Template:Did you know nominations/2001 Harrah's 500


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:53, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

2001 Harrah's 500

 * ... "that Patrick Carpentier won his first career CART race" by passing Dario Franchitti and Michel Jourdain Jr. on the final lap of the 2001 Harrah's 500 ...?, Source: Chicago Tribune

Improved to Good Article status by MWright96 (talk). Nominated by Kpgjhpjm (talk) at 04:53, 2 December 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg  Honestly I don't really see how this hook is interesting to non-motorsport fans, and I say this as a motorsport fan myself. Can something better be proposed here? In addition, the hook is improperly formatted; I've fixed it below Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:27, 19 December 2018 (UTC):
 * ... that Patrick Carpentier won his first career CART race by passing Dario Franchitti and Michel Jourdain Jr. on the final lap of the 2001 Harrah's 500?
 * The nomination was made by me, so I will reply . Unfortunately, I cannot find another factor in the article. I might want to withdraw this nomination if you say that this is appropriate. Kpg  jhp  jm  12:53, 20 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article is new enough - promoted to GA on 1 December and nominated on 2 December. It's definitely long enough. I see nothing that is unsourced, and all the sources appear reliable. The prose is fine and there are no copyvio red flags. All the images used are correctly licensed. Nominator has only one previous nomination so a QPQ review is not required. This is a very detailed article and obviously a lot of work was put into it; I'm happy to pass it for DYK. When I saw it at T:TDYK I was worried that it would be quite boring, but it was actually a very, very interesting race! I'm glad I clicked on the article! I've added some alternative blurbs below. User:Kpgjhpjm let me know if you prefer one of those. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 16:21, 22 December 2018 (UTC)


 * ALT1: ... that after 250 laps, the first three cars to finish at the 2001 Harrah's 500 were separated by just 0.243 seconds?
 * ALT2: ... that after 250 laps, second place at the 2001 Harrah's 500 was determined by a photo finish in which Dario Franchitti beat Michel Jourdain Jr. by 2 inches (51 mm)?
 * ALT3: ... that Patrick Carpentier won his first career CART victory by 0.243 seconds, after drafting behind a teammate to overtake two cars on the final lap of the 2001 Harrah's 500?


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Per above, I've struck the original hooks. I'm requesting a new reviewer to take a look at Ivar's new hooks and see which is most appropriate. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:25, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg the hook facts in ALT1, ALT2 & ALT3 are each stated in the article, followed by an inline citation to a reliable source. To me ALT3 works slightly better than ALT2. Find bruce (talk) 02:31, 9 January 2019 (UTC)