Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian motorsport

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The WikiProject Australian motorsport is a project to help create, improve and maintain articles relating to motorsport in Australia.

Articles maintained by this WikiProject are grouped in Category:WikiProject Australian motorsport articles by using the motorsport=yes parameter within the {{WP Australia}} template.

Usage: {{WP Australia|motorsport=yes}}

Contents

[edit] Scope

To meet the following objectives regarding Australian motorsport including the V8 Supercar series:

  • Create driver, team and track/event information templates
  • Upload photographs of all current drivers and past champions (at least) in major series
  • Gather statistics and data for all recent drivers, teams, tracks and seasons
  • Formulate a standardised page layout for drivers and tracks

[edit] News

  • The 2006 V8 Supercars season has been run and won.
  • This wikiproject's scope has been broadened from just V8 Supercars to all motorsport in Australia. We need to create the title article!

[edit] Parentage

The parent WikiProject is WikiProject Australian sports, a child of WikiProject Australia.

[edit] Requirements

Anybody interested in motorsport and/or V8 Supercars is especially welcomed to help out.

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian motorsport: edit  · history  · watch  · refresh


Here are some tasks you can do:

[edit] Members

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[edit] Templates

[edit] V8 Supercar team infobox

Holden Racing Team
[[]]
Manufacturer Holden
Team Principal {{{Principal}}}
Team Manager Rob Starr
Race Drivers 2. Mark Skaife
22. Todd Kelly
Chassis VZ Commodore
Debut 1990
Drivers' Championships 6 (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Round wins
Pole positions
2006 position 7th (2414 points)

This V8 Supercar Team Infobox is modeled on the Formula 1 and MotoGP Team Infoboxes. It should be applied to all V8 Supercar team pages. Following is a blank template to copy and fill, at right is an example from the HRT page.

{{V8 Supercar Team 
|  Short_name    = 
|  Logo          = 
|  Manufacturer  = 
|  Principal     =
|  Manager       = 
|  Drivers       = 
|  Chassis       = 
|  Debut         = 
|  Drivers_champ = 
|  Wins          = 
|  Poles         = 
|  Last_season   = 
|  Last_position = 
}}

[edit] V8 Supercar navbox

{{V8 Supercar Teams}}

Teams contesting the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Racing Team Tasman Motorsport Stone Brothers Racing Ford Performance Racing Jack Daniel's Racing
1 Rick Kelly
16 Garth Tander
2 Mark Skaife
22 Todd Kelly
3 Jason Richards
51 Greg Murphy
4 James Courtney
9 Russell Ingall
5 Mark Winterbottom
6 Steven Richards
7 Shane Price
11 Jack Perkins
WPS Racing Team BOC Dick Johnson Racing Supercheap Auto Racing Team Kiwi Racing Britek Motorsport
8 Max Wilson
10 Jason Bargwanna
12 Andrew Jones
14 Brad Jones
17 Steven Johnson
18 Will Davison
20 Paul Dumbrell
50 Cameron McConville
021 Paul Radisich 25 Jason Bright
26 Alan Gurr
Garry Rogers Motorsport Team Sirromet Wines Autobarn Racing TeamVodafone Paul Cruickshank Racing
33 Lee Holdsworth
34 Dean Canto
39 Fabian Coulthard
67 Paul Morris
55 Steve Owen 88 Jamie Whincup
888 Craig Lowndes
111 John Bowe


[edit] V8 Supercar driver infobox

Mark Skaife
[[]]
Skaife before the 2003 Sandown 500.
V8 Supercar Record
Nationality Flag of Australia Australian
Car #
Current team Holden Racing Team
Series Championships 5 (1992, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Wins 36
Podium finishes 76
Pole positions 37
2006 Championship position 11th (1348 pts)
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This V8 Supercar Driver infobox is modeled on the Formula 1 and MotoGP Driver/Rider Infoboxes. It should be applied to all V8 Supercar driver pages. Following is a blank to copy, and at right is an example from the Mark Skaife page.

{{V8 Supercar Driver
|  Name = 
|  Image = 
|  Caption = 
|  Nationality = 
|  Car number = 
|  Team = 
|  Races = 
|  Championships = 
|  Wins = 
|  Podiums = 
|  Poles = 
|  Last season = 
|  Last position = 
}}

[edit] V8 Supercar race infobox

Race details
Race 1 of 14 in the 2006 V8 Supercar season on the Adelaide Street Circuit at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Date March 23 - March 26, 2006
Location Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Course Adelaide Street Circuit
3.78 km
Distance 156 (78 each race) laps, 500 km
Weather Warm, sunny
Pole
Driver Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team
Time 1:21.6102
Race 1
First Craig Lowndes 02:04:18.5229 Team Betta Electrical
Second Rick Kelly 02:04:19.7823 Toll HSV Dealer Team
Third Jamie Whincup 02:04:20.1415 Team Betta Electrical
Race 2
First Jamie Whincup 02:01:28.4014 Team Betta Electrical
Second Todd Kelly 02:01:30.3278 Holden Racing Team
Third Rick Kelly 02:01:38.3490 Toll HSV Dealer Team
Race 3
First N/A N/A N/A
Second N/A N/A N/A
Third N/A N/A N/A
Final standings
First Jamie Whincup Team Betta Electrical
Second Rick Kelly Toll HSV Dealer Team
Third Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team

This is to add to page reports as I have already done on the 2006 Clipsal 500 page. Please feel free to edit it at Template:V8 race report infobox

{{V8 race report infobox
| Date              = 
| Year              = 
| Race_No           = 
| Season_No         = 
| Location          = 
| Course_name       = 
| Course_km         =
| Distance_laps     = 
| Distance_km       =
| Weather           =
| Pole_Driver       =
| Pole_Team         = 
| Pole_Time         = 
| First_Race1       = 
| First_Race1_time  = 
| First_Team_Race1  = 
| Second_Race1      = 
| Second_Race1_time = 
| Second_Team_Race1 = 
| Third_Race1       = 
| Third_Race1_time  = 
| Third_Team_Race1  = 
| First_Race2       = 
| First_Race2_time  = 
| First_Team_Race2  = 
| Second_Race2      = 
| Second_Race2_time = 
| Second_Team_Race2 = 
| Third_Race2       = 
| Third_Race2_time  = 
| Third_Team_Race2  = 
| First_Race3       =
| First_Race3_time  =
| First_Team_Race3  =
| Second_Race3      =
| Second_Race3_time =
| Second_Team_Race3 =
| Third_Race3       =
| Third_Race3_time  =
| Third_Team_Race3  =
| First_Driver      = 
| First_Team        = 
| Second_Driver     = 
| Second_Team       = 
| Third_Driver      = 
| Third_Team        = 
|}}

[edit] Event infobox

I've created an infobox for use with articles about events (not race reports). Usage and blank template is at Template:V8 supercar race. An example can be seen at Clipsal 500 Adelaide. GK1 22:52, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

[edit] Useful reference links