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Not sure if this is the correct place, but have noticed that articles on Australian races seem to include the sponsor's name. 2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, 2013 Wilson Security Sandown 500 etc. Looking at articles for similar events 2013 British Grand Prix, 2013 Grand National, 2013 Kentucky Derby etc they seem to omit any references to sponsors in the article names.
Given that the title sponsors do turn over, is there a reason why the Australian articles have adopted a different naming convention? V7867 ( talk) 05:16, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
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FYI, Category:Pseudonymous sportspeople had been nominated for deletion. You are welcome to express any views you may have on the matter at the deletion discussion. (I thought this category may be of interest to members of the project as numerous racing drivers fall into the category). DH85868993 ( talk) 00:35, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
Dear racing enthusiasts: Here's an old draft that was never submitted at Afc to be added to the encyclopedia. Now it's about to be deleted as a stale draft. Is this a notable person, and should the article be kept? — Anne Delong ( talk) 22:57, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been nominated for deletion. You may wish to comment at the deletion discussion. -- Falcadore ( talk) 15:58, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
OK, you may remember that a while ago, I suggested we overhaul the
Template:Infobox racing driver, because it is quite sloppy and outdated when it comes to the formatting on "previous series", "championships" and "awards" (you have to separate everything with
tags). Well, I've finally decided to do an updated version, which is currently userfied at
User:Lukeno94/Template:Infobox racing driver v2 - it gives us the ability to separate out 40 different racing series, 20 championship titles and 20 awards as it stands, in a manner similar to what the
Template:Infobox football biography uses. Now, I'm a complete novice at this sort of thing, so I would appreciate any constructive comments here. I hope that we can adopt something at least similar to this template, and move on past our current one, which hasn't been majorly updated since 2011, whilst still using the same very basic format that it did back in 2007. I've also written an updated documentation page for my proposed template.
Lukeno94
(tell Luke off here) 00:08, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
There is a bit of a minor dispute brewing at 2014 GP2 Series season and 2014 GP3 Series season over the use of the centre alignment of the numbers column in the teams and drivers table. Looking through other motorsport season articles, the majority of recent ones have it, but older articles do not. It is also inconsistent from category to category; GP2 and GP3 do not do it, but WRC and V8 Supercars do. The primary argument against it on the GP2 and GP3 Series articles seems to be that other articles do not do it, and that it makes the coding too complex.
Is there some kind of consensus on this? I feel that there should be. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 01:37, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
I have nominated the new article March 92S for deletion. This article to me shows a troubling shift in what is considered notable. It's well established that we have articles on racing cars that never raced, however this article goes a step further in that the March 92S never existed in a physical form. It was merely a design and plan that went under with March when they went bankrupt. Now, cars that were built and never raced were also plans that never came to fruition, but how far can we take this? History has the USF1 Type-1 being merged into the US F1 Team article after that plan was never completed, despite that design actually progressing further in that (a) car part was built and tested. Now, granted, notability could possibly be established for some major projects that failed, but certainly simply being a plan for a major league car from a major league developer does not equate to notability. The359 ( Talk) 05:52, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Thai Grand Prix has been nominated for deletion; is there a non-F1 GP? -- 70.50.151.11 ( talk) 04:25, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
For a long long time the title and usage of the team name Oreca has been as such, despite the name being written in numerous places as ORECA. It's well known for manufacturers and teams to capitalize their titles for promotional purposes (see a lot of Japanese motorsports). The team name is however in fact an acronym (Organisation Exploitation Compétition Automobiles), something I myself did not realize until recently. So the question is, should our usage of the team name be changed to ORECA, or is the use of Oreca fine? I realize this will require a ton of changes, but it's been bugging me a bit as I see ORECA used more and more. The359 ( Talk) 21:39, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
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There has been a long debate at Talk:2014 Formula One season on wether or not to remove the official race titles from the season calendar on the Formula one season articles. We would appreciate further input so that we might come to a speedy conclusion. Thanks, Tvx1 ( talk) 13:06, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Dear motorsport experts: Here's an old Afc submission that is related to this project. Is this a notable topic, or should it be deleted as a stale draft? — Anne Delong ( talk) 20:55, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
I was wondering if users were allowed to create a new Motorsports WikiProject that isn't listed? I was interested in seeing one specifically for Dirt Motorsports but don't see any of the projects here that relates to dirt track racing. I'd like to create articles about dirt modifieds, dirt sportsman, sprint cars, etc and tracks and topics associate with that form of racing and try to get others involved to expand the articles and subjects relating to dirt track racing.
Just wondering anyone's thoughts on this.
Thanks for any info.
Jeff Lambert ( talk) 18:56, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
True...I guess if it were more popular then there would already be a project relating to dirt track racing. I will keep writing and updating existing pages and see if the popularity grows. Hopefully some people who might be interest begin with their own edits and contributions.
Thanks guys.
Jeff Lambert ( talk) 21:40, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
Am I right in thinking that the FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship is the continuation of the Historic Formula One Championship (as suggested by this webpage)? If so, then I think the two articles should be merged. DH85868993 ( talk) 10:15, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear motorsport fans: Here's another one of those old Afc submissions that will soon be deleted as a stale draft. If anyone here thinks that this is a notable topic and wants to work on it, now would be the time. — Anne Delong ( talk) 22:06, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
This article was promoted to FA in 2007 when standards were considerably looser than they are now. It is due to run as TFA on 11 June. There is a need for more citations, especially in the 1974–77: Shadow section. Can any of you help? It would be good to have this looking its best before it appears on the front page. -- John ( talk) 15:17, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
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The use of flags in sport articles is being discussed again at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Icons#Proposed_change_to_MOSFLAG_for_sport_articles, in case anyone is interested. DH85868993 ( talk) 09:37, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear racing fans: This is a new submission at Afc. Is this fellow a notable driver? — Anne Delong ( talk) 04:26, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello motor sport experts! Here's a page that has just been submitted at Afc. It may be of interest to the editors here. — Anne Delong ( talk) 12:10, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
I invite interested editors to comment at Wikipedia talk:Typo Team#"sportscar" v "sports car" -- John of Reading ( talk) 07:25, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
Category:South American racing series templates has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. DH85868993 ( talk) 10:07, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
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Can someone confirm the correct use of the "first year" field in {{ Infobox racing driver}}? My understanding was that the field should be populated with just the first year in which the driver competed in their current series. However, recently I've noticed numerous articles where the field is populated by the year, followed by a dash - see Rio Haryanto as an example. I wanted to check that my understanding was correct before updating any articles. Thanks. DH85868993 ( talk) 10:20, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
Does Liam Dwyer, a soldier and current CTSCC driver, seem notable enough for creation? I currently have the article written at User:ZappaOMati/Liam Dwyer. Zappa 24 Mati 04:11, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
I have had an admittedly radical idea in that we should possibly create an Off-Road Racing WikiProject. I know that this has been debated before but it could see decent use as a lot of articles that would fall under that banner (namely Rallycross and its' spin-offs) need a clean up. Holdenman05 ( talk) 23:15, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
On the talk page of the 2015 Formula One season I have requested for a vote on the creation of the 2016 Formula One season. At the moment this cannot be created as some overexcited Wikipedian has made it one too many times. Once we reach a majority conclusion further action can be taken if necessary. Please submit your vote ASAP. Thanks. Holdenman05 ( talk) 07:18, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Dear motorsport enthusiasts: This race car designer and driver has been deemed notable by the editors here. I have been fixing up this draft, but as a musician I am out of my depth. Many of the references are not on line and I don't have access to them to place the citations. Also, I don't understand the terminology being used in the mechanical descriptions, so I can't rephrase them for more general reading, and I can't tell which details may be excessive. The references that I have been able to check were okay, so I placed citations, I hope appropriately. Would someone like to take a crack at improving it? — Anne Delong ( talk) 14:06, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
There is an AFD for this article. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Link ElectroSystems. The company is an NZ company that makes a form of engine management system. Is it notable or not? NealeFamily ( talk) 03:53, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
Dear motorsport experts: This old AfC submission will soon be deleted as a stale draft. I'm not sure if this is a notable topic, and even so it will take some TLC to make it into an article. Any opinions? — Anne Delong ( talk) 00:17, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
Dear racing experts: Here's another of those old abandoned AfC submissions . I have tried to add some citations, but I really don't know which sites are reliable in this field. Is this a notable driver, and should the draft be improved and added to the encyclopedia? — Anne Delong ( talk) 19:02, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
Hello, motor sport experts. This old AfC submission seems to be about a notable driver. Is it ready for mainspace? I've been de-fluffing it. — Anne Delong ( talk) 17:36, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
There's a discussion in progress at WP:Australian Motorsport regarding the naming of ATCC/V8 Supercar event articles. The discussion has been in progress for 10 days and so far only two us have participated (and we have opposing views), so we'd like some input from other editors. If you feel you could contribute to the discussion, please do so at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian motorsport#Naming of ATCC/V8SC Event Articles. Thanks. DH85868993 ( talk) 05:35, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
There is an editor - User:Therock9998 - who is causing ongoing disruption to a group of articles and I am at a loss with how to deal with him as he completely ignores all attempts to communicate with him, and continues to edit his version back into articles. And because he does not know how to table edit, and ignores offers of assistance, the results look hideous, like this. I am asking for help with this issue, either as a new voice to talk to this editor or for recomendations how to progress. -- Falcadore ( talk) 01:42, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi WikiProject Motorsport. The wiki markup used to produce the background colour in most motorsport results tables (bgcolor="#XXXXXX") is no longer valid HTML and as a result doesn't work properly on mobile devices (no background colour is displayed). There is a proposal at WikiProject Formula One to get a bot to update the markup for all the articles within that WikiProject's scope. I'm letting this project know (a) so that you won't be surprised/confused if you suddenly see lots of articles being updated and are wondering why and (b) just in case you know of a reason why this would be a bad idea. The discussion is at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Formula One#Bot request. Thanks. DH85868993 ( talk) 10:21, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
As the FE championship is due to begin on this Saturday, I think we have left it a little late to create a WikiProject for this new series. Still, better late than never - BTW I have already started the 2014 Beijing ePrix article, but it uses an F1 Grand Prix infobox, which isn't ideal as in the box it is titled 2014 Beijing Grand Prix. Who is with me here? Holdenman05 ( talk) 09:29, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I am very unfamiliar with your Project's notability guidelines, but, for some reason, a few of the most commonly red-linked articles on the most recent (actually not so recent - it's from December 2013) listing of the "most wanted" articles on Wikipedia are race car drivers, motorcycle racers, and rally co-drivers (navigators?). Could someone from this Project (or one of it's sub-Projects) have a look at some of these names to see if these articles really need to be on Wikipedia? Thank you in advance. Guy1890 ( talk) 05:47, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Joseph DeLuca (racing driver) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. DeLuca is listed as having raced with the NNJR group in the Sports Car Club of America and may be important to that group.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph DeLuca (racing driver) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Your input is welcomed and you are encouraged to join the conversation. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Taram ( talk) 20:13, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
Dear motorsport experts: Here is yet another old abandoned draft about a racer. Is this a notable driver? If so, I am willing to do some cleanup for NPOV. — Anne Delong ( talk) 04:09, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
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Dear Motorsport experts: This old draft was never submitted to be included in the encyclopedia. Is this a notable driver, or should to page be deleted as a stale draft? — Anne Delong ( talk) 21:22, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
Bit concerned about the editorial behavior of User:Neiltipton who has been deleting a bunch of links and replacing them with links to just one website and does not seem to be concerned with making any content edits. Bit of spamming going on. Have a look at this -- Falcadore ( talk) 14:12, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
Dear motorsport experts: Is this old AfC submission about a notable topic? Should the page be kept and improved instead of being deleted as a stale draft? — Anne Delong ( talk) 18:45, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
An editor has proposed some changes to Template:Infobox racing car. The discussion is at Template talk:Infobox racing car#Non-F1 fields. DH85868993 ( talk) 23:33, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Legend racing deaths is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article focuses on legendary drivers who died while racing.
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I don't know if anybody else has come accross this publication, but I found the official FIM 2014 yearbook, available for download here to be a document full of interesting information in regards to motorcycle racing, with all official results from 2013 and official European and World Champions lists going back to 1924 in it. Thought I might share this resource with you. Calistemon ( talk) 07:47, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Historically Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore vehicles in Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar articles have been added in the Manufacturer / Generational identifier / Model format, e.g. Ford EB Falcon, as this was how the articles were named.
More recently a consensus was reached to bring these in line the international standard for article names, with all articles renamed, Ford Falcon (EB) etc.
Where an issue remains, is in articles such as Playscape Racing where different formats are used with Ford Sierra RS500 and Ford EB Falcon. Likewise in 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship we have Toyota Sprinter AE86 and Ford EB Falcon. One way or the other, a consistent format should be adopted. I believe there is agreement that the parentheses, are surplus.
In the real world, 3 formats are used interchangeably, [3] [4] [5] but as official bodies V8 Supercars [6] [7] and the Confederation of Australian Motorsport, [8] as well as sites such as Autosport, [9] Natsoft, [10] Speedcafe [11] and Touring Car Times [12] have all adopted the Manufacturer / Model / Generational identifier format, it is proposed Wiki do likewise. V7867 ( talk) 17:38, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
Note: At this point, User:V7867 hatted the discussion with the summary "The consensus reached after 7-day consultation period was: adopt Manufacturer / Model / Generational identifier format." User:Falcadore removed the hat. User:DH85868993 did some tidying up (including adding this note). DH85868993 ( talk) 03:33, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Firstly - you are not an admin so closing a consensus is not within your purview, and secondly, if you were, there needs to be an actual consensus formed. This is categorically not a consensus when only three edittors are involved. I know you are an inexperienced edittor, but understanding what you are doing should be compulsory before performing actions like this. -- Falcadore ( talk) 02:45, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
With only three editors contributing at this point - the only possible close would be one of 'no consensus to change and thus standards revert to what they have been for the last 10 years plus. It should be born in mind you are trying to establish a consensus to change from the previous standard eg Ford EF Falcon to your prefered new version; Ford Falcon EF. -- Falcadore ( talk) 03:16, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
I noticed the recent creation of Driver career-ending crashes, which may be of interest to project members. DH85868993 ( talk) 21:48, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
This is a notice about Category:Motorsport articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock ( talk) 19:45, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
I just finished expanding the article and just realized that he may fall into this project as well. Weissenberger was killed at the Nürburgring in 1950 during the 15th Eifelrennen. I hope someone here has more details on his racing career. Cheers MisterBee1966 ( talk) 15:32, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
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Harej ( talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
FYI, I've started a discussion at Template_talk:Infobox_racing_driver#Current_series_year regarding the automatic prepending of the current year to the "current series" heading. DH85868993 ( talk) 05:08, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Panoz PZ09 -- Gaff ( talk) 07:07, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Lukeno94 has nominated for deletion a large number of photos of race cars in the Museum Sinsheim, because apparently the cars are fake. Can you check the cars and determine if they are authentic or replicas? Thanks! -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 15:09, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
I think that it's unnecessary to add a table to an article, if a driver competed just one event/round. Even if a series enough notable (GP2, DTM, Formula E, FIA WEC, etc). It can be covered just in text. For example: Nick Heidfeld's participations in Porsche Supercup and V8 Supercar. We can just write:
===Touring car racing===
In
2012, Heidfeld competed in the
Porsche Supercup round at
Hockenheim, finishing tenth. Also in this year, he took part in the
Gold Coast 600 event of the
V8 Supercar, retiring in the first race of the weekend and finishing thirteenth in the second race.
Cybervoron (
talk) 19:59, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
I have proposed a slight change over at Template talk:F1 driver results legend 2#Did not participate. Having seen that the last activity on the talk page there was in 2012, and that this was previously attempted at WP:F1, which garnered one entire reply which was niether for nor against the proposed change, I have reached out to you here for your comments and opinions, which would be greatly welcome. Thanks. Twirlypen ( talk) 02:42, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
Working on an article for the (very funky) Nissan GT-R LM Nismo, and it comes to my attention that attempting to describe a car with one gasoline motor, two flywheels, and technically three gearboxes with our current infobox is difficult. I notice that someone has added additional fields to the infobox for the Spark-Renault SRT 01E to describe batteries and electrical motors, but there appears to be no way to adequately describe other hybrid systems that do not rely solely on batteries or electrical motors. We now have two World Championships utilizing hybrid technology, I think we need to sit down and think about how to describe these, especially as they come in a variety of ways (batteries, flywheels, supercapacitors, heat exchangers, etc.). "Engine" also seems to now be antiquated in describing a car as the "ICE" terminology has now taken over.
I'd also add that, although someone did add parameters for electrical systems to the template, there is currently nothing in the description on Template:Racing car to describe their function or that they even exist as parameters. The359 ( Talk) 21:23, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
Prisonermonkeys started a discussion about a very important change in the colour scheme of the background colours in the tables. This change will affect not only F1 articles, but all motorsport articles. Please, join this discussion here. Cybervoron ( talk) 04:23, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
What does carbon fiber mean? We are discussing the primary topic at talk:carbon (fiber). As carbon fiber is a common racer material, I thought I'd let you know. -- 65.94.43.89 ( talk) 05:03, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
It has been proposed that Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile be moved to FIA. You are welcome to express any views you may have on the matter at Talk:Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile#Requested move 28 March 2015. DH85868993 ( talk) 19:49, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Dear motorsport enthusiasts: Here's an old AfC submission that will soon be deleted as a stale draft. Is this a notable racer? — Anne Delong ( talk) 01:57, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2016 International V8 Supercars Championship has been listed at AFD for you comment. -- Falcadore ( talk) 15:59, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
What do you think about adding track maps and manafacturers' stats to the article? Cybervoron ( talk) 06:48, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
I've just come across Category:JK Tyre National Level Racing Championship Drivers, because it's listed at Wikipedia:Database reports/Self-categorized categories. Therefore, it needs to be taken out of itself, and put into one or more suitable parent cats - but I really don't know what to put it under. -- Redrose64 ( talk) 14:17, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
Mercedes-Benz CLR has been listed on WP:FAC for about a month now with no responses, so I'm trying to get some eyes on it. I had posted the previous peer review on the sports car WikiProject, but again without any input, so I've expanded it to here. The359 ( Talk) 20:59, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
There's an article up for deletion with doubts over notability – Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Keir Millar. Tragic case, but try to be objective. Cheers, Bretonbanquet ( talk) 19:57, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
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If I could bring attention to a matter underdiscussion involving several 2015 Indycar articles which feature some usage of colored in cells in tables, for example, 2015 Firestone 600. Any opinions on the matter would be welcomed. -- Falcadore ( talk) 04:09, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
FYI, 2017 Formula One season has been nominated for deletion. The deletion discussion is here. T v x1 21:14, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
Bit of an odd question, but how are track lengths measured? I don't mean in regards to tape measures, but what route do they take? Do they take the racing line, the inside edge, or measure both inside and outside and take the average? - mattbuck ( Talk) 19:29, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
Track | CART/CCWS | IRL/ICS | NASCAR |
---|---|---|---|
Auto Club Speedway | 2.029 miles (3.265 km) | 2.000 miles (3.219 km) | 2.000 miles (3.219 km) |
Twin Ring Motegi | 1.549 miles (2.493 km) | 1.52 miles (2.45 km) | 1.549 miles (2.493 km) (*exhibition event in 1998) |
Las Vegas Motor Speedway | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) | 1.544 miles (2.485 km) | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) |
Kansas Speedway | - | 1.52 miles (2.45 km) | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) |
Chicagoland Speedway | - | 1.52 miles (2.45 km) | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) |
Homestead-Miami Speedway | 1.502 miles (2.417 km) | 1.485 miles (2.390 km) | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) |
Texas Motor Speedway | 1.482 miles (2.385 km) | 1.455 miles (2.342 km) | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) |
Kentucky Speedway | - | 1.480 miles (2.382 km) | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) |
Nashville Superspeedway | - | 1.30 miles (2.09 km) | 1.333 miles (2.145 km) |
Gateway International Raceway | 1.27 miles (2.04 km) | 1.25 miles (2.01 km) | 1.25 miles (2.01 km) |
New Hampshire Motor Speedway | 1.00 mile (1.61 km) | 1.025 miles (1.650 km) | 1.058 miles (1.703 km) |
The Milwaukee Mile | 1.032 miles (1.661 km) | 1.015 miles (1.633 km) | 1.000 mile (1.609 km) |
Nazareth Speedway | 0.946 miles (1.522 km) | 0.935 miles (1.505 km) | 1.000 mile (1.609 km) |
Iowa Speedway | - | 0.894 miles (1.439 km) | 0.875 miles (1.408 km) |
IIRC, the FIA measures tracks in meters. -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 22:12, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
The naming of Jacques Villeneuve (the uncle) is under discussion, see Talk:Jacques Villeneuve (elder) -- 67.70.32.190 ( talk) 04:58, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 10 | ← | Archive 13 | Archive 14 | Archive 15 | Archive 16 | Archive 17 | → | Archive 20 |
Not sure if this is the correct place, but have noticed that articles on Australian races seem to include the sponsor's name. 2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, 2013 Wilson Security Sandown 500 etc. Looking at articles for similar events 2013 British Grand Prix, 2013 Grand National, 2013 Kentucky Derby etc they seem to omit any references to sponsors in the article names.
Given that the title sponsors do turn over, is there a reason why the Australian articles have adopted a different naming convention? V7867 ( talk) 05:16, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
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FYI, Category:Pseudonymous sportspeople had been nominated for deletion. You are welcome to express any views you may have on the matter at the deletion discussion. (I thought this category may be of interest to members of the project as numerous racing drivers fall into the category). DH85868993 ( talk) 00:35, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
Dear racing enthusiasts: Here's an old draft that was never submitted at Afc to be added to the encyclopedia. Now it's about to be deleted as a stale draft. Is this a notable person, and should the article be kept? — Anne Delong ( talk) 22:57, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been nominated for deletion. You may wish to comment at the deletion discussion. -- Falcadore ( talk) 15:58, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
OK, you may remember that a while ago, I suggested we overhaul the
Template:Infobox racing driver, because it is quite sloppy and outdated when it comes to the formatting on "previous series", "championships" and "awards" (you have to separate everything with
tags). Well, I've finally decided to do an updated version, which is currently userfied at
User:Lukeno94/Template:Infobox racing driver v2 - it gives us the ability to separate out 40 different racing series, 20 championship titles and 20 awards as it stands, in a manner similar to what the
Template:Infobox football biography uses. Now, I'm a complete novice at this sort of thing, so I would appreciate any constructive comments here. I hope that we can adopt something at least similar to this template, and move on past our current one, which hasn't been majorly updated since 2011, whilst still using the same very basic format that it did back in 2007. I've also written an updated documentation page for my proposed template.
Lukeno94
(tell Luke off here) 00:08, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
There is a bit of a minor dispute brewing at 2014 GP2 Series season and 2014 GP3 Series season over the use of the centre alignment of the numbers column in the teams and drivers table. Looking through other motorsport season articles, the majority of recent ones have it, but older articles do not. It is also inconsistent from category to category; GP2 and GP3 do not do it, but WRC and V8 Supercars do. The primary argument against it on the GP2 and GP3 Series articles seems to be that other articles do not do it, and that it makes the coding too complex.
Is there some kind of consensus on this? I feel that there should be. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 01:37, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
I have nominated the new article March 92S for deletion. This article to me shows a troubling shift in what is considered notable. It's well established that we have articles on racing cars that never raced, however this article goes a step further in that the March 92S never existed in a physical form. It was merely a design and plan that went under with March when they went bankrupt. Now, cars that were built and never raced were also plans that never came to fruition, but how far can we take this? History has the USF1 Type-1 being merged into the US F1 Team article after that plan was never completed, despite that design actually progressing further in that (a) car part was built and tested. Now, granted, notability could possibly be established for some major projects that failed, but certainly simply being a plan for a major league car from a major league developer does not equate to notability. The359 ( Talk) 05:52, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Thai Grand Prix has been nominated for deletion; is there a non-F1 GP? -- 70.50.151.11 ( talk) 04:25, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
For a long long time the title and usage of the team name Oreca has been as such, despite the name being written in numerous places as ORECA. It's well known for manufacturers and teams to capitalize their titles for promotional purposes (see a lot of Japanese motorsports). The team name is however in fact an acronym (Organisation Exploitation Compétition Automobiles), something I myself did not realize until recently. So the question is, should our usage of the team name be changed to ORECA, or is the use of Oreca fine? I realize this will require a ton of changes, but it's been bugging me a bit as I see ORECA used more and more. The359 ( Talk) 21:39, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
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There has been a long debate at Talk:2014 Formula One season on wether or not to remove the official race titles from the season calendar on the Formula one season articles. We would appreciate further input so that we might come to a speedy conclusion. Thanks, Tvx1 ( talk) 13:06, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Dear motorsport experts: Here's an old Afc submission that is related to this project. Is this a notable topic, or should it be deleted as a stale draft? — Anne Delong ( talk) 20:55, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
I was wondering if users were allowed to create a new Motorsports WikiProject that isn't listed? I was interested in seeing one specifically for Dirt Motorsports but don't see any of the projects here that relates to dirt track racing. I'd like to create articles about dirt modifieds, dirt sportsman, sprint cars, etc and tracks and topics associate with that form of racing and try to get others involved to expand the articles and subjects relating to dirt track racing.
Just wondering anyone's thoughts on this.
Thanks for any info.
Jeff Lambert ( talk) 18:56, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
True...I guess if it were more popular then there would already be a project relating to dirt track racing. I will keep writing and updating existing pages and see if the popularity grows. Hopefully some people who might be interest begin with their own edits and contributions.
Thanks guys.
Jeff Lambert ( talk) 21:40, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
Am I right in thinking that the FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship is the continuation of the Historic Formula One Championship (as suggested by this webpage)? If so, then I think the two articles should be merged. DH85868993 ( talk) 10:15, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear motorsport fans: Here's another one of those old Afc submissions that will soon be deleted as a stale draft. If anyone here thinks that this is a notable topic and wants to work on it, now would be the time. — Anne Delong ( talk) 22:06, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
This article was promoted to FA in 2007 when standards were considerably looser than they are now. It is due to run as TFA on 11 June. There is a need for more citations, especially in the 1974–77: Shadow section. Can any of you help? It would be good to have this looking its best before it appears on the front page. -- John ( talk) 15:17, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
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The use of flags in sport articles is being discussed again at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Icons#Proposed_change_to_MOSFLAG_for_sport_articles, in case anyone is interested. DH85868993 ( talk) 09:37, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
Dear racing fans: This is a new submission at Afc. Is this fellow a notable driver? — Anne Delong ( talk) 04:26, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello motor sport experts! Here's a page that has just been submitted at Afc. It may be of interest to the editors here. — Anne Delong ( talk) 12:10, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
I invite interested editors to comment at Wikipedia talk:Typo Team#"sportscar" v "sports car" -- John of Reading ( talk) 07:25, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
Category:South American racing series templates has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. DH85868993 ( talk) 10:07, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
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Can someone confirm the correct use of the "first year" field in {{ Infobox racing driver}}? My understanding was that the field should be populated with just the first year in which the driver competed in their current series. However, recently I've noticed numerous articles where the field is populated by the year, followed by a dash - see Rio Haryanto as an example. I wanted to check that my understanding was correct before updating any articles. Thanks. DH85868993 ( talk) 10:20, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
Does Liam Dwyer, a soldier and current CTSCC driver, seem notable enough for creation? I currently have the article written at User:ZappaOMati/Liam Dwyer. Zappa 24 Mati 04:11, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
I have had an admittedly radical idea in that we should possibly create an Off-Road Racing WikiProject. I know that this has been debated before but it could see decent use as a lot of articles that would fall under that banner (namely Rallycross and its' spin-offs) need a clean up. Holdenman05 ( talk) 23:15, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
On the talk page of the 2015 Formula One season I have requested for a vote on the creation of the 2016 Formula One season. At the moment this cannot be created as some overexcited Wikipedian has made it one too many times. Once we reach a majority conclusion further action can be taken if necessary. Please submit your vote ASAP. Thanks. Holdenman05 ( talk) 07:18, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Dear motorsport enthusiasts: This race car designer and driver has been deemed notable by the editors here. I have been fixing up this draft, but as a musician I am out of my depth. Many of the references are not on line and I don't have access to them to place the citations. Also, I don't understand the terminology being used in the mechanical descriptions, so I can't rephrase them for more general reading, and I can't tell which details may be excessive. The references that I have been able to check were okay, so I placed citations, I hope appropriately. Would someone like to take a crack at improving it? — Anne Delong ( talk) 14:06, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
There is an AFD for this article. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Link ElectroSystems. The company is an NZ company that makes a form of engine management system. Is it notable or not? NealeFamily ( talk) 03:53, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
Dear motorsport experts: This old AfC submission will soon be deleted as a stale draft. I'm not sure if this is a notable topic, and even so it will take some TLC to make it into an article. Any opinions? — Anne Delong ( talk) 00:17, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
Dear racing experts: Here's another of those old abandoned AfC submissions . I have tried to add some citations, but I really don't know which sites are reliable in this field. Is this a notable driver, and should the draft be improved and added to the encyclopedia? — Anne Delong ( talk) 19:02, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
Hello, motor sport experts. This old AfC submission seems to be about a notable driver. Is it ready for mainspace? I've been de-fluffing it. — Anne Delong ( talk) 17:36, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
There's a discussion in progress at WP:Australian Motorsport regarding the naming of ATCC/V8 Supercar event articles. The discussion has been in progress for 10 days and so far only two us have participated (and we have opposing views), so we'd like some input from other editors. If you feel you could contribute to the discussion, please do so at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian motorsport#Naming of ATCC/V8SC Event Articles. Thanks. DH85868993 ( talk) 05:35, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
There is an editor - User:Therock9998 - who is causing ongoing disruption to a group of articles and I am at a loss with how to deal with him as he completely ignores all attempts to communicate with him, and continues to edit his version back into articles. And because he does not know how to table edit, and ignores offers of assistance, the results look hideous, like this. I am asking for help with this issue, either as a new voice to talk to this editor or for recomendations how to progress. -- Falcadore ( talk) 01:42, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi WikiProject Motorsport. The wiki markup used to produce the background colour in most motorsport results tables (bgcolor="#XXXXXX") is no longer valid HTML and as a result doesn't work properly on mobile devices (no background colour is displayed). There is a proposal at WikiProject Formula One to get a bot to update the markup for all the articles within that WikiProject's scope. I'm letting this project know (a) so that you won't be surprised/confused if you suddenly see lots of articles being updated and are wondering why and (b) just in case you know of a reason why this would be a bad idea. The discussion is at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Formula One#Bot request. Thanks. DH85868993 ( talk) 10:21, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
As the FE championship is due to begin on this Saturday, I think we have left it a little late to create a WikiProject for this new series. Still, better late than never - BTW I have already started the 2014 Beijing ePrix article, but it uses an F1 Grand Prix infobox, which isn't ideal as in the box it is titled 2014 Beijing Grand Prix. Who is with me here? Holdenman05 ( talk) 09:29, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I am very unfamiliar with your Project's notability guidelines, but, for some reason, a few of the most commonly red-linked articles on the most recent (actually not so recent - it's from December 2013) listing of the "most wanted" articles on Wikipedia are race car drivers, motorcycle racers, and rally co-drivers (navigators?). Could someone from this Project (or one of it's sub-Projects) have a look at some of these names to see if these articles really need to be on Wikipedia? Thank you in advance. Guy1890 ( talk) 05:47, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Joseph DeLuca (racing driver) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. DeLuca is listed as having raced with the NNJR group in the Sports Car Club of America and may be important to that group.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph DeLuca (racing driver) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Your input is welcomed and you are encouraged to join the conversation. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Taram ( talk) 20:13, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
Dear motorsport experts: Here is yet another old abandoned draft about a racer. Is this a notable driver? If so, I am willing to do some cleanup for NPOV. — Anne Delong ( talk) 04:09, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
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Dear Motorsport experts: This old draft was never submitted to be included in the encyclopedia. Is this a notable driver, or should to page be deleted as a stale draft? — Anne Delong ( talk) 21:22, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
Bit concerned about the editorial behavior of User:Neiltipton who has been deleting a bunch of links and replacing them with links to just one website and does not seem to be concerned with making any content edits. Bit of spamming going on. Have a look at this -- Falcadore ( talk) 14:12, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
Dear motorsport experts: Is this old AfC submission about a notable topic? Should the page be kept and improved instead of being deleted as a stale draft? — Anne Delong ( talk) 18:45, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
An editor has proposed some changes to Template:Infobox racing car. The discussion is at Template talk:Infobox racing car#Non-F1 fields. DH85868993 ( talk) 23:33, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Legend racing deaths is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article focuses on legendary drivers who died while racing.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Legend racing deaths until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Your input is welcomed and you are encouraged to join the conversation. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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I don't know if anybody else has come accross this publication, but I found the official FIM 2014 yearbook, available for download here to be a document full of interesting information in regards to motorcycle racing, with all official results from 2013 and official European and World Champions lists going back to 1924 in it. Thought I might share this resource with you. Calistemon ( talk) 07:47, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Historically Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore vehicles in Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar articles have been added in the Manufacturer / Generational identifier / Model format, e.g. Ford EB Falcon, as this was how the articles were named.
More recently a consensus was reached to bring these in line the international standard for article names, with all articles renamed, Ford Falcon (EB) etc.
Where an issue remains, is in articles such as Playscape Racing where different formats are used with Ford Sierra RS500 and Ford EB Falcon. Likewise in 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship we have Toyota Sprinter AE86 and Ford EB Falcon. One way or the other, a consistent format should be adopted. I believe there is agreement that the parentheses, are surplus.
In the real world, 3 formats are used interchangeably, [3] [4] [5] but as official bodies V8 Supercars [6] [7] and the Confederation of Australian Motorsport, [8] as well as sites such as Autosport, [9] Natsoft, [10] Speedcafe [11] and Touring Car Times [12] have all adopted the Manufacturer / Model / Generational identifier format, it is proposed Wiki do likewise. V7867 ( talk) 17:38, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
Note: At this point, User:V7867 hatted the discussion with the summary "The consensus reached after 7-day consultation period was: adopt Manufacturer / Model / Generational identifier format." User:Falcadore removed the hat. User:DH85868993 did some tidying up (including adding this note). DH85868993 ( talk) 03:33, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Firstly - you are not an admin so closing a consensus is not within your purview, and secondly, if you were, there needs to be an actual consensus formed. This is categorically not a consensus when only three edittors are involved. I know you are an inexperienced edittor, but understanding what you are doing should be compulsory before performing actions like this. -- Falcadore ( talk) 02:45, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
With only three editors contributing at this point - the only possible close would be one of 'no consensus to change and thus standards revert to what they have been for the last 10 years plus. It should be born in mind you are trying to establish a consensus to change from the previous standard eg Ford EF Falcon to your prefered new version; Ford Falcon EF. -- Falcadore ( talk) 03:16, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
I noticed the recent creation of Driver career-ending crashes, which may be of interest to project members. DH85868993 ( talk) 21:48, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
This is a notice about Category:Motorsport articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock ( talk) 19:45, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
I just finished expanding the article and just realized that he may fall into this project as well. Weissenberger was killed at the Nürburgring in 1950 during the 15th Eifelrennen. I hope someone here has more details on his racing career. Cheers MisterBee1966 ( talk) 15:32, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
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Harej ( talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
FYI, I've started a discussion at Template_talk:Infobox_racing_driver#Current_series_year regarding the automatic prepending of the current year to the "current series" heading. DH85868993 ( talk) 05:08, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Panoz PZ09 -- Gaff ( talk) 07:07, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Lukeno94 has nominated for deletion a large number of photos of race cars in the Museum Sinsheim, because apparently the cars are fake. Can you check the cars and determine if they are authentic or replicas? Thanks! -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 15:09, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
I think that it's unnecessary to add a table to an article, if a driver competed just one event/round. Even if a series enough notable (GP2, DTM, Formula E, FIA WEC, etc). It can be covered just in text. For example: Nick Heidfeld's participations in Porsche Supercup and V8 Supercar. We can just write:
===Touring car racing===
In
2012, Heidfeld competed in the
Porsche Supercup round at
Hockenheim, finishing tenth. Also in this year, he took part in the
Gold Coast 600 event of the
V8 Supercar, retiring in the first race of the weekend and finishing thirteenth in the second race.
Cybervoron (
talk) 19:59, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
I have proposed a slight change over at Template talk:F1 driver results legend 2#Did not participate. Having seen that the last activity on the talk page there was in 2012, and that this was previously attempted at WP:F1, which garnered one entire reply which was niether for nor against the proposed change, I have reached out to you here for your comments and opinions, which would be greatly welcome. Thanks. Twirlypen ( talk) 02:42, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
Working on an article for the (very funky) Nissan GT-R LM Nismo, and it comes to my attention that attempting to describe a car with one gasoline motor, two flywheels, and technically three gearboxes with our current infobox is difficult. I notice that someone has added additional fields to the infobox for the Spark-Renault SRT 01E to describe batteries and electrical motors, but there appears to be no way to adequately describe other hybrid systems that do not rely solely on batteries or electrical motors. We now have two World Championships utilizing hybrid technology, I think we need to sit down and think about how to describe these, especially as they come in a variety of ways (batteries, flywheels, supercapacitors, heat exchangers, etc.). "Engine" also seems to now be antiquated in describing a car as the "ICE" terminology has now taken over.
I'd also add that, although someone did add parameters for electrical systems to the template, there is currently nothing in the description on Template:Racing car to describe their function or that they even exist as parameters. The359 ( Talk) 21:23, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
Prisonermonkeys started a discussion about a very important change in the colour scheme of the background colours in the tables. This change will affect not only F1 articles, but all motorsport articles. Please, join this discussion here. Cybervoron ( talk) 04:23, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
What does carbon fiber mean? We are discussing the primary topic at talk:carbon (fiber). As carbon fiber is a common racer material, I thought I'd let you know. -- 65.94.43.89 ( talk) 05:03, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
It has been proposed that Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile be moved to FIA. You are welcome to express any views you may have on the matter at Talk:Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile#Requested move 28 March 2015. DH85868993 ( talk) 19:49, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Dear motorsport enthusiasts: Here's an old AfC submission that will soon be deleted as a stale draft. Is this a notable racer? — Anne Delong ( talk) 01:57, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2016 International V8 Supercars Championship has been listed at AFD for you comment. -- Falcadore ( talk) 15:59, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
What do you think about adding track maps and manafacturers' stats to the article? Cybervoron ( talk) 06:48, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
I've just come across Category:JK Tyre National Level Racing Championship Drivers, because it's listed at Wikipedia:Database reports/Self-categorized categories. Therefore, it needs to be taken out of itself, and put into one or more suitable parent cats - but I really don't know what to put it under. -- Redrose64 ( talk) 14:17, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
Mercedes-Benz CLR has been listed on WP:FAC for about a month now with no responses, so I'm trying to get some eyes on it. I had posted the previous peer review on the sports car WikiProject, but again without any input, so I've expanded it to here. The359 ( Talk) 20:59, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
There's an article up for deletion with doubts over notability – Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Keir Millar. Tragic case, but try to be objective. Cheers, Bretonbanquet ( talk) 19:57, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
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If I could bring attention to a matter underdiscussion involving several 2015 Indycar articles which feature some usage of colored in cells in tables, for example, 2015 Firestone 600. Any opinions on the matter would be welcomed. -- Falcadore ( talk) 04:09, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
FYI, 2017 Formula One season has been nominated for deletion. The deletion discussion is here. T v x1 21:14, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
Bit of an odd question, but how are track lengths measured? I don't mean in regards to tape measures, but what route do they take? Do they take the racing line, the inside edge, or measure both inside and outside and take the average? - mattbuck ( Talk) 19:29, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
Track | CART/CCWS | IRL/ICS | NASCAR |
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Auto Club Speedway | 2.029 miles (3.265 km) | 2.000 miles (3.219 km) | 2.000 miles (3.219 km) |
Twin Ring Motegi | 1.549 miles (2.493 km) | 1.52 miles (2.45 km) | 1.549 miles (2.493 km) (*exhibition event in 1998) |
Las Vegas Motor Speedway | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) | 1.544 miles (2.485 km) | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) |
Kansas Speedway | - | 1.52 miles (2.45 km) | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) |
Chicagoland Speedway | - | 1.52 miles (2.45 km) | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) |
Homestead-Miami Speedway | 1.502 miles (2.417 km) | 1.485 miles (2.390 km) | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) |
Texas Motor Speedway | 1.482 miles (2.385 km) | 1.455 miles (2.342 km) | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) |
Kentucky Speedway | - | 1.480 miles (2.382 km) | 1.50 miles (2.41 km) |
Nashville Superspeedway | - | 1.30 miles (2.09 km) | 1.333 miles (2.145 km) |
Gateway International Raceway | 1.27 miles (2.04 km) | 1.25 miles (2.01 km) | 1.25 miles (2.01 km) |
New Hampshire Motor Speedway | 1.00 mile (1.61 km) | 1.025 miles (1.650 km) | 1.058 miles (1.703 km) |
The Milwaukee Mile | 1.032 miles (1.661 km) | 1.015 miles (1.633 km) | 1.000 mile (1.609 km) |
Nazareth Speedway | 0.946 miles (1.522 km) | 0.935 miles (1.505 km) | 1.000 mile (1.609 km) |
Iowa Speedway | - | 0.894 miles (1.439 km) | 0.875 miles (1.408 km) |
IIRC, the FIA measures tracks in meters. -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 22:12, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
The naming of Jacques Villeneuve (the uncle) is under discussion, see Talk:Jacques Villeneuve (elder) -- 67.70.32.190 ( talk) 04:58, 12 August 2015 (UTC)