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The article was promoted by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 09:59, 5 December 2015 [1].

2006 Subway 500[edit]

Nominator(s): Z105space (talk) 20:05, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the 2006 Subway 500 (today called the Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 for sponsorship purposes), a NASCAR stock car race held at Martinsville Speedway won by Jimmie Johnson. I created this article in January 2015 and it attained GA status that same month. I made a further expansion of the article in August and it had a copy-edit from the GOCE in September. I look forward to any comments regarding this article. Z105space (talk) 20:05, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Mike Christie[edit]

Added mention of Labonte moving into lead on lap 406 in the lead section. Z105space (talk) 18:41, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Kenseth took over the lead of the Drivers' Championship which I have added into the lead section. Z105space (talk) 18:41, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
OK, but who fell to fifth? Johnson went to third, so it's not him; Kenseth was in the lead, so it's not him. If it's Burton, make it "this caused Burton". Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:27, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Burton fell to fifth in the Drivers' Championship after the race. Z105space (talk) 05:37, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Your suggestion has been taken in. Z105space (talk) 18:41, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I tweaked it some more. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:27, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Gordon did record the speed in the fourth session of the test. Z105space (talk) 18:41, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I think that would be an answer for more experienced NASCAR editors to answer as I'm fairly new to the sport. Z105space (talk) 18:41, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
OK, but I think it needs to be answered. I see further down the article that the top speeds in the race are around 99 mph, so how could they do 175 in practice? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:27, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This test was taking place at Homestead-Miami Speedway, which is a longer track and thus allows for higher speeds. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 11:10, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
D'oh. My fault; that's in the article. Struck. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:56, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Sentence structure has been amended. Z105space (talk) 18:41, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
If I didn't misunderstand the earlier form of the sentence, what you now have is factually incorrect -- at the start rain was not forecast; it had already happened. How about something like "Rain showers were forecast for the day of the race, and at the start weather conditions were overcast and some rain had already fallen. The air temperature was around 48F."? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:27, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The above suggestion has been taken in to account Z105space (talk) 05:37, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I have amended this sentence structure. Z105space (talk) 18:41, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Those drivers chose not to make pit stops which I have included. Z105space (talk) 18:41, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, that's not what I meant. What I meant was that the sentence doesn't make sense -- if Johnson is in the lead, and if nobody can pass him because there's a caution, then if he doesn't pit he stays in the lead. What other drivers do makes no difference. So saying he remained leader because other drivers didn't pit seems like a non sequitur. Am I missing something? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:27, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I have changed the sentence to say Johnson maintained his lead at the restart. Z105space (talk) 05:37, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 16:45, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I think the prose is now FA-quality, and the article seems comprehensive. I have not spot-checked the sources. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:56, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Harrias[edit]

Table comments

I have removed the sortable section in the race results table to fall in line with two other NASCAR race reports which are FA. Z105space (talk) 12:47, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Image comments

Done. Z105space (talk) 12:21, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Z105space (talk) 12:21, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Done though the two links are to the same picture. Z105space (talk) 12:21, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oops! The second was meant to be File:Matt-kenseth-bristol-2009.jpg. Harrias talk 12:31, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Done

@Harrias: Are there any other outstanding issues? Z105space (talk) 12:47, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All the images are appropriately licensed, and the table meets the guidelines. Harrias talk 15:50, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

@Giants2008: The issues raised have been rectified. Z105space (talk) 06:00, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Now that the few issues above have been taken care of, I believe that this meets the FA criteria. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:04, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I made one minor copyedit to tweak the date and archive formatting in some background section refs but saw no other outstanding issues. Prose seems okay after the GoCE looked at it and the remaining minor problems have been addressed by others. Looks good to me. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 23:51, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment; the lead image is very small and even in mediaviewer the text is fairly unreadable, is there not a higher resolution alternate? --Errant (chat!) 22:34, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Source review - all OK

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