Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Standards

Welcome to the standards section in the WikiProject of NASCAR. Below are the standards for most articles, including biographies and more. You can suggest standards at here.

WP:NASCAR Notability Standard
Overwhelming consensus on the following Notability Standards and definitions (17/1/2)

Definitions
The "fully professional" level (a.k.a. premiere level) of NASCAR racing is defined as:
 * Cup Series / Monster Energy Cup Series / Sprint Cup Series / Nextel Cup Series / Winston Cup Series / Grand National Series / Strictly Stock
 * Xfinity Series / Nationwide Series / Busch Series / Busch Grand National / Sportman Series
 * Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series / Gander Outdoors Truck Series / Camping World Truck Series / Craftsman Truck Series.

The regional NASCAR series level is defined as:
 * NASCAR Convertible Division
 * NASCAR Grand National East Series
 * ARCA Menards Series
 * ARCA Menards Series East
 * ARCA Menards Series East, Busch East Series / Busch North Series / NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
 * ARCA Menards Series West, AutoZone West Series / Winston West / K&N Pro Series West
 * NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
 * NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
 * NASCAR Midwest Series
 * NASCAR Southeast Series
 * NASCAR Southwest Series
 * NASCAR Northwest Series
 * Grand American
 * NASCAR Sportsman Division
 * NASCAR Speedway Division
 * NASCAR Baby Grand National/Dash Series
 * NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series

International NASCAR Series:
 * NASCAR Mexico Series
 * NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
 * NASCAR Pinty's Series
 * NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race
 * NASCAR in Australia, AUSCAR

Driver
Any driver can have an article considered to be a part of WikiProject NASCAR if that driver meets ANY of the following criteria:


 * 1) They have attempted at least one race in any premier NASCAR series (Cup, Xfinity, Truck).


 * Regional NASCAR Series (and weekly)
 * 1) They have at least one championship in a regional division.
 * 2) They have at least one Weekly Racing Series national championship.
 * 3) They have at least one championship in the Modified or Late Model Sportsman divisions when they were as national as NASCAR reached, and there was no higher division except Grand National.
 * 4) They have been named to the Top 10 NASCAR modified drivers list.

Any driver who meets the above criterion for inclusion in Wikipedia may be placed on the List of NASCAR drivers.

Teams
Any team can have an article considered to be a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR if that team meets ANY of the following critieria:


 * 1) It has at least one career pole position in any premier NASCAR series.
 * 2) It has at least one top-ten in any premier NASCAR series.
 * 3) A driver won at least one award in a premier NASCAR series (i.e. Rookie of the Year, Most Popular Driver, etc.)
 * 4) It has made at least fifteen starts across all three premier NASCAR series.
 * 5) A driver died while racing one of their entries.
 * 6) A notable celebrity outside of racing owns/owned the team.
 * 7) Any car owner with five or more (lifetime) championships in regional divisions, or in the old national Modified or Late Model divisions

Standards regarding placement on List of NASCAR teams
A team may be placed on the List of NASCAR teams if they meet ANY of the following criteria:


 * 1) Team names.—Preferably, the team's full name should be included, with a pipe link to their proper name, if applicable. The business names shouldn't be used (i.e. Waltrip-Jasper Racing Company LLC), but instead, something like Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates should be. If a team name is not known, just put down the last name of the owner followed "Racing" or "Motorsports."
 * 2) Listed owners—For each car, the person credited with owner's points should be listed as the owner. Obviously in the case of something like Hall of Fame Racing, additional personnel should be listed.(Not sure where to put Terry Bradshaw with his team though)
 * 3) Who should be listed on here—Generally, "one-off" teams should not be listed on here. Unless they have a press release stating that they plan to run multiple races, they should not be included.
 * 4) New Teams—Obviously, not every team that announces its intentions is going to run. Policy is to put them on there when announced. They should be removed if nothing is heard from them in a year, or if they announce they plan to run X race, but do not and do not provide a reason as to their absence.
 * 5) Closed teams—If an operational team disappears and does not run immediately, they should be put in the "Teams with unknown status" section." If nothing is heard from them in a year, it would probably be safe to put them in the closed teams sections.
 * 6) Full-time/Part-time teams—If a team announces it will run a full schedule, obviously put them in the full-time teams section, even if there are questions regarding its sincerity. If they choose to withdraw from a race, that does not automatically make them part-time. If they skip more than two races, the best thing to do would be to put them in the part-time section.

Crew chiefs
Any crew chief can have an article considered to be a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR if their crew chief career includes ANY of the following criteria:


 * 1) They have at least one career win in any premier series.
 * 2) They have at least one championship in any premier series.
 * 3) They have helped a driver to at least one award in a premier NASCAR series.
 * 4) They have an unusual piece of trivia surrounding them.

Non-drivers

 * 1) NASCAR corporate management, including directors and above.
 * 2) Officials such as chief steward, flagman, and pace car driver.
 * 3) Past and present track owners/co-owners of notable tracks.
 * 4) Pit crew members that become household names to NASCAR fans (such as Chocolate Meyers).
 * 5) People that have an unusual piece of trivia surrounding them, and are famous for their involvement in NASCAR (such as the "hat guy" Bill Broderick).
 * 6) Pit crews (as a whole) that become household names (such as the Rainbow Warriors).

Racetracks
All racetracks that have hosted at least one premiere series race may be included in Wikipedia.

Races
All NASCAR premiere series races are notable for mention on Wikipedia. If they meet any of the following criteria, they are notable enough for their own article:


 * 1) Race is a race on the current schedule of a premiere series
 * 2) Race has been held five or more times as a premiere series race.

If they do not meet this criteria, they may be merged/redirected into the article about the racetrack the event was held at.

List of reliable sources
The following is a list of sources members of Wikiproject NASCAR deem "reliable" for use in NASCAR related articles. This list is far from complete and you're free to add any you think are "reliable." If you're not sure on the reliability of either a source you wish to add or one of the listed sources, feel free to bring it up on the main WP:NASCAR talk page. Also, per Wikipedia policy, we advice against using self-published sources and/or blogs per WP:SPS and WP:BLOGS. Exceptions to this rule include blogs operated by an entity that covers NASCAR such as Fox Sports (who have blogs for media members like Jeff Hammond, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip), blogs operated by a driver like Brad Keselowski or blogs operated by media personalities in the NASCAR industry like Dave Moody.

Practice

 * nascartalk.nbcsports.com and/or Motorsport.com for a summary of a practice session
 * Jayski.com and/or MRN.com for the practice results

Qualifying

 * MRN.com for a summary of the qualifying session
 * Jayski.com and/or MRN.com for qualifying results

Race
There are a number of "reliable" sources that cover NASCAR on a regular basis. This part of the list is far from complete.

In-race

 * nascartalk.nbcsports.com
 * FoxSports.com
 * NASCAR.com

Post-race

 * MRN.com
 * usatoday.com (primary NASCAR writers are Jeff Gluck and Brant James)
 * charlotteobserver.com
 * ESPN.com (primary NASCAR writers are Ryan McGhee and Bob Pockrass)
 * Motorsport.com (primary NASCAR writers are Nick DeGroot, Lee Spencer and Jim Utter)
 * nascartalk.nbcsports.com (primary writers are Jerry Bonkowski, Dustin Long, Daniel McFadin and Nate Ryan)
 * FoxSports.com (Jay Pennell, Tom Jensen and others)
 * racing.ap.org (Articles from AP tend to go bad real fast. So use the wayback machine to save the link before it goes dead.)
 * NASCAR.com (Don't rely too heavily on referencing NASCAR.com since Wikipedia policy dictates that secondary resources should make up the bulk of an article's references)

Race results

 * Jayski.com and/or MRN.com

List of unreliable sources
Just as there are reliable websites, there are a number of "unreliable" websites we advise against using.


 * Examiner.com: This site is listed not because their writers are "unreliable" – we consider Greg Engle, the websites main NASCAR writer, to be a good writer – but because Examiner.com is blacklisted by Wikipedia.

Season articles
All season articles for the three premier series should include the following:


 * Motorsport season template at the top, with information filled in, as appropriate.
 * At the bottom of the page, the following template(s), as appropriate:
 * NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship
 * NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship
 * NASCAR Truck Series Championship
 * None of the articles should have colors located in the teams and drivers table.

A season article should include the following sections:
 * Teams and drivers (full schedule and part-time)
 * Changes relating to crew chiefs, drivers, teams, manufacturers, and rules
 * Media coverage (summary of coverage)
 * Calendar
 * Season summary
 * Race results and championship standings (driver and manufacturer)

These should be removed or not included:
 * Driver sponsor changes because they change all the time.
 * Media coverage with extreme detail
 * Television networks in calendar
 * Owner's championship table

Track pages
All tracks that run a NASCAR race should include the following:


 * Motorsport venue template at the top, with information filled in, as appropriate.
 * Underneath the level 2 heading External Links, the following links should be present:
 * Track Official Site (where Track is the full title of the track)
 * Track Page on NASCAR.com (where Track is the full title of the track, and NASCAR.com gets its own link)
 * Satellite image from Google Maps (where Google maps is link)(if and only if hi-res map is available)
 * If available, use the template
 * At the bottom of the page, the following template(s), as appropriate:
 * NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racetracks
 * NASCAR Xfinity Series racetracks
 * NASCAR Truck Series racetracks
 * At the bottom of the page, the following category
 * Category:NASCAR tracks

Race articles
Race articles, such as the Auto Club 400, should include the Infobox motor race infobox above the lead. For details on the infobox please visit the template page.

To begin, the lead section should include:

Example:


 * Usage:
 * The official name of the race.(i.e. Auto Club 500)
 * The series in which competes in the race. (i.e. Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and the Camping World Truck Series)
 * The facility that the race held at.(i.e. Charlotte Motor Speedway)
 * The location in which the Circuit is located.(i.e. Martinsville, Virginia)

Then you can add the race history, if any.

Afterward, place  to start a new section for the previous winners of the race. Below is the template in which to use:

If required, any notes should utilize the ref tag system.

Next, place  to start a new section for the drivers who have won the race more than once. Below is the template in which to use:

Below Multiple winners (drivers), you place  to start a new section for the teams who have won the race more than once. Below is the template in which to use:

Below Multiple winners (teams), you place  to start a new section for the manufacturers that have won the race. Below is the template in which to use:

Afterward, at the bottom of the page, place the template NASCAR next race.

The article should have one of the following categories present, as appropriate:
 * Category:Sprint Cup Series races
 * Category:NASCAR Xfinity Series races
 * Category:Camping World Truck Series races
 * Category:NASCAR races at

Driver biographies

 * For creating a new stub, see WikiProject NASCAR/quickbio

To maintain a clean, professional and consistent collection of articles all biographies should follow the same basic structure. An example biography is available for creating a new article.

Infobox NASCAR driver
All articles should begin with an Infobox NASCAR driver (click for example).

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Lead section
Lead section should include the basic information about the driver and an overview of notable accomplishments. For example:
 * Jeffery Michael Gordon  (born August 4, 1971) is a professional American race car driver. He is a four-time NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion, three-time Daytona 500 winner, and driver of the #24 Chevrolet Impala. Gordon is the first driver to reach $100 Million in winnings for the Cup series in 2009.  Also he was the quickest driver to reach 50 wins. He has won 82 career races.

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Early life
Early life section should begin with a == Early life == title, and outline the driver's life before NASCAR. Include the details of the driver's childhood: place of birth, sibling information, parents occupation, etc.

For example:
 * Gordon began racing at the age of five, racing quarter midgets. The Cameron Memorial Race Track in Rio Linda, California is noted as the first track Gordon ever competed on. By the Age of 6 Gordon had won 35 main events and set 5 track records.

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Racing career
The story of this subject's professional racing career. For example:
 * In 1993, Gordon raced his first full season in Winston Cup (now the Sprint Cup) for Hendrick Motorsports, in which he won a Daytona 500 qualifying race, the Rookie of the Year award, and finished 14th in points. Ray Evernham was placed as Jeff Gordon's first crew chief. He likes to go fast. Gordon's success in the sport reshaped the paradigm and eventually gave younger drivers an opportunity to compete in NASCAR. However, during the 1993 season, many doubted Gordon's ability to compete at such a level at such a young age because of his tendency to push the cars too hard and crash.

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Personal life
This section outlines details of the driver's private life. Topics of discussion to not include their "Early life" or "Racing career" items. For example:
 * Gordon owns a private jet, a British Aerospace BAE-125-800, also known as a Hawker 800, with a tail number on this jet matching his car number, N24JG. In 1999, Jeff Gordon established The Jeff Gordon Foundation to help support children facing life-threatening and chronic illnesses. In 2007, Jeff Gordon along with Andre Agassi, Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Warrick Dunn, Mia Hamm, Tony Hawk, Andrea Jaeger, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mario Lemieux, Alonzo Mourning, and Cal Ripken Jr. founded Athletes for Hope, a charitable organization which helps professional athletes get involved in charitable causes and inspires millions of non-athletes to volunteer and support the community.

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Categories
All NASCAR drivers should have Category:NASCAR drivers|Last Name, First Name]] in the article, where the name is filled in, last name first, first name last.

All drivers that have won a Sprint Cup Series championship should have Category:NASCAR Cup Series champions|Last Name, First Name]] in the article, where the name is filled in, last name first, first name last. All drivers that have won an Xfinity Series championship should have Category:NASCAR Xfinity Series champions|Last Name, First Name]] in the article, while Camping World Truck Series champions should have Category:NASCAR Truck Series champions|Last Name, First Name]].

All female NASCAR drivers should have Category:Female racing drivers|Last Name, First Name]] in the article, where the name is filled in, last name first, first name last.