Talk:List of NASCAR race tracks

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I wonder if we should eventually link up to every track that ever held a race. Road America even held a single race. I added in the exhaustive list from racing-reference.com. There are higher priorities right now. Royalbroil 01:36, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

My answer would be a resounding yes, tempered with agreeing that there are more important things than listing the fact that West Virginia International Speedway held four NASCAR Cup races from 1963-1971. If I get time, I'll work on transferring over the list to the WP, and we can work on de-red linking from there. -slowpokeiv 03:15, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Working on it now. And yes, there are a lot of redlinks, but there should be enough info available to create at least a stub for each one with some race history. I've got a couple of really good references, but only through 2002 and only for Cup races - hopefully someone else can help fill in the remaining blanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Duncan1800 (talk • contribs) 08:49, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

The Sprint Cup section is now complete (including the aforementioned West Virginia International Speedway!), though I will have to reorder the table alphabetically at some point. I also need to pick through all the info gleaned from NASCAR Encyclopedia, which dates to 2003, and make sure that everything jives with modern reality. I'm also fairly confident there are some red links that could be fixed just by searching for the track's more current name and changing links as needed. The next goal, though, is to complete the Nationwide and Craftsman sections, which should be much easier given their much shorter and less complex histories. Duncan1800 (talk) 11:49, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Track listing complete!

Having now taken several deep breaths, I can now report that the historical track listings (for Sprint, Nationwide, Craftsman, and "other") are as complete as I believe they can be. This does not mean I'm done, though - being a perfectionist of sorts, I'm still working on confirming or denying existence and current status of each track (by sourcing to appropriate websites or historical sites when available), as well as making sure that all the names are correct and that as many red links as possible are weeded out (by cross-checking with varying track names through history). As of now, I've gotten through Connecticut (going state-by-state). Once all that's complete, I'll reorganize the underlying code on the Sprint Cup section so that the basic sort is alphabetical by track name, rather than by state name (which is how I originally entered them).

I may eventually rework the table for current tracks, since something about it simply seems off to me - I'm not exactly sure what, but I'll think about it and get back to it later. In the meantime, the small work continues. Duncan1800 (talk) 08:52, 12 March 2008 (UTC)