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

Peter Brock has been nominated for Australian collaboration of the fortnight, please pop in and support the nomination, and then help with research to improve the article to at least WP:GA standard, possibly better.

[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

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[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}}

v • d • e
Teams contesting the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Holden Racing Team Tasman Motorsport Stone Brothers Racing Ford Performance Racing Jack Daniel's Racing Brad Jones Racing
1 Garth Tander
2 Mark Skaife		 3 Jason Richards
51 Greg Murphy		 4 James Courtney
9 Shane Van Gisbergen		 5 Mark Winterbottom
6 Steven Richards		 7 Todd Kelly
11 Shane Price		 12 Andrew Jones
14 Cameron McConville
HSV Dealer Team Dick Johnson Racing Team Kiwi Racing Britek Motorsport Garry Rogers Motorsport SuperCheap Auto Racing
15 Rick Kelly
16 Paul Dumbrell		 17 Steven Johnson
18 Will Davison		 021 Kayne Scott 25 Jason Bright
26 Marcus Marshall		 33 Lee Holdsworth
34 Michael Caruso		 39 Russell Ingall
67 Paul Morris
Paul Weel Racing Rod Nash Racing TeamVodafone Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford Rising Stars Racing
50 Andrew Thompson 55 Tony D'Alberto 88 Jamie Whincup
888 Craig Lowndes		 111 Fabian Coulthard 777 Michael Patrizi


[edit] V8 Supercar driver infobox

Mark Skaife
[[]]
Skaife before the 2003 Sandown 500.
V8 Supercar Record
Nationality Flag of Australia Australian
Car # 2
Current team Holden Racing Team
Series Championships 5 (1992, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Wins 36
Podium finishes 76
Pole positions 37
2007 Championship position -

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
Round 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 Supercar race report

{{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