Talk:Roush Racing

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[edit] Featured Article

I think we've got a potential featured article on our hands here. How can we get it to that status? --D-Day 23:07, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

In-text citations and some more free-license images would be helpful. Also, there is little information besides team histories. Some more discussion of current sponsorship deals and contracts would be good. Also, there could be discussion of partnerships with Wood Brothers, Rober Yates, and other teams. --TantalumTelluride 23:19, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

I just added free-use images. Everything else sounds plausible, but I'd like you to elaborate a little more about the current sponsorship deals/contracts. --D-Day 23:32, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't have anything specific in mind; I just thought there should be more about current contracts with drivers, crew chiefs, sponsors, etc. After another glance, I see that some of that is already covered. Anyhow, I'm willing to work on the article to help prepare it for a peer review. I'm planning on doing some work to the main namespace after I finish my chemistry test tomorrow. This will be a good article to start with, since I'm a fan of Mark Martin. --TantalumTelluride 23:39, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Featured articles tend to have a wider scope than this and generally be more interesting to the average reader. While this is one of the highest quality NASCAR-related articles, it generally lacks the wide appeal they look for in featured articles. -Drdisque 00:15, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

In my opinion, the topic of this article is definitely broad enough for featured status. Roush Racing is currently the largest team in NEXTEL Cup competition, fielding more cars than any other NASCAR team, not to mention its participation in the other national NASCAR series. It's also one of the most successful teams in recent history, having won two of the last three Cup championships and landing all five drivers in last year's Chase for the Cup. Thanks for the info, though; I wasn't aware that the scope of an article could affect its featured-article candidacy. --TantalumTelluride 01:41, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Another possible subtopic for the article is Roush Racing's reaction to the "four car per team" limit. --TantalumTelluride 01:49, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

One more thing, the featured article people are REALLY nitpicky about citing facts and making sure absolutely no opinions are present in the article. This isn't something we tend to do in the motorsports realm. As per the issue of scope, the example that is most often cited and caused much consternation in that community was whether Pikachu had a wide enough scope. After vigilant support and editting to the utmost standards by its editors, it was finally accepted and was a featured article a few months ago. Its an example of how much effort a "fringe" article such as ours has to go through for featured article status. -Drdisque 04:05, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

I think some significant copy editing of the article is needed to reach featured article status. Also, I agree that the article needs more sections besides the team histories. Airline 00:50, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I question making this a featured article for one reason: its incompleteness. Roush Racing didn't get its start in the late 1980s as a Winston Cup team. It started much earlier in the decade in road racing (SCCA Trans Am and the old International Motorsports Association) and only moved into NASCAR after a great deal of success in those two series, along with a nasty breakup of the original Roush-Protofab business partnership. Until proper additions are made to give a full history of Roush Racing, this article should not be considered as a featured article. Surfbum, 04:12 UTC

[edit] High Importance?

I disagree with this. This should be Top importance. Rousch Racing has won 2 championships and has ruled the sport for the last 10 years. Casey14 00:33, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jacques Villeneuve

I'm not sure I agree with putting Jacques Villeneuve into the Roush Racing box as of 1 December 2006. There is no confirmed information that he will be in Roush equipment, or that he'll even be in NASCAR at all, and Jayski doesn't count as confirmed information. Blueracer6 07:35, 2 December 2006 (UTC)