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Image:NASCAR practice.jpg{{center|The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter
Volume 2 · No. 8 –January 26, 2012 – February 25, 2012

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{{center|Project discussion{{•}}Project resources{{•}}Project Standards (discussion){{•}}Project Category Structure (discussion){{•}}Project Participants (discussion){{•}}Project Assessment (discussion){{•}}Recent Changes{{•}}Popular Articles}}

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WikiProject News

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  • New members: None

How to Help WikiProject NASCAR

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  • Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed!
  • Expand the articles in :Category:NASCAR stubs.
  • Help expand and update everything relating to the 2011 season.
  • Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks:

{{tasks

|requests= Doug Cooper, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Jack White (NASCAR), Reggie Ruggiero, Billy Nacewicz, Bugs Stevens

|assess=See all here

|cleanup=Days of Thunder, Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Thunder 2003, Bill Weber, Bobby Hillin, Jr.

|copyedit=NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt, 2010 Aaron's 499, Mark Martin

|disambiguation=

|expand=Road course ringer, BAM Racing, Greg Erwin, Donnie Wingo, 2008 Daytona 500

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|maintain={{CURRENTYEAR}} NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, {{CURRENTYEAR}} NASCAR Nationwide Series, {{CURRENTYEAR}} NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

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|npov=

|photo=Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway

|split=

|stubs=See all here

|update=

|verify=NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing

|wikify=

|other=More

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Portal Help

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Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.

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Article Statistics

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colspan="8" class="ratingstabletitle" | NASCAR articles by quality and importance
rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom" | Quality

! colspan="7" | Importance

{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance_NASCAR_articles}}

! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance_NASCAR_articles}}

! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance_NASCAR_articles}}

! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance_NASCAR_articles}}

! {{NA-Class|category=Category:NA-importance_NASCAR_articles}}

! {{Unknown-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance_NASCAR_articles}}

! style="text-align: center;" | Total

{{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class_NASCAR_articles}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Top-Class&quality=GA-Class 3][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class&quality=GA-Class 5][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=GA-Class 14][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=GA-Class 2][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=GA-Class 24]
{{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class_NASCAR_articles}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Top-Class&quality=B-Class 31][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class&quality=B-Class 57][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=B-Class 52][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=B-Class 10][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=B-Class 150]
{{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class_NASCAR_articles}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Top-Class&quality=C-Class 21][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class&quality=C-Class 37][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=C-Class 40][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=C-Class 17][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=C-Class 115]
{{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class_NASCAR_articles}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Top-Class&quality=Start-Class 25][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class&quality=Start-Class 117][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=Start-Class 341][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=Start-Class 270][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Unknown-Class&quality=Start-Class 2][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Start-Class 755]
{{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class_NASCAR_articles}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Top-Class&quality=Stub-Class 17][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class&quality=Stub-Class 54][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=Stub-Class 303][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=Stub-Class 598][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Stub-Class 972]
{{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class_NASCAR_articles}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class&quality=List-Class 10][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=List-Class 47][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=List-Class 2][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=List-Class 59]
{{Category-Class|category=Category:Category-Class_NASCAR_articles}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Top-Class&quality=Category-Class 1][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class&quality=Category-Class 2][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=Category-Class 4][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=Category-Class 11][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=NA-Class&quality=Category-Class 124][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Category-Class 142]
{{Disambig-Class|category=Category:Disambig-Class_NASCAR_articles}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class&quality=Disambig-Class 4][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=Disambig-Class 1][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=Disambig-Class 1][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=NA-Class&quality=Disambig-Class 14][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Disambig-Class 20]
{{Portal-Class|category=Category:Portal-Class_NASCAR_articles}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Top-Class&quality=Portal-Class 1][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=NA-Class&quality=Portal-Class 4][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Portal-Class 5]
{{Project-Class|category=Category:Project-Class_NASCAR_articles}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=NA-Class&quality=Project-Class 10][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Project-Class 10]
{{Redirect-Class|category=Category:Redirect-Class_NASCAR_articles}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=Redirect-Class 2][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=NA-Class&quality=Redirect-Class 86][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Redirect-Class 88]
{{Template-Class|category=Category:Template-Class_NASCAR_articles}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Top-Class&quality=Template-Class 2][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class&quality=Template-Class 15][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=Template-Class 8][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=Template-Class 4][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=NA-Class&quality=Template-Class 44][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Template-Class 73]
{{NA-Class|category=Category:NA-Class_NASCAR_articles}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=NA-Class&quality=NA-Class 1][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=NA-Class 1]
{{Assessed-Class}}[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Top-Class&quality=Assessed 101][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class&quality=Assessed 301][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=Assessed 812][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=Assessed 915][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=NA-Class&quality=Assessed 283][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Unknown-Class&quality=Assessed 2][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Assessed 2,414]
style="text-align: center;" | Total[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Top-Class 101][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class 301][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class 812][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class 915][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=NA-Class 283][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Unknown-Class 2][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR 2,414]

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Picture of the Month

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File:Richmond International Raceway Panorama 9.11.jpg in September 2011]]

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Article Developments

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  • New articles:

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    :*1976 Southern 500

    :*1964 Old Dominion 500

    :*1969 Sandlapper 200

    :*1980 Warner W. Hodgdon 400

    :*Tim George, Jr.

    :*2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

    :*Joe Denette Motorsports

    :*Ryan Blaney

    :*Bay Darnell

    :*John King (racing driver)

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    • Unreferenced BLPs:

    :*Mike Cope

    {{seealso|Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts}}

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    {{center|Article of the month – Jeffrey Pollack, a Good Article}}

    Jeffrey Pollack (born circa 1965) is the former Commissioner of the World Series of Poker. Pollack earned an undergraduate degree in journalism from Northwestern University. He then received two master's degrees. He earned his first master's from The Graduate School of Political Management and his second in sports management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Pollack later completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. His first job was a political consultant. He then served as Vice President of Winner & Associates. Prior to joining Harrah's Entertainment and serving as WSOP Commissioner, Pollack held prominent roles with NASCAR and the National Basketball Association (NBA). Pollack has been named to Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal of "40 Under 40" and twice to The Sporting News 100. He has also won two Emmy Awards. Pollack is married, and resides in both Los Angeles and Las Vegas. His half-brother is Gary Bettman, the Commissioner of the National Hockey League.

    (Read more...)

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    {{hidden|New Images|

    File:Martinsville Speedway, September 2011.JPG

    File:Richmond International Raceway, September 2011.JPG

    File:Richmond International Raceway Panorama 9.11.jpg

    File:Oldsmobile Rocket, 1949 - Flickr - Supermac1961.jpg

    File:Toyota Camry Nascar - start of burnout - Flickr - Supermac1961.jpg

    File:Toyota Camry - Flickr - Supermac1961.jpg

    File:Burnout right in front of us - Flickr - Supermac1961.jpg

    File:Toyota 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup 83 Red Bull Racing.jpg

    File:Nearly over... - Flickr - Supermac1961.jpg

    File:Johnny Benson Homestead-Miami.jpg

    File:Juan Pablo Montoya Homestead-Miami.jpg

    File:Lowe's Motor Speedway.svg

    File:Cale Donnie Daytona 500.jpg

    File:TonyStewartAugust2007.jpg

    File:The Milwaukee Mile.svg

    File:Watkins Glen Track Overview.svg

    File:Ryan Blaney ARCA 2011.jpg

    File:International Motorsports Hall of Fame, Talladega AL.jpg

    File:Occoneechee Speedway straightaway.jpg

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