Template:Did you know nominations/1997 Interstate Batteries 500

1997 Interstate Batteries 500

 * ... that because Texas Motor Speedway's parking lots were flooded, Texas State Highway 170 had to be closed for use as a parking lot for the 1997 Interstate Batteries 500?
 * ALT1:... that in the 1997 Interstate Batteries 500, "The Big One" occurred on lap one?
 * ALT2:... that the 73 laps run under caution in the 1997 Interstate Batteries 500 were the most at Texas Motor Speedway?
 * ALT3:... that traffic for the 1997 Interstate Batteries 500 stopped on Interstate 35W, 16 miles south of Texas Motor Speedway?
 * ALT4:... that traffic for the 1997 Interstate Batteries 500 was heavy to the point that Van Cliburn could not perform the national anthem?
 * ALT5:... that the pace car for the 1997 Interstate Batteries 500, a Chevrolet Monte Carlo Z34 with a 3.8L engine, was the first of its kind to serve the position?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Podium girl

Created by ZappaOMati (talk). Self nominated at 02:40, 5 July 2013 (UTC).


 * The original hook isn't entirely accurate; the source says they closed a large stretch of Highway 170, which I think is an important distinction. That is the most interesting of the proposed hooks, though, so how about this alternative:
 * ALT6: ... that during the 1997 Interstate Batteries 500, a large stretch of Texas State Highway 170 had to be closed for use as a parking lot?
 * DoctorKubla (talk) 10:47, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Short but fine. ALT6 is approved. Drmies (talk) 22:57, 31 July 2013 (UTC)