Template:Did you know nominations/2005 Dickies 500

2005 Dickies 500

 * ... that the $6,815,880 purse money for the 2005 Dickies 500 set a record for the highest in the Chase for the Nextel Cup?
 * ALT1:... that the 2005 Dickies 500 was run after the Ferko lawsuit created the race?
 * ALT2:... that the six cautions featured during the 2005 Dickies 500 set a Texas Motor Speedway record in a Nextel Cup Series race at the track?
 * ALT3:... that the average speed of 151.005 mi/h during the 2005 Dickies 500 set the record for the highest in a Nextel Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/An Apology to Elephants

Created by ZappaOMati (talk). Self nominated at 02:24, 16 May 2013 (UTC).


 * Firstly, the length and date of creation for the article both check out fine, and the article is generally well referenced. The main hook and a couple of ALTs refer to records held by this race as being the "highest in the Chase for the Nextel Cup", "the fewest in a Nextel Cup Series race at.." and "highest in a NexTel Cup Series race at .." Do I take it that if these records were beaten once the series changed its name to the Sprint Cup, you would consider these records to stand as Nextel Cup records? In the UK a change of sponsorship wouldn't have any effect, so the records set in the Nextel period would be considered broken in the Sprint period, so I am seeking clarification as to whether it is considered differently in the US?  Harrias  talk 15:16, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
 * The sponsorship doesn't have an effect on the records. Nextel Cup records are pretty much Sprint Cup Records as well.   Zappa  O  Mati   22:26, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
 * In which case, many of these records have been broken; $7,359,286 purse in 2009 and only two cautions in 2012, and 160.577 mph also in 2012. I suppose the hooks (and the article) could be rephrased to state that they set new records, but they don't appear to be records any longer.  Harrias  talk 08:37, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Hm, I didn't see those. I rephrased the hooks.  Zappa  O  Mati   15:07, 1 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Revised hooks need rechecking; another editor has also made changes to the article in the past week. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:44, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg for Alt1. I share Harrias' concerns about the confusion between these old records which are no longer the record holders in the Sprint Cup. I tweaked the article slightly to make that more clear in the article but I'm not comfortable with the current wording of the hooks so I'm going to take the safe route and approve the Ferko hook. That said, I do think the article would be well served to have a little more context about the Ferko lawsuit added to the body (which is a bit on the stubby-side at only 1759 bytes). It was a pretty significant case in Nascar history that led to the creation of the Dickies 500 so you would think that an article on the first ever race would have more background info. The article passes all other DYK criteria for date, length and referencing with with no sign of plagiarism or close paraphrasing. AgneCheese/Wine 20:04, 15 June 2013 (UTC)