Template:Did you know nominations/2001 Protection One 400
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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 14:23, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
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2001 Protection One 400
[edit]- ... that even though Rusty Wallace led the most laps at the 2001 Protection One 400, he finished fourth due to speeding on the pit road?
Created by ZappaOMati (talk). Self nominated at 04:25, 2 July 2013 (UTC).
- Interesting hook and I think it could work with some more context. To someone who's not familiar with racing, I'm not sure if it would be self-evident that this was an auto race. Also, I don't believe "pit road" is a general knowledge term that non-fans would tend to know. CaseyPenk (talk) 17:43, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
- I don't know about how self-evident it'd be, unless you go up to a random non-race fan and ask "did you watch the Blah 500?" or something. For pit road, I linked it, which could help people know what it is. ZappaOMati 19:52, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
- I didn't review the article, but the hook looks self-evident enough. SL93 (talk) 02:17, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
- I'm a little unsure a reader outside the US will be able to parse this quickly enough, though I worked out what it was talking about because "pit road" is contextually similar enough to "pit lane" as used in Formula 1 to understand it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:02, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
- The source uses the phrase "pit road speeding penalty". I think "pit road" should be used in the article rather than "pit lane", if that's the term of art used for NASCAR; I also think you need to use "the" in the article and hook sentences, i.e., "speeding on the pit road". Once these are addressed, we can call for a full review; I don't think it makes sense to ask for a reviewer when this issue is still a snag preventing approval. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:39, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
- @BlueMoonset: I added "the" to the original hook though just in case, I provided extra hooks in the event that the original won't suffice. NFLisAwesome (ZappaOMati's alternate account) 17:41, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that in the 2001 Protection One 400, Coors Brewing Company donated $10 to September 11 relief funds for every lap Sterling Marlin completed?
- ALT2: ... that in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a no-fly zone of 3 miles (4.8 km) wide and 300 feet (91 m)* high for the 2001 Protection One 400?
- ALT3: ... that Jason Leffler won his first career NASCAR Winston Cup Series pole position at the 2001 Protection One 400?
- ALT4: ... that the 13 cautions and 70 laps run under caution in the 2001 Protection One 400 were track highs?
- ALT5: ... that John Andretti and Ricky Craven crashed on the first lap of the 2001 Protection One 400?
Article is new enough and long enough and adequately sourced. I didn't see evidence of copyvio. The original hook is fundamentally OK, but the hook doesn't clarify that he was penalized for the speeding on the hook road, and it's not clear from the article that his placement at the finish (i.e., 4th place) was entirely attributable to the penalty. Also, seeing the earlier discussion, I think the hook can and should indicate that this is a NASCAR race. The original hook is good and interesting, so I didn't review the others. It's good to go, with the following rewording:
- ALT1A ... that Rusty Wallace led the most laps in the 2001 Protection One 400 NASCAR race, but lost after being penalized for speeding on the pit road? --Orlady (talk) 20:46, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
