Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Newsletter/201307

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter Volume IV · No. 1 –June 26, 2013 –July 25, 2013 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 2013 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Jack White (racing driver), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens; Grand National seasons: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969 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 17 2 27 B 30 54 51 13 148 C 23 41 63 29 156 Start 26 130 447 445 2 1,050 Stub 17 60 315 599 991 List 13 53 3 69 Category 1 2 4 10 160 177 Disambig 4 1 1 19 25 File 4 4 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 108 110 Template 2 15 8 4 75 104 Assessed 103 324 961 1,106 380 2 2,876 Unassessed 2 2 Total 103 324 961 1,106 380 4 2,878 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,706 Ω = 4.93
Picture of the Month Army Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Solomon, an operations sergeant for XVIII Airborne Corps, practices waving the starting flag at the Tums Fast Relief 500 NASCAR race at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia, October 28, 2012.	Article Developments New articles: 1997 Interstate Batteries 500 2001 MBNA Cal Ripken, Jr. 400 2001 Protection One 400 2005 Advance Auto Parts 500 2006 USG Sheetrock 400 2013 Camping World RV Sales 301 Clay Greenfield Buddy Parrott Jim Fitzgerald (racing driver) Rick Allen (television announcer) See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – Tim Richmond, a good article Tim Richmond (June 7, 1955 - August 13, 1989) was an American race car driver from Ashland, Ohio. He competed in IndyCar racing before transferring to NASCAR's Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series). Richmond was the first driver to change from open wheel racing to NASCAR stock cars, which has since become an industry trend. He won the 1980 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award and had 13 victories during eight NASCAR seasons. Richmond achieved his top NASCAR season in 1986 when he finished third in points. He won seven races that season, more than any other driver on the tour. When he missed the season-opening Daytona 500 in February 1987, media reported that he had pneumonia. The infection most likely resulted from his compromised immune system, which had been weakened by AIDS. The disease would drastically shorten his life. Despite the state of his health, Richmond competed in eight races in 1987, winning two events and one pole position before his final race in August of that year. He attempted a comeback in 1988 before NASCAR banned him for testing positive for a banned substance. Richmond grew up in a wealthy family and lived a debauched lifestyle, earning him the nickname "Hollywood". In describing Richmond's influence in the sport of racing, Lowe's Motor Speedway president Humpy Wheeler said: "We've never had a race driver like Tim in stock car racing. He was almost a James Dean-like character." When Richmond was cast for a bit part in the 1983 movie Stroker Ace, "He fell right in with the group working on the film," said director Hal Needham. Cole Trickle, the main character in the movie Days of Thunder, played by Tom Cruise, was loosely based on Richmond and his interaction with Harry Hyde and Rick Hendrick. (Read more...)
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