Template:Did you know nominations/Spinning (motorsport)

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 05:05, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Spinning (motorsport)

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• ... that the motorsport spinning began as a funeral ritual? Source: "In the 80s, a thriving gangster culture gave rise to spinning at funerals, where it became ritual to steal a car and spin it around in honor of the fallen." [1]

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Created by LittleT889 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:32, 26 June 2020 (UTC).

• Alt1a ... that the South African motorsport spinning began as a funeral ritual where a car was stolen to honor the fallen?
• New enough, long enough, hook cited, QPQ done. The article needs some copy-editing for better flow. --evrik ^(talk) 05:24, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

• @Evrik: The flow seemed fine to me, but I edited it again. Yoninah (talk) 18:02, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

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• ALT2: ... that the South African motorsport of spinning began as a funeral ritual in which a car was stolen and driven in circles to honor the deceased? Yoninah (talk) 18:03, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

• Approve Alt2 - Thank you! --evrik ^(talk) 19:10, 26 July 2020 (UTC)