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Image:NASCAR practice.jpg{{center|The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter
Volume 3 · No. 3 –August 26, 2012 – September 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 2012 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, Leonard Wood

|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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|photo=Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway

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|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 16][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 26]
{{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 30][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 11][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 22][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class&quality=C-Class 39][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=C-Class 53][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=C-Class 24][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Unknown-Class&quality=C-Class 1][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=C-Class 139]
{{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 26][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class&quality=Start-Class 115][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=Start-Class 390][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=Start-Class 356][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Unknown-Class&quality=Start-Class 7][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Start-Class 894]
{{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 56][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=Stub-Class 300][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=Stub-Class 597][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Unknown-Class&quality=Stub-Class 5][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Stub-Class 975]
{{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 12][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=List-Class 54][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 68]
{{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 10][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=NA-Class&quality=Category-Class 154][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Category-Class 171]
{{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 11][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Project-Class 11]
{{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 98][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Redirect-Class 100]
{{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 60][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Template-Class 89]
{{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 102][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class&quality=Assessed 305][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class&quality=Assessed 880][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class&quality=Assessed 1,007][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=NA-Class&quality=Assessed 342][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Unknown-Class&quality=Assessed 13][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&quality=Assessed 2,649]
style="text-align: center;" | Total[http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Top-Class 102][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=High-Class 305][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Mid-Class 880][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Low-Class 1,007][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=NA-Class 342][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR&importance=Unknown-Class 13][http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=NASCAR 2,649]

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Picture of the Month

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File:Henry Ford Museum August 2012 30 (1956 Chrysler 300-B stock car).jpg stock car on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan (United States).]]

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Article Developments

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  • New articles:

    • {{div col|cols=2}}

    :*1972 Winston 500

    :*2012 AdvoCare 500

    :*Mike Chase

    :*1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400

    :*Teri MacDonald

    :*1968 Volunteer 500

    :*1979 Talladega 500

    :*Randy Baker

    :*1987 Winston 500

    :*Rich Woodland, Jr.

    :*Steve Seligman

    :*2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

    :*Sam Bass (artist)

    :*2012 Federated Auto Parts 400

    :*1992 Coca-Cola 600

    :*John Hunter Nemechek

    :*Mike Olsen

    :*Earl Balmer

    :*2012 GEICO 400

    :*Harold Dunaway

    :*1971 Georgia 500

    :*1959 Western North Carolina 500

    :*Earl Brooks

    :*Ron Hutcherson

    :*Ervin Pruitt

    :*Jack Choquette

    :*Jeff Choquette

    :*2013 in NASCAR

    :*1979 Northwestern Bank 400

    :*2012 Sylvania 300

    :*1995 Miller Genuine Draft 500 (June)

    :*Roger Hamby

    :*Alex Bowman

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    {{div col end}}

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

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    {{center|Article of the month – 2010 Sylvania 300}}

    The 2010 Sylvania 300 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 19, 2010, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. The 300 lap race was the twenty-seventh in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the first race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Clint Bowyer, of the Richard Childress Racing team, won the race, with Denny Hamlin finishing second, and Jamie McMurray third.

    Pole position driver Brad Keselowski maintained his lead in the first lap, but in the second lap Tony Stewart pulled ahead. Chase for the Sprint Cup participants Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, and Hamlin were in the top ten for most of the race, but in the closing laps all of them suffered spins or other problems. Hamlin was the only one to recover and finish in the top five. With two laps remaining, Tony Stewart was leading the race when he ran out of fuel, giving the lead to Bowyer, who also led the most laps in the race with 176. There were eight cautions and twenty-three lead changes among eight different drivers during the race.

    The race was Clint Bowyer's first win in the 2010 season, and the third of his career. The result advanced Bowyer to second in the Drivers' Championship, thirty-five points behind Hamlin and ten ahead of Kevin Harvick, but because of a penalty three days after the race, he fell to twelfth in the standings. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty-two points ahead of Toyota and seventy-four ahead of Ford, with nine races remaining in the season. A total of 95,000 people attended the race, while 3.68 million watched it on television. (Read more...)

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    {{hidden|New Images|

    File:Henry Ford Museum August 2012 17 (2011 Ford Fusion stock car).jpg

    File:Henry Ford Museum August 2012 31 (1987 Ford Thunderbird stock car).jpg

    File:Henry Ford Museum August 2012 30 (1956 Chrysler 300-B stock car).jpg

    File:Mattias Ekström 2012.jpg

    File:John W Henry-Fenway (cropped).jpg

    File:Darrell Wallace, Jr. Army.jpg

    File:DennyHamlinAugust2007 crop.jpg

    File:DoverSpeedway2.jpg

    File:DoverSpeedwayMiles1.jpg

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