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The following is a to-do list for WikiProject NASCAR.

Feel free to add any NASCAR related task to this list.

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/To-do: edit  · history  · watch  · refresh
  • Create Pages for Drivers, People, Tracks, and Teams on To-do Page.
  • Complete Stubs for Drivers, Teams, Tracks, etc.
  • Add Pictures to many people and driver pages.
  • Add Infoboxes to Drivers without them.
  • Update drivers using old infoboxes to new Infobox NASCAR driver
  • Cleanup Pages noted on the to-do list.

Contents

[edit] Article requests

NOTE: Upon creation of an article, please add it and its talk page to Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Related Pages.

[edit] Most Wanted Articles

There are currently three NASCAR-related articles listed at WP:MWA:

  1. 1978_in_NASCAR - 32
  2. 1974_in_NASCAR - 31
  3. 1983_in_NASCAR - 30

[edit] Safety

[edit] People

Add drivers to Category:NASCAR drivers or Category:Former NASCAR drivers, crew chiefs to Category:NASCAR crew chiefs and owners to Category:NASCAR owners after creating.

[edit] Cup Drivers

  • Bill Amick - 1 Career Win in 1957, 5 Poles.
  • Ben Arnold - 132 Career Starts, 10th in 1971 points.
  • L.D. Austin - 169 Career Starts, 3 Top Ten Points Finishes (1957-1959).
  • Earl Balmer - 1 Career Win in 1966.
  • Herman Beam - 194 Career Starts, 4th in points in 1959.
  • Johnny Beauchamp - 2 Career Wins in 1959 and 1960.
  • Bill Blair - NASCAR Pioneer; 3 Career Wins, Top Ten in points (1949, 1950, 1952), 54 Top Ten Finishes.
  • Earl Brooks - 262 Career Starts
  • Austin Cameron - Road Course Ringer, Diagnosed with Cancer
  • Neil Castles - 498 Career Starts, 178 Top Tens, 5 Top Ten Point Finishes.
  • Bill Champion - 289 Career Starts, 7th in 1971 points.
  • Neil Cole - 1 Cup win
  • Doug Cooper - 1964 NASCAR Rookie of the Year
  • Thomas Cox- 1962 NASCAR Rookie of the Year
  • Curtis Crider - 232 Career Starts, 6th in points in 1964.
  • Dean Dalton - 9th in 1972 points, 118 career starts.
  • Bob Derrington - 6th in 1965 points.
  • Ray Duhigg- NASCAR Pioneer, 26 Top Ten finishes, 8th in Points in 1952.
  • Ray Erickson - 1949 NASCAR Pioneer, finished 7th in points
  • Joe Eubanks - NASCAR Pioneer (1950-1961), Top Ten in Points from 1950-1954, 1 Win in 1958, 81 Top Ten finishes.
  • Lou Figaro - NASCAR Pioneer, 1 Win in 1951, passed away in the 1954 Wilkes 200.
  • Jimmy Florian - 1950, NASCAR pioneer, finished 9th in points, 1 Win, 1 Pole.
  • Larry Frank - 1 Career Win in 1962, 103 Career Starts.
  • Joe Frasson - 107 Career Starts.
  • Tommy Gale - 245 Career Starts from 1968-1986.
  • Danny Graves - 1 Career Win in 1957.
  • Henley Gray - 374 Career Starts, 4th in 1966 points.
  • George Green - 116 Career Starts
  • Royce Haggerty - 1 Career win and pole in 1956.
  • Fred Harb - 144 Career Starts.
  • Bruce Hill (NASCAR) - 1975 NASCAR Rookie of the Year
  • Lewis "Possum" Jones - won in relief of Bob Welborn
  • Ron Keselowski - 11 career top-ten finishes
  • John Kieper - 1 Career Win in 1956.
  • Brownie King - Top Tens Points Finish in 1957 (97 Career Starts)
  • Harold Kite - 1 Career Win in 1950.
  • Danny Letner- 2 Career Wins in 1954 and 1955.
  • Jimmie Lewallen - NASCAR Pioneer; Top Ten in Points 1953-1955
  • Paul Lewis - 1 Career Win in 1966, 114 Career Starts
  • Dick Linder - 1950, NASCAR pioneer, 3 wins, 5 poles, 8th in points.
  • Ralph Liguori- Finished 10th in 1954 Season Points.
  • Clyde Lynn - 165 Career Starts, 4th in 1968 points.
  • Skip Manning - 1976 NASCAR Rookie of the Year
  • Chuck Mahoney - 1950, NASCAR pioneer, finished 7th in points.
  • Banjo Matthews - Finished 10th in 1960 points, 3 Career Poles. One of the most notable GN/Cup chassis builders. (contact User:Royalbroil for an image)
  • Dick May - 185 Career Starts, 15th in 1978.
  • Roy Mayne - 139 Career Starts.
  • Joe Millikan - 6th place in points in 1979 season.
  • Lloyd Moore - 1950, 1 Win, finished 4th in points; 1951, finished 11th in points
  • Frank Mundy - 1949 NASCAR Pioneer, finished 10th in points, 1951- 3 wins, finished 5th in points
  • Billy Myers - 2 Career Wins in 1956, 6th in points. (currently redirects to Billie Myers)
  • Norm Nelson - 1 Career Win in 1955.
  • Ed Negre - 338 Career Starts.
  • Bill Norton- 1 Career Win in 1951
  • Eddie Pagan - 4 Career Wins from 1956-1957 and finished 9th in points in 1958.
  • Dick Passwater - 1 Career win in 1952.
  • Tom Pistone - 2 Career Wins in 1959, 6th in points.
  • Blackie Pitt - 1954 NASCAR Rookie of the Year
  • Marvin Porter - 2 Career Wins in 1957 and 1960.
  • J.T. Putney - 125 Career Starts, 2 top ten points finishes (1965,1966).
  • Jim Reed - 7 Career Wins From 1951-1963, finished top ten in points in 1958 and 1959.
  • John Rostek - 1 Career Win and Pole in 1960.
  • Ken Rush - 1957 NASCAR Rookie of the Year
  • Leon Sales - 1 Career Win in 1950.
  • John Sears - 318 Career Starts, 5 top ten points finishes.
  • Bill Seifert - 235 Career Starts.
  • David Sisco - 133 Career Starts, 10th in 1974 points.
  • Eddie Skinner- Finished 7th in 1955 points.
  • Wayne Smith - 123 Career Starts.
  • Bill Snowden - 1949 NASCAR Pioneer, finished 11th in points; 1951- finished 9th in points.
  • John Soares - 1 Career Win in 1954.
  • Gober Sosebee- NASCAR Pioneer; 2 Career Wins, 4 Poles, 33 Top Tens
  • G.C. Spencer - 415 Career Starts, 4th in 1965.
  • Nelson Stacy - 4 Career Wins in 1961-1962 Seasons.
  • Gwyn Staley - 3 Career Wins, finished 10th in 1955 points.
  • Jesse James Taylor - 1951, finished 7th in points
  • Donald Thomas- Brother of Herb Thomas; 1 Career (However brother drove car to victory lane), and 9th in points in 1952.
  • Jabe Thomas - 322 Career Starts, 4 top ten points finishes (1968-1971)
  • Larry Thomas - 126 Career Starts, 8th in 1964 Points.
  • Ronnie Thomas - 1978 NASCAR Rookie of the Year
  • Speedy Thompson - 20 Career Wins, 106 Top Tens, 4 Consecutive finishes of 3rd in points from 1956-1959.
  • Tommy Thompson- NASCAR Pioneer 1 Win in 1951
  • E.J. Trivette - 177 Career Starts
  • Maynard Troyer - Pioneering NASCAR Modified constructor, and frequently-winning Modified driver. Holds record for most flips (18) at Daytona, in a Grand National car.
  • Roy Tyner - 311 Career Starts, 10th in points in 1968.
  • Frank Warren - 396 Career Starts, 10th in 1970 points, 8th in 1971.
  • Art Watts- 1 Career Win in 1957.
  • Bobby Wawak - 141 Career Starts from 1965-1987.
  • Danny Weinberg- 1 Career Win in 1951.
  • Woodie Wilson - 1961 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, however few starts
  • Jack White - NASCAR Pioneer; 1 Win in 1949, Inagural Season.
  • Emanuel Zervakis - 2 Career Wins, 3rd in points in 1961; 8th in 1960. Also notable as a carbuilder, especially at the Late Model Sportsman/Busch Grand National level.

[edit] Busch Drivers

  • Kenny Burks- Busch Series veteran
  • Eddie Falk- Busch Series veteran, top ten points finishes
  • Jeff Hensley- Top ten point Busch Series finishes
  • Robert Ingram- Over 100 Busch Series Starts, top ten point finish
  • Jeff Krogh - 2 career top-tens in Busch Series
  • Jimmy Lawson- 113 Busch starts, top ten points finishes
  • John Linville- 136 Busch starts
  • Bosco Lowe- 133 Busch starts
  • Charlie Luck- Over 100 Busch starts, many top ten point finishes
  • Curtis Markham- Long time Busch veteran
  • Tom Peck- Long time Busch Series veteran
  • Larry Pollard- Busch Series veteran and top 10 points finishes
  • John Settlemyre- 1 Busch Win
  • Bob Shreeves- Top ten Busch Series finishes
  • Ronnie Silver- 2 Busch Wins, Series veteran
  • Joe Thurman- Long time Busch veteran.

[edit] CTS Drivers

  • Dave Rezendes- Busch Veteran, 3 Truck wins
  • Bill Sedgwick - Top ten Truck Series point finisher

[edit] Crew Chiefs

  • Billy Nacewicz - Crew chief for Richie Evans' posthumous 1985 NASCAR Modified championships in Tour's first year, and for some of Evans' earlier NASCAR National Modified championships. Owner of carbuilder RE Fabrications in 1980s. Crew chief for race-winning Busch Series efforts more recently.

[edit] Car Owners

  • Hoss Ellington - former NASCAR car owner
  • Raymond Parks - First car owner to win a NASCAR championship
  • J.D. Stacy - Former NASCAR owner

[edit] Others

  • Wayne Anderson (NASCAR Modified driver) - 1994 NASCAR Modified Tour champion from Long Island; not same person as Wayne Anderson, late model and part-time Cup/Busch/Truck driver from Florida. Disambiguation page will be needed.
  • Lenny Boehler - Six-time NASCAR Modified champion car owner (National Modified Champion 1967-69, FMS Champion 1994-96.) One (not independent) reference is http://www.breracing.com/lb-article-oct05.htm .
  • Jeremy Clements - Up and coming driver. Has raced ARCA/Remax and Nascar Busch Series.
  • Freddie Query - 1998 Slim Jim All Pro Series champion
  • Bruton Smith - of SMI [1]
  • Four of the NASCAR Modified All-Time Top 10 drivers:
  • 6) Tony Hirschman, Jr. - has won 5 WMT championships
  • 7) Bugs Stevens - won three consecutive NASCAR National Modified Championships in 1967-69. There's a published reliable source book by Bones Bourcier from Coastal 181 Press.
  • 8) Fred DeSarro - 1970 NASCAR National Modified Champion
  • 10) Reggie Ruggiero - the "best driver to never win a championship", his 43 victories rank him second to Stefanik since the modern era began in 1985

[edit] Drivers that have pages, but no NASCAR information (only other racing info)

  • Johnny Mantz- 1951, finished 6th in points and won first race at Darlington.

[edit] Series

Add to Category:NASCAR series after creating.

  • NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Midwest Series
  • NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Northwest Series
  • NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series

[edit] Tracks

Add to Category:NASCAR tracks after creating.

  • Asheville Speedway - Former NBS track
  • Augusta International Raceway - Last win for Fireball Roberts (last race - 1963)
  • Caraway Speedway - Former NBS track
  • Colorado National Speedway - Former NCTS track
  • Flemington Speedway - Former NCTS track
  • Greenville-Pickens Speedway - Former NBS track
  • Lanier Speedway - Former NBS track
  • New River Valley Speedway - Former NBS track
  • Oxford Plains Speedway - Former NBS track
  • Peach State Speedway - Former NBS track
  • Saugus Speedway - Former NCTS track
  • All of the tracks here (I ain't checking all of those, sorry)

[edit] Former teams

Add to Category:Defunct NASCAR teams after creating. Articles needing to be written for current teams can be found on the List of NASCAR teams.

  • Black Cat Racing - Not sure what this team was supposed to be about. Controversies surrounding it may warrant notability for an article though
  • DiGard Motorsports - Won multiple races, contended for Cup championships with Darrell Waltrip and other drivers.
  • Hispanic Racing Team - First known NASCAR team that was owned by Hispanic people. Apparantely got their equipment from Larry Hedrick Motorsports's old Busch team.
  • Holman Moody May want to include it with Bios on Ralph Moody and John Holman?, also please setup redirect for Holman-Moody. (Because Holman Moody (no hyphen) sometimes ran a Grand National team and sometimes were just a race engineering shop and carbuilder, this article will need different sections and will need a couple of category tags. The spelling with a hyphen should get a redirect.)
  • Liberty Racing
  • Precision Products Racing
  • Tri-Star Motorsports
  • Blue Max Racing
  • Medford Speed - Former team or sponsor? for J.D. McDuffie and James Hylton.

[edit] Video Games

Add to Category:NASCAR video games after creating.

[edit] Sierra Entertainment

  • NASCAR Racing for Mac(1996)

[edit] EA Sports' NASCAR series

  • NASCAR Revolution(1999)

[edit] Other

NOTE: Upon creation of NASCAR season articles, please replace links in articles to season links. (I.E [[2005]] becomes [[2005 in NASCAR|2005]])
  • National Pit Crew Championship
  • Chassis Dynamics - noted NASCAR Modified builder
  • Troyer Engineering - pioneering NASCAR Modified builder

[edit] Articles that need to be cleaned up

[edit] People

  • Dale Earnhardt - Needs to be more formal, especially the history section. Needs constant patrol against vandals and overexuberant fans.
  • Mark Martin - This article is a mess, reads poorly, and needs major expansion, especially about his pre-Roush years.
  • Penske Racing - needs owner box and needs to be cleaned up.

[edit] Articles that need to be expanded

[edit] People

[edit] Tracks

[edit] Races

[edit] Teams

[edit] Other

[edit] Articles that need to be updated

2006 in NASCAR needs constant updating, as does:

Tracks that need updating from {{NASCAR track}} --> {{Infobox_Nascar_Racetrack}}

Once all is updated (double check here) add {{tfd}} to top of old template, explain why in comment field/summary, and remove old traces of old template, including:

[edit] Articles that need images

A good source is on www.flickr.com's creative commons section (attribution and attribution-ShareAlike sections) :

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