Template:Infobox NASCAR driver

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{{{Name}}}

Born:	Unknown
Birthplace:	Unknown
Awards:	—

Usage for this template:

This template has two types of variables to be called, those having to do with statistics, and those not having to do with statistics. Currently, the ONLY variable that is 100% required, is the Name variable. All others are technically optional, but are useless if not used.

Name[1]
Born[2]
Birthplace[3]
Died[4]
Cause of Death[5]
Awards[6]
Image[7]
First_Cup_Race	First_Busch_Race	First_Truck_Race[8][9]
Cup_Car_Team	Busch_Car_Team	Truck_Car_Team[10]
Previous_Year[11]
Prev_Cup_Pos	Prev_Busch_Pos	Prev_Truck_Pos[12]
Best_Cup_Pos	Best_Busch_Pos	Best_Truck_Pos [13]
First_Cup_Win	First_Busch_Win	First_Truck_Win [14]
Last_Cup_Win	Last_Busch_Win	Last_Truck_Win[14]
Updated_On[15]
Cup_Wins	Busch_Wins	Truck_Wins[16]
Cup_Top_Tens	Busch_Top_Tens	Truck_Top_Tens [16]
Cup_Poles	Busch_Poles	Truck_Poles [16]
Use the following only if retired
Last_Cup_Race	Last_Busch_Race	Last_Truck_Race[14]
Total_Cup_Races	Total_Busch_Races	Total_Truck_Races[17]
Years_In_Cup	Years_In_Busch	Years_In_Truck[18]

1. ^ Should be full name (when known) and NOT wikilinked.
2. ^ a.k.a. Date of Birth, should be wikilinked. (If it is not, the Wiki system does not format it correctly).
3. ^ a.k.a. Place of Birth, should be wikilinked.
4. ^ a.k.a. Date of Death, should be wikilinked. (If it is not, the Wiki system does not format it correctly).
5. ^ If undefined, displays as "Unknown".
6. ^ Any notable awards. The definition of notable in this context is not clear, however, for now, if you think it might be notable, include it.
7. ^ Still under discussion, might not be included in template
8. ^ Required for any series that the driver has started one or more race. If not present NONE of the other stats will show.
9. ^ Formatting: Year Race (Track) Year linked to year in NASCAR page, name of race linked to page of that race. Wikilinked name of race. Track is wikilink to track, piped text should be nickname/short name.
10. ^ Required for any current driver. Formatting Car #, wikilinked team.
11. ^ Required for any driver that raced last year in any series.
12. ^ Required for any driver that raced last year for each series. If not present, the entire Previous Year line will not show for that series section.
13. ^ For any driver that was active in that series. Do NOT count this year. (if this year is the only year that the driver has participated, e.g., rookie, do not use this field
14. ^ ^{a b c} Same formatting as First Race. If undefined, will not show.
15. ^ Required for any current driver. This field MUST be updated each time the stats are. Once driver retires, and this field is irrellivant, remove field
16. ^ ^{a b c} If undefined, shows as "0"
17. ^ Another term for this could be total starts. If the driver took the green flag, it counts.
18. ^ One race in a year counts for that year. e.g. 10 races in 10 years is possible, especially for road ringers