Talk:2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400/GA1

Latest comment: 4 years ago by Usernameunique in topic GA Review

GA Review edit

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Reviewer: Usernameunique (talk · contribs) 12:13, 4 April 2020 (UTC)Reply


Lead

  • Ricky Craven ... started from the 32nd position — The chart below says 31st.
  • It was Craven's ... final win of his career — Not mentioned in the body.
    • Removed MWright96 (talk) 19:16, 4 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
      • It's an interesting fact, you might actually consider adding it somewhere (e.g., "Craven earned his second (and ultimately last) career win"). But up to you.
Infobox
  • 293 laps, 400.238 mi (644.014 km) — The number of laps is in the lead and infobox, but not in the body of the article. The distance is only in the infobox.
  • Wind speed is also only mentioned in the infobox.
  • Is average speed supposed to be the average speed of the winner, or of all racers combined?
    • The average speed of the race winner is the one that is mentioned MWright96 (talk) 19:16, 4 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
  • You might consider adding some of the info about broadcasting into the body; most of what is in the infobox is only in the infoxbox. But that's a smaller deal.
Background
  • Drivers were required to strenuously manage their tire degradation — Maybe "monitor their tire degradation"?
Practice and qualifying
  • one on Friday and two on Saturday — Was the Friday one held in the morning? If so, maybe "one on Friday morning and two on Saturday" since qualifying was held in the afternoon.
  • used provisionals to enter the race — What does this mean?
    • Added a wikilink to the term MWright96 (talk) 16:53, 4 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
      • Can you briefly explain here what it means? From the link, I get the sense that it means their owners had sufficient points for their drivers to automatically qualify. But (maybe because the rules have changed since 2003), the link says that "In the Cup Series four positions are awarded" when here six qualified, and it says that the spots are given "to the fastest qualifying open teams"; I'm not sure what that means.
  • Just out of curiosity, is there anything to be gained by having fast laps in post-qualifying practice sessions, or is it just bragging rights and the promise of a good car to race in?
    • Well, it's usually for teams to fine-tune their cars for the race and to test whether some legal parts would help in improving its performance MWright96 (talk) 16:53, 4 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
Race
  • Johnson made contact with Marlin, who was sent veering into an outside barrier on the backstretch. A cut tire disabled the steering on Marlin's vehicle on the run to turn one, and he crashed against a wall. — I'm a bit confused here. So first Marlin got hit by Johnson, sending him into a barrier, and then a cut tire on his car disabled his steering, causing him to bounce from the barrier into a wall? Also, "on the run" is a big jargony.
  • The latter three continued driving — What about the former three?
  • Earnhardt remained the leader from Nadeau and Spencer at the restart on lap 40 — Not sure what "from Nadeau and Spencer" means here.
  • on the circuit as he remained on the same lap as the leader — Not sure you need this.
  • Throughout the article there seems to be some inconsistency between front stretch/frontstretch/back stretch/backstretch
  • Also some inconsistency between "pit road," "the pit road," and "pit lane." Not a problem if they're properly understood as synonyms, however.
  • On lap 289, Craven began to gain on Busch — But somewhere around 278, didn't Busch's spotter tell him that Craven was already gaining?
  • as Craven's car got loose because he could not remove his hands from the steering wheel and drive towards the barrier — Why would he want to drive towards the barrier?
  • As Busch perceived this as the ideal situation, he had no plan for taking the victory — Why was that ideal for him? And what does it mean that he had no plan?
  • Craven is first mentioned around lap 242, when he was in fourth place. Given that he won (and started pretty far back), perhaps some of his progression should be included?
    • Unfortunately, contemporary and later reports of the race do not go back farther than that, which can happen from time to time. MWright96 (talk) 19:40, 4 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
Post-race
  • Craven ... asked his crew who had won the race. Leaving turn two, he glanced to his left to read the scoring pylon informing drivers and spectators of the finishing positions, and learnt he had succeed. — So his crew didn't tell him?
    • Yes, that was the case since his crew were too escatic to tell Craven that he had won the race. MWright96 (talk) 19:40, 4 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Overall

  • Looks good, MWright96. A few more comments above. --Usernameunique (talk) 19:05, 4 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
    • Thanks, MWright96. Passing now. There's a comment above that you might consider, but certainly nothing to hold up the nomination. Again, feel free to drop me a line if you take this to FAC. --Usernameunique (talk) 20:03, 4 April 2020 (UTC)Reply