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PErsonally, since there's no other race named the Coca-Cola 200 currently on the NASCAR schedule, I think we should get rid of the old page that leads to the Nationwide Series page (I forget which one it leads to). Basically I was wondering if we could just have the Coca-Cola 200 (NCWTS) just say "Coca-Cola 200". Gaeaman787 ( talk) 04:33, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

No, because there was a different race at one time. Its better to make it a redirect. -- Nascar1996^{( Talk • Contribs)} 05:15, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

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Why is there a race on the Truck Series former races that says the Atlanta 200 which was known as the EZ-GO 200? Wayne Slam 19:35, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Is it a discontinued race? -- Nascar1996^{( Talk • Contribs)} 19:47, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

It is put there. The same article has been mentioned as a former race and a current race. The Atlanta race this is year not brand new. There is no reference that says it's an inaugural race. Wayne Slam 19:49, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

They are two separate races from what they say. One is the spring race, and one was the fall race. -- Nascar1996^{( Talk • Contribs)} 19:52, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

But why are there two former Atlanta races if the Trucks still go to Atlanta? Wayne Slam 20:52, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

I removed the Atlanta 200 from the previous races template. It seems that the reason, the other Atlanta article has the sponsor name is because the current race on the schedule does not have a sponsor.

Thanks. Wayne Slam 21:31, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

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-- Kumioko ( talk) 13:03, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Shouldn't there be a section about what has Travis Pastrana done in NASCAR on his page? Wayne Slam 22:37, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

There should be, but he hasn't made his Nationwide Series debut yet has he? -- Nascar1996^{( Talk • Contribs)} 02:43, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

He will make his debut at Indianapolis this upcoming weekend. Wayne Slam 21:34, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

I would wait until after the race then before you state anything. -- Nascar1996^{( Talk • Contribs)} 22:02, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Okay. Wayne Slam 22:12, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

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Article of the month – 2011 Daytona 500, a new Good Article The 2011 Daytona 500, the 53rd running of the event, was held on February 20, 2011 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida over 200 laps on the 2.5 mile (4 km) asphalt tri-oval. First race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season, it was won by the Wood Brothers Racing team entrant Trevor Bayne who became the youngest winner of the race. Carl Edwards was second ahead of David Gilliland. Pole position driver Kurt Busch led from the start ahead of Jeff Gordon who started second on the grid. The crowd stood in silence during lap 3 to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Dale Earnhardt. On lap 30 a multiple accident occurred involving 17 drivers. On lap 197 the fifteenth caution was flagged causing a green-white-checker finish. David Ragan was leading at the time but was black flagged for moving into the lower lane before the finish line. Immediately after the restart, a sixteenth caution was given. Bayne took the lead on the lap 206 restart and maintained it to win his first NASCAR race and Wood Brothers' fifth Daytona 500. There were 16 cautions and 74 lead changes among 22 different drivers throughout. Following the race, Edwards led the Drivers' Championship with 42 points, one ahead of Gilliland and Bobby Labonte. Ford led the Manufacturer Championship with nine points, three ahead of Toyota and five ahead of Dodge. A total of 182,000 people attended the race, while 15.6 million watched it on television. ( More...)
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Could you please expand the following articles: 2011 Samsung Mobile 500 and 2011 Aaron's 499? Wayne Slam 00:11, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

If I have time. I hopefully will feel like expanding the Brickyard 400 like the Daytona 500. Nascar1996^{( Talk • Contribs)} 00:24, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

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Could you assess Talk:Travis Pastrana on the WP:NASCAR one? Wayne Slam 02:54, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

With the Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series not going to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis and Nashville Superspeedway anymore, should I move the Truck and Nationwide events to the Former section on the Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis and the Current races section or wait until the NASCAR season is finished? Wayne Slam 00:40, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

We don't normally merge the articles together. I would keep them as their own separate articles. -- Nascar1996^{( Talk • Contribs)} 01:48, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm not talking about move as in merging, I'm talking about move as putting it in another section. Wayne Slam 01:07, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

I still dislike the idea. -- Nascar1996^{( Talk • Contribs)} 01:39, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

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-- Kumioko ( talk) 02:46, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Some drivers who have raced for more than 10 seasons are getting extremely long "Cup Series career" sections. Should we make a new Article and separate the complete race by race commentary into another article like split Jeff Gordon into Jeff Gordon Cup Series career?-- intelati ^talk 20:25, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Good question; I'm not really for or against it. It may help you to ask Royalbroil since he is another major editor to WP:NASCAR. The only driver who had a super-long career was Richard Petty, and he doesn't have a separate article. -- Nascar1996^{( Talk • Contribs)} 21:19, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

If I (we) Do split the article, what should we put on the main driver page? The season stats for each year? A brief plot of the season..., and how should we start the new article, Something like "Jeff Gordon has won the Sprint cup four times. After 19 seasons he has 85 wins..."-- intelati ^talk 21:36, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

On the main driver's article, I would just put a short summary, maybe 3-4 paragraphs. On the sub-page, I would probably have the years broke down in to five years per section, then for the introduction have a a summary of the entire subpage. One good introduction would be when he started his career, then you could go into more detail. -- Nascar1996^{( Talk • Contribs)} 00:46, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

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Just a question, but other sites have the co-primary sponsored drivers listed with slashes instead of commas. Like Mobil 1/Office Depot. So is it a wikipedia thing that we're doing commas? Gaeaman787 ( talk) 10:48, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

I just read WP:SLASH, and it states, An unspaced slash may be used: where a slash occurs in a phrase widely used outside Wikipedia, and a different construction would be inaccurate, unfamiliar, or ambiguous. So maybe I should revert the changes. -- Nascar1996^{( Talk • Contribs)} 16:23, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

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WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2011 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help 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 articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA Total GA 3 5 13 2 23 B 31 57 53 11 152 C 20 37 38 14 109 Start 26 117 332 251 726 Stub 17 53 299 597 966 List 10 46 2 58 Category 1 2 4 11 122 140 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 9 9 Redirect 2 86 88 Template 2 15 8 4 41 70 NA 1 1 Assessed 101 300 796 893 277 2,367 Total 101 300 796 893 277 2,367
Picture of the Month	Article Developments Current Good Article Nominees: 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 New articles: Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II 2011 Sylvania 300 2011 AAA 400 2011 Tums Fast Relief 500 Fuel injection in NASCAR 2011 WinStar World Casino 350K 1977 Southern 500 1975 Champion Spark Plug 400 1969 World 600 1966 Southern 500 Van Van Wey LASTCAR Lou Viglione Fred Elder Richard Giachetti Margo Hamm Chase Elliott T.J. Duke Don Duckworth Dakoda Armstrong Timmy Hill Blake Koch See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2010 Ford 400, a Good Article 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 of the race. Edwards started in the second position on the grid, and became the leader of the race on the fourth lap. Shortly after a restart on lap 22, championship leader Denny Hamlin spun sideways, resulting with damage to his splitter. Martin Truex, Jr. took the lead on lap 73, but after the final pit stops Edwards was first. He maintained the lead to win the race, having led it for 192 laps. A total of 67,000 people attended the race, while 5.605 million watched it on television. There were ten cautions in the race, as well as twenty-five lead changes among nine different drivers. Edwards' victory was his second win in the 2010 season, with the first coming the previous week at 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. Chevrolet won the Manufacturer Championship with 261 points, 44 points ahead of Toyota. ( Read more...)
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The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 2 · No. 6 –November 26, 2011 – December 25, 2011 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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WikiProject News New members: Bowlnmike ( talk · contribs) - December 1, 2011 How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2011 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens Assess : See all here Cleanup : Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr. Copyedit : NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin Expand : Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500 Maintain : 2024 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2024 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Update : 2025 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2025 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2025 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help 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 articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA Total GA 3 5 14 2 24 B 31 57 52 11 151 C 21 37 39 14 111 Start 25 117 337 252 731 Stub 17 53 298 598 966 List 10 46 2 58 Category 1 2 4 11 122 140 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 86 88 Template 2 15 8 4 41 70 NA 1 1 Assessed 101 300 801 895 278 2,375 Total 101 300 801 895 278 2,375
Picture of the Month	Article Developments New Good Articles: 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 New articles: 2012 NASCAR Corona Series season 2012 Daytona 500 1971 Nashville 420 Max Gresham 1966 Buddy Shuman 250 Claire B. Lang 2012 Budweiser Shootout 2012 Gatorade Duels Don Williams (NASCAR) See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500, a newly promoted Good Article The 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on February 27, 2011 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps, it was the second race of the 2011 season and was won by Jeff Gordon for Hendrick Motorsports from Kyle Busch in second and Jimmie Johnson third. Carl Edwards led the first lap from pole position ahead of Kurt Busch who started second on the grid. The race was caution free until lap 29 (debris), and then 48 laps later a multiple crash occurred involving 13 drivers. Later there were several lead changes, and another four cautions. With nine laps remaining, Gordon took the lead from Kyle Busch to win his first race of the season, his first in more than 60 races. There were eight cautions and 29 lead changes among 12 different drivers during the race. Gordon's win moved him to sixth position in the drivers' championship, 15 points behind leader Kyle Busch and one ahead of Bobby Labonte in seventh. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Toyota, Ford and Chevrolet had 12 points, four ahead of Dodge. A total of 75,000 people attended the race, and 10.36 million watched it on television. ( Read more...)
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