Talk:Tony Renna

Next indy death

Somebody should add this box, with the next person who died (Is that Paul Dana?)

From Greg Moore's page:

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.235.171.17 (talk • contribs)

 Done --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 02:16, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Tony Renna. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060824180150/http://www.tonyrenna.net/front.htm to http://www.tonyrenna.net/front.htm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 02:57, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 11:50, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

(

• Comment or view
• Article history

)

• ... that racing driver Tony Renna coached and spotted for actor Jason Priestley in the 2002 Infiniti Pro Series? Sources: Priestley gets new spotter - Crash & Renna quickly makes mark in IRL - The Indianapolis Star & Solid: IRL Rookie Tony Renna Could Get A Full-Time Deal For 2003 - Autoweek
  • ALT1 ... that the death of Tony Renna and major accidents involving four other drivers led the Indy Racing League to lower car speeds and engine horsepower from the 2004 Indianapolis 500 onward? Sources: Applying Brakes at Indy - Los Angeles Times & IRL to cut speeds in time for Indy - WTHR & Drivers, engineers like IRL's move - ESPN
    • ALT2:... that when Tony Renna decided to focus on auto racing, his father asked him, "Do you know what you're asking for? Do you know you are asking for the brass ring and the Olympic gold medal"? Source: Renna Races Upward - Orlando Sentinel

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tsai Ying-wen (political scientist)

5x expanded by MWright96 (talk). Self-nominated at 17:52, 18 October 2019 (UTC).

• Article is sufficiently expanded and well-referenced as well as being written in a neutral tone. ALT1 seems the most interesting to me as a casual reader. QPQ has also been done._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 08:20, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Tony Renna/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Usernameunique (talk · contribs) 06:00, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Lead

• finishing second at the United States team — for the United States team?
  • Done MWright96 (talk) 06:49, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• was driver coach — was a driving coach? was the driving coach?
  • Chose the latter option MWright96 (talk) 06:49, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Early and personal life

• As a child, he was a batboy for the New York Yankees baseball team — When they played in California? Or in New York?
  • That is not stated in any of the sources MWright96 (talk) 06:49, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Jim O'Bryan ... asked if Renna was interested in driving in Europe — When?
  • Added MWright96 (talk) 06:49, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
    • I mean when did O'Bryan ask?
      • Have added that information MWright96 (talk) 19:02, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Junior career

• This would be much easier to read if given one or two subsections.
  • Added three subsections MWright96 (talk) 06:49, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
    • That's looks far better, thanks.

IndyCar Series career

• an agreement for Renna to drive for PacWest's CART team failed — Why?
  • The reason was not given by the team MWright96 (talk) 06:49, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Might want to state that Al Unser Jr. drove for Kelley Racing when he is first mentioned in this section.
  • Added MWright96 (talk)
• and to partner 2003 IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon — Partner with?
  • Done MWright96 (talk) 06:49, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Is there a natural point to add a subsection?
  • Moved some information to the prior subsection in the article MWright96 (talk) 06:49, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Death

• without having made any prior collision against the trackside SAFER barriers — Is the significance of this that they were unlikely to be damaged before he hit them?
  • Yes, that is the case MWright96 (talk) 06:49, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Overall

• Looks good, MWright96, very little to point out. A few of the sections do look like walls of text; using subsections, or even adding some more photographs, would help. --Usernameunique (talk) 06:00, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Great, passing now. --Usernameunique (talk) 19:08, 7 April 2020 (UTC)