Talk:Daytona 500
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[edit] Merger
I think the List of Daytona 500 Winners should be moved into this article because they both relate onto the same topic. In addition, the 500 article is a stub, and for most other races the list of winners is in the main article. Thoughts? --D-Day 21:59, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
- The main exception to this is the articles Indianapolis 500 and List of Indianapolis 500 winners. I would agree with the convention that they have started there, that is, describe each race in main article, and have list linked where appropriate, but as a seperate article. Reasoning: Both races' histories are long enough that the list is lengthy, and as such, IMHO, deserves their own artciles. (that, and is bulky and akward in main article, which has already been reason enough for creation of new articles.) So to make a long story short (too late), my thought is to keep as seperate articles, and expand Daytona 500 to include race summaries. -slowpokeiv 15:01, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
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- Sounds reasonable to me.
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- I also agree as well. NoseNuggets 11:32 PM US EDT September 29, 2005
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- Im going to create pages for all the Daytona 500's Race summaries starting today --JAranda | watz sup 20:14, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "Racing into the field"
This is no longer accurate. At the 2005 Daytona 500, the 35 car owners with the highest points from the previous year were guaranteed positions for their cars throughout the coming year in all events, cutting the 'racing in' situation at Daytona to a fraction of its former self (as evidenced by Robby Gordon 'failing' to make the race after placing seventh in a qualifying race). The information should reflect the alteration. --Chr.K. 12:20, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] 1988 Daytona 500
Here's a problem... I'm watching a video of Petty's 1988 Daytona crash, and after he came down off the fence, he was only hit by one other car, not two as the article insinuates. I can't make out the number on the car though.... so who was it, Bodine or Foyt? 
Search4Lancer
17:16, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] woman in racing
Does anyone remember Vicki Wood? She raced #3 and was 150.3 Fastest One Way Run in History of Daytona Beach in 1960 in a Nascar Sanctioned race She was 1st in Daytona for Woman racers and 1st inAtlanta and 1st to run with men in Michigan. She raced at Flat Rock ,Detroit and Toronto. She had short curly dark hair. She had a grayhound on the front side of her car and it looks like Ray Fox Associates sponser along with Pure and others I can't make out. I can't find any info while she Topped Beach Runs and Winner Class 5 Pure OIl Economy run and secound and third in flying mile in 1956. Who is she?
[edit] Pages for individual races
Does anyone think that we should start articles for individual Daytona 500's? F1 has articles for individual Grand Prixs, why not start some for the Daytona 500?--Chaz 23:34, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
