Talk:2015 Daytona 500/GA1

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Reviewer: Zwerg Nase (talk · contribs) 11:48, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

I hope to get it done over the course of the weekend. Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:48, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Thank you so much! If you (assuming you live in the Eastern time zone of the United States) make any comments from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., I won't be able to respond to them because I have a 9 to 5 job.--Nascar king 12:09, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

I live in the Central European Time Zone, so we'll see how that works out ;) Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:12, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

I am sorry for the delay. I'll get my notes to you later today or tomorrow morning! Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:43, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

OK, so finally now here we go! I have to open by saying that I am probably both a good and bad person to review this, since I don't know very much about NASCAR. And while I'm not a fan of WP-articles that explain every little bit, I feel that I am a good person to determine where things could be made clearer to people not familiar with the content.

First off, the article is very good word, thank you for that! I only found one real mistake, which comes in Budweiser Duels/seconds half, when you write "take the lead" two times in the second sentence. You should cut one out.

Now come the things that I believe should be made clearer:

• Report/background: You should give sources for the track history. And when you call Daytona the most presigious race in NASCAR, you should also give a reference of someone saying that.
• Qualifying: You write that the mode changed from "traditional single car". Can you elaborate on that? Does that mean that in previous years, just one car was on track at the time? Do all NASCAR races have the same quali-mode? If not, that could be pointed out as well.
• Budweiser Duels: Most importantly: Which day were they? Same day as the practices before?
• Why are they called Duels if they are races with 25 people in them?
• Budweiser Duel Race One/First half: You write that crews where over the wall too soon several times. What does that mean?
• Budweiser Duel Race 2/Finish: What is a green-white-checker finish? It seems important to explain that.
• Media: You should point out that you are only talking about U.S. coverage.

I am aware that many things I pointed out will be absolutely clear to people who have watched just one NASCAR race in their life. But as far as I know it is Wikipedia's policy to cover as much as possible in the article so that it is clear even to outsiders (like me).

As soon as all the things above are adressed, this gets a pass. Cheers, Zwerg Nase (talk) 12:07, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

On your first point, my source is straight from Daytona International Speedway. I know Wikipedia frowns on primary sources, but the track websites are what we use for all the technical information. I'm not sure what Wikipedia's stance is on using YouTube videos as a source, but the source for the Daytona 500 point you made features multiple people who cover NASCAR for a living referring to the Daytona 500 as the biggest race in NASCAR.

On your qualifying point, it would be superfluous to go into more detail than what is currently used in the article. I think going into what other tracks use this qualifying method would take away from the flow of the article.

I've added the date for the Budweiser Duel races. What constitutes being over the wall too soon is when the crew jumps off the pit wall to service the car before the car is one pit stall away from his or hers. It's basically one of those rules where the meaning is in the name. In the green-white-checker point, there's a wikilink to an article that explains what it means.

I changed the television part to say it's Fox carrying the race in the United States.--Nascar king 15:55, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

This helped me! It's a pass, congratulations :) Zwerg Nase (talk) 16:45, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much.--Nascar king 16:57, 15 May 2015 (UTC)