Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Brabham BT19

Brabham BT19
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 19, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 23:12, 28 January 2014‎ (UTC)



The Brabham BT19 is a Formula One racing car designed by Ron Tauranac for the British Brabham team. The BT19 competed in the and  Formula One World Championships and was used by Australian driver Jack Brabham to win his third World Championship in 1966. The BT19, which Brabham referred to as his "Old Nail", was the first car bearing its driver's name to win a World Championship race. The car was initially conceived in 1965 for a 1.5-litre (92-cubic inch) Coventry Climax engine, but never raced in this form. For the 1966 season the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile doubled the limit on engine capacity to 3 litres (183 cu in). Australian company Repco developed a new V8 engine for Brabham's use in 1966, but a disagreement between Brabham and Tauranac over the latter's role in the racing team left no time to develop a new car to handle it. Instead, the existing BT19 chassis was modified for the job. Only one BT19 was built. As of 2009, it is owned by Repco and on display in the National Sports Museum in Melbourne, Australia. It is often demonstrated at motorsport events.
 * Over six years as an FA-2 points, Underrepresentation-1 point? (Formula One seems to be, but Recreation isn't), No Automobile-related article since August 3-1 point.
 * Total-4 points. QatarStarsLeague (talk) 16:26, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Not under-represented as it's a "sport" category (not within "Awards, decorations and vexillology; Chemistry and mineralogy; Computing; Education; Engineering and technology; Food and drink; Geology and geophysics; Language and linguistics; Mathematics; Philosophy and psychology" which are the FA categories with 50 or fewer articles) but 2 points rather than 1 for nothing similar in 6 months. 4 points. I left a query on the talk page a while ago - I don't think it ever got resolved and an "As of 2009" statement in the lead and the blurb will look rather old if we don't address it. BencherliteTalk 16:42, 23 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Support. Kinda reminds me of a sweet tricked out Pinewood derby car. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:15, 26 January 2014 (UTC)