a recent good article
Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) is a two-mile (3 km), low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1997. The track was also used for open wheel racing events until 2005. The racetrack is located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway. The track is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and is the only track owned by ISC to have naming rights sold. The speedway is served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as a Metrolink station located behind the backstretch.Construction of the track, on the site of the former Kaiser Steel Mill, began in 1995 and was completed in late 1996. The speedway has a grandstand capacity of 91,200 and 28 skyboxes. In 2006, a fanzone was added behind the main grandstand. Lights were added to the speedway in 2004 with the addition of a second annual NASCAR weekend. In 2011 the track will host only one NASCAR weekend. ( More...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hi Cs-wolves. Do you know about WP:NOTBROKEN? Just thought it might save you some effort. Regards. DH85868993 ( talk) 01:33, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Michigan State, Ohio State and Wisconsin share the Big 10 title. Who should then go to the Rose Bowl?-- Nitsansh ( talk) 23:59, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
New headline for WP:F1 Newsletter: McLaren Autosport Award goes to driver without Wikipedia article! ;) It's my turn to do it, really - I'll take a break shortly to watch the BBC news, but I'll try to deliver all the copies before midnight.-- Midgrid (talk) 21:50, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
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Article of the month –
2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, current Featured Article candidate
![]() The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XXIII ING Magyar Nagydíj) was a Formula One motor race held on August 3, 2008, at Hungaroring in Mogyoród, near Budapest, Hungary. It was the 11th race of the 2008 Formula One season. Contested over 70 laps, the race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for the McLaren team, from a second position start. Timo Glock finished second in a Toyota car, with Kimi Räikkönen third in a Ferrari. It was Kovalainen's first Formula One victory, which made him the sport's 100th driver to win a World Championship race, and was Glock's first podium finish. The majority of the race was dominated by a duel between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari respectively. Hamilton started from pole position on the starting grid but was beaten at the first corner by Massa, who passed him around the outside. The two championship rivals began a battle for the lead that was resolved when Hamilton sustained a punctured tyre just over half-way through the race, giving Massa a comfortable lead. The Ferrari's engine, however, failed with three laps of the race remaining, allowing Kovalainen to win. Räikkönen set the race's fastest lap in the other Ferrari, but was hampered by a poor qualifying performance and was stuck behind Alonso and Glock in turn for almost all of the race. Robert Kubica, another championship contender, finished eighth after finding his BMW Sauber car to be uncompetitive at the Hungaroring. ( More...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hahahah!! I'll suggest it to them! The mighty Orient have given me many, many days and nights of worry and stress, but this one was a whole new level... Bretonbanquet ( talk) 23:20, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
I often forget how much worse you guys have it up there. Seven hours to get home is craziness, and walking five miles is no fun in the freezing cold and snow! But then I'm a soft southerner! I'm off to get some sleep - let's hope we get some footy over Christmas! Bretonbanquet ( talk) 00:33, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
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I am proud to announce that a file relating to NASCAR has been promoted to featured status, the first for our project. The nomination, which ened December 15, 2010, was nominated by Nascar1996 and received nine supports. This couldn't have been accomplished without our projects participants, so thank you and I hope you continue to improve the project. -- Nascar 1996 21:19, 16 December 2010 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Happy Holidays Everyone!
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Article of the month –
2010 Sylvania 300, a recent
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The 2010 Sylvania 300 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 19, 2010, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. The 300 lap race was the twenty-seventh in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the first race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Clint Bowyer, of the Richard Childress Racing team, won the race, with Denny Hamlin finishing second, and Jamie McMurray third. Pole position driver Brad Keselowski maintained his lead in the first lap, but in the second lap Tony Stewart pulled ahead. Chase for the Sprint Cup participants Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, and Hamlin were in the top ten for most of the race, but in the closing laps all of them suffered spins or other problems. Hamlin was the only one to recover and finish in the top five. With two laps remaining, Tony Stewart was leading the race when he ran out of fuel, giving the lead to Bowyer, who also led the most laps in the race with 176. There were eight cautions and twenty-three lead changes among eight different drivers during the race. The race was Clint Bowyer's first win in the 2010 season, and the third of his career. The result advanced Bowyer to second in the Drivers' Championship, thirty-five points behind Hamlin and ten ahead of Kevin Harvick, but because of a penalty three days after the race, he fell to twelfth in the standings. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty-two points ahead of Toyota and seventy-four ahead of Ford, with nine races remaining in the season. A total of 95,000 people attended the race, while 3.68 million watched it on television. ( More...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I'm going on holiday (to Glasgow, coincidentally enough!) with some friends to celebrate the New Year tomorrow, so I won't be able to deliver this month's newsletter. Hope you're having a good festive season,-- Midgrid (talk) 17:14, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
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Article of the month –
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, current
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![]() The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400. It has existed since 1909, and is the original Speedway, the first racing facility historically to incorporate the word. With a permanent seating capacity for more than 257,000 people and infield seating that raises capacity to approximately 400,000, it is the largest and highest-capacity sporting facility in the world. Considered relatively flat by American standards but high-banked by Europeans, the track is a two-and-a-half-mile, nearly rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its inception: four 1/4-mile turns, two 5/8-mile long straightaways between the fourth and first and second and third turns, and two 1/8-mile short straightaways, termed "short chutes," between the first and second, and third and fourth turns. A modern infield road course was constructed between 1998 and 2000, incorporating the western and southern portions of the oval (including the southwest turn) to create a 2.605-mile (4.192 km) track. In 2008, the road course was modified to replace the southwest turn with an additional infield section, for motorcycle use, resulting in a 2.621-mile (4.218 km) course. Altogether, the current grounds have expanded from an original 320 acres (1.3 km2) on which the Speedway was first built to cover over an area of over 559. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987, it currently remains the only such landmark to be affiliated with automotive racing history. In addition to the Indianapolis 500, the speedway also hosts NASCAR's Brickyard 400. From 2000 to 2007 the speedway also hosted the United States Grand Prix for Formula One. The inaugural USGP race drew an estimated 225,000 spectators, setting a Formula One attendance record. In 2008, the Speedway added the Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, a Grand Prix motorcycle racing event. Since August 19, 1909, 248 automobile races have taken place, with 137 separate drivers winning. After winning his fifth United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2006, Formula One driver Michael Schumacher holds the record for most victories between the three major events ( Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400 and the F1 USGP), with all taking place on the Forumula One version of the road course. A. J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears each won the Indianapolis 500 four times on the traditional oval, and Jeff Gordon has also won four times on the oval in the Brickyard 400. No driver to date has won any combination of the three major events, with only one driver, ( Juan Pablo Montoya), having competed in all three, winning the Indy 500, finishing fourth in the US Grand Prix, and placing second in the Brickyard 400. Johnny Aitken holds the record for total wins at the track, with 15 victories (all on the oval), during the 1909, 1910 and 1916 seasons. ( More...) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hi, in view of how long it takes for us to deliver new issues of the newsletter, I was thinking of submitting future issues to User:MessageDeliveryBot for automated delivery. What do you think?-- Midgrid (talk) 19:57, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
You support wolves, and are therefore a stupid yam yam. By the way leave that korena bloke alone and let me do that job. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevinandpeter4 ( talk • contribs) 16:05, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
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Article of the month –
2010 Ford 400
The 2010 Ford 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 21, 2010 at Homestead Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The 267 lap race was the thirty-sixth in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the final race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. The race was won by Carl Edwards for the Roush Fenway Racing team. Jimmie Johnson finished second, and Kevin Harvick clinched third. Pole position driver Kasey Kahne maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as Edwards, who started in the second position on the grid, remained behind him. On the fourth lap, Edwards became the leader of the race. Hamlin, the points leader, before the race, spun sideways early in the race, resulting with damage to his splitter. Afterward on lap 73, Martin Truex, Jr. became the leader, but after the final pit stops Edwards was first. He maintained the lead to win the race, after leading 192 laps. There were ten cautions and 25 lead changes among nine different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Edwards' second win in the 2010 season, with the other being only one week earlier during the Kobalt Tools 500. Jimmie Johnson won the Drivers' Championship, 39 points ahead of Denny Hamlin. Johnson's team owner, Rick Hendrick won the Owners' Championship, and Chevrolet won the Manufacturer Championship with 261 points, 44 points ahead of Toyota. A total of 67,000 people attended the race, while 5.605 million watched it on television. ( More...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yes! Not a record (cheeky!) but a fantastic win. I was the guy dancing round a very sleepy town with the Orient shirt on singing "4-0" for hours on Saturday. Not so much luck for the Wullufs, I see... there's still plenty of time to turn it around! Very tight league this year. Good luck in the Cup! Bretonbanquet ( talk) 10:02, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, CS-wolves.
I have noticed that you have replaced all of the HTML ndash coding in the main Florida Gators article. Our prior use of the HTML coding for ndashes in these articles' tables and text was not an accident; like most editors, my eyes cannot discern the differences between the ASCII characters for a hyphen, an endash or an mdash when editing code. It is my understanding that there is no preferred form of coding for ndashes, etc. (See WP:DASH) As a courtesy to myself and the other editors who have wrtten virtually all of these tables and text, I would be grateful if you would not make any further such changes to the Florida Gators articles so I can continue to work on them without going blind and batty. It is my understanding that changing coding for the sake of coding, when an article already has an established and uniform pattern, is frowned upon. Thank you for your understanding. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 16:17, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for pointing that out about Albers. I never really followed him because he had no business being in F1. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 06:23, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, you may want to comment on my post at [1]. Regards. Eldumpo ( talk) 11:53, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Since your familar with other types of motorsports, do you think our project should include how the season's races were televised? Such as what I have done at 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series? I'm starting to wonder once I seen some comments about it at WT:F1. Thanks. -- Nascar 1996 14:43, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Cs-wolves. Just a quick note to say thanks for help with fixing the GPUpdate.net links. DH85868993 ( talk) 04:09, 30 January 2011 (UTC)