Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Newsletter/201211

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume 3 · No. 5 –October 26, 2012 –November 25, 2012 Previous month's issue - Next month's issue
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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 2012 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 Miller, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens, Leonard Wood 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 16 2 26 B 30 56 52 11 149 C 22 40 53 24 1 140 Start 26 119 402 383 7 937 Stub 17 56 300 600 8 981 List 12 54 2 68 Category 1 2 4 10 155 172 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 11 11 Redirect 2 100 102 Template 2 15 8 4 60 89 NA 1 1 Assessed 102 309 892 1,037 345 16 2,701 Total 102 309 892 1,037 345 16 2,701
Picture of the Month View of Gatorade Victory Lane from a skybox at Daytona International Speedway.	Article Developments New articles: Terry Ryan (racing driver) 2002 Aaron's 499 Roland Wlodyka 2012 Tums Fast Relief 500 1977 Champion Spark Plug 400 1978 World 600 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 1980 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 1986 Delaware 500 2012 AAA Texas 500 1965 Wilkes 400 2008 Coke Zero 200 1986 Miller High Life 400 Kyle Fowler 1983 Carolina 500 2012 AdvoCare 500 (Phoenix) 1994 Coca-Cola 600 1975 Winston 500 2003 Food City 500 Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series 1994 Slick 50 500 1959 Hickory 250 1992 Champion Spark Plug 400 1982 Virginia National Bank 500 2012 Ford EcoBoost 400 Sandy Satullo David Sosebee 1977 Winston 500 1984 Talladega 500 Brad Noffsinger Tommy Gale (racing driver) 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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