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[edit] Group 4 (racing) and Group 5 (racing)From my references, it seems that Sports Cars was originally a Group 4 (racing) class, this being the case from at least 1966 until 1969 and cars like the Ford GT40 and Porsche 917 were homologated into Group 4. We know this from the FIA List of Previously Homologated Cars, that can be found at the FIA Historic Racing Regulations page, showing homologation of the Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512 into Group 4. Then some time around 1970(?), the Group 4 sports cars (production run of 25) were moved to Group 5 and the Group 4 becase "special grand touring cars (production 500)". So this means the Group 5 (racing) page needs some tidy up as there would appear to be three phases of Group 5 cars.
Does anyone have some better and more exact dates (and references) for these, so we can update the Group 5 page? --Xagent86 (Talk | contribs) 10:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Club RacingShouldn't this project include club racing, like SCCA, PBOC, etc? It's not professional or televised or anything, but it IS sports car racing. The series list only seems to contain professional racing series. JDS2005 16:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Changes in Templates
New discusssion on Motorsport talk page. Davnel03 18:05, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Clay RegazzoniI'm trying to finish off the Clay Regazzoni article for a stab at GA, but can't find much in the way of references for his sports car appearances in the early 1970s. Can anyone either reference the relevant section or the article or advise on where I can find suitable online sources? Cheers. 4u1e 8 March 2007, 14:58 [edit] Question of copyrightI had been looking at the Ferrari 512 page and noticed what appears to be copyright infringement. In fact, I feel that most of the page needs to be removed or rewritten, I'd appreciate if people could take a look at the page, comment on the talk page and possibly help with the rewrite. --Xagent86 (Talk | contribs) 10:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC) [edit] 19xx in motor racing categoriesI've recently created Category:1950 in motor racing - Category:1968 in motor racing. So, feel free to add any relevant articles or subcategories into these new categories. -- DH85868993 12:23, 2 April 2007 (UTC) [edit] IMSAAfter covering pretty much every major international sports car series, I believe the time has finally come to properly go over the IMSA series. However I believe there is one major hurdle to overcome before we can actually cover it. What do we name it? The series had many names of the years, mainly due to sponsors, but what is the most common name for the series? Looking over results, here's a breakdown of the names:
Should we go with IMSA GT? Camel GT? Something else? Suggestions welcome. The359 21:47, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Le Mans race year shortcut templateHi. Just a note to let you know about Template:24hLM. It is a shortcut template useful when writing driver and vehicle articles, to remove the need to laboriously write [[yyyy 24 Hours of Le Mans|yyyy]] every time you want to directly link to a particular Le Mans race. To use the template just type {{24hLM|yyyy}} and the link will appear as yyyy. Pyrope 19:19, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Porsche motorsport articleFollowing discussion on the Porsche talk page, Porsche in motorsport has been created. Please consider whether any links to Porsche need to be changed to Porsche in motorsport. -- DH85868993 14:04, 12 April 2007 (UTC) [edit] Standard width for driver infoboxesThere are numerous driver articles which contain multiple infoboxes, for the different series the driver has competed in. One issue is that the various driver infoboxes are different widths, which means that the infoboxes don't always "stack" neatly - contrast Olivier Gendebien (all infoboxes the same width) with Julian Bailey (different width infoboxes). The current infobox widths are:
I propose that we standardise the width of all driver infoboxes at 24em, to improve the visual appearance of articles containing multiple infoboxes. Please leave comments here. DH85868993 14:23, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Important!One thing it seems we all forgot when deciding on the image for the template (Template:WikiProject Sports Car Racing) was that images on templates must be free images (because a free alternative could be used, see WP:FU). Niether of the options presented were suitable. Please take a look over at Template talk:WikiProject Sports Car Racing to help decide on a new image for the template. I changed the image currently but that image doesn't have to stay, it's just a filler until we decide on a new one. James086Talk | Email 08:27, 24 April 2007 (UTC) [edit] Help identifying carsI'm currently importing a load of freely licenced motorsport photos over from flickr, and came across these: [2] [3] [4] [5]. I'm looking for as much info on each of the cars as possible (Make, Model, Year, Events, Driver) to be able to properly describe and categorize it. Thanks, AlexJ 21:52, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks guys, just to let you know, the uploaded images are now available on the Wikimedia Commons. They can also be viewed here.AlexJ
[edit] TemplatesI've been bold and moved all the sportscar templates from Category:WikiProject Sports Car Racing Templates and Category:Motor racing navigational boxes into new category Category:Sports Car Racing templates and subcategories Category:Sports Car Racing infoboxes and Category:Sports Car Racing navigational boxes. But I wasn't sure what to do about template:WikiProject Sports Car Racing and template:WP:SCR User - should they be in Category:Sports Car Racing templates and/or Category:WikiProject Sports Car Racing Templates and/or Category:WikiProject Sports Car Racing? And do we still need Category:WikiProject Sports Car Racing Templates (which is currently empty) at all? P.S. If people don't like the capitalisation of the new categories (which I based on "WikiProject Sports Car Racing"), I'm willing to change it. -- DH85868993 12:55, 8 May 2007 (UTC) [edit] WikiProject Motorsport LibraryI've made a suggestion at WikiProject Motorsport for a list of hardcopy references and who holds them, to help with referencing articles. This was prompted by the realisation that I have access to quite a lot of material which I'm not currently using. Please comment here. Cheers. 4u1e 16:44, 9 May 2007 (UTC) [edit] 1977 World Sportscar ChampionshipLooking at the 1977 World Sportscar Championship page, I feel it is very confusing to say that "The 1977 World Sportscar Championship season was the 25th FIA World Championship for Makes" when the 1977 World Sportscar Championship and the 1977 World Championship for Makes were two separate championship series. Personally I think they each deserve their own articles rather than sharing the same one. I have the same thoughts re 1976 World Sportscar Championship GTHO 11:48, 10 May 2007 (UTC) [edit] 1000km racesMaybe I'm the only one that has been bothered by this, but should the titles of the various 1000km races be altered? Races like the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring follow the form of (race distance) of (location). However all the 1000km races leave out the of. Should the articles all be renamed to 1000km of Suzuka or 1000km of Spa and the like? The359 16:41, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
I believe that we should be using the names that the organisers used in the actual race programs. Where not available, contemporary reports (eg in Automobile Year) are the best bet. By applying a set naming standard we are effectively trying to rewrite history. The two volume book "Time and Two Seats" which covers all races in all major sports cars series from 1953 to 1998 is an excellent reference although the author has a thing about not including any relevant sponsor name in the race title. GTHO 03:24, 11 May 2007 (UTC) [edit] What is Norelco Drivers CupI want to ask what is Norelco Drivers Cup? Is that a driver's contingency thing and how is it awarded.Willirennen 03:50, 19 May 2007 (UTC) [edit] 2007 24 Hours of Le MansWith Le Mans now two weeks away, I'd like to ask all the members of WikiProject: Sports Car Racing to offer their services to help improve mainly the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, but also other main Le Mans articles in any way possible. This could include:
I'd like to have, once the race is over, the winner listed in the "In The News" section of the Wikipedia Main Page to help increase exposure of the race and the project. Plus, since is the crown event for us sports car fans, I'd love to hear some of your predictions for the race this year, just for fun. The359 07:16, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Chart with the details of the different specs?I think it would be interesting and easier to understand if there was a chart with max weight, typical power, etc of the different classes so people could quickly refer to it when they are trying to get the quick and dirty on the difference between GT2 and GT3 etc. AntoineWalker1066 14:51, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Misbehaving(?) templateI think template:WikiProject Sports Car Racing doesn't behave properly when nested. Consider Talk:Charles Pozzi: Notice how when you click on the word "Show" for all the other WikiProject banners, the word "Hide" appears exactly where the word "Show" used to be. Now click on the word "Show" on the WikiProject Sports Car Racing banner - see how the word "Hide" sort of "jumps to the left". I suspect it's to do with the inclusion of the "Shortcut" template within the WP:SCR template. A minor point, certainly, but one that someone (who knows more about code than me) may care to fix. DH85868993 08:51, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Stub driveIn an effort to help kick the project forward a little, I feel that an attempt should be made to create new articles that appear to be needed. However, instead of attempting to make a thorough article which takes time, at the very least some stubs should be created. I think it may be easier to get people motivated to write something if there is a stub, instead of nothing at all. The359 21:19, 4 July 2007 (UTC) [edit] Replacing succession boxes for individual racesOne of the quirks of the individual races results pages that have been written so far is that the box at the bottom currently used to move through a season of a race series (Template:Sportscar Race Report) becomes quite uneven due to the variety of name length used in titles. This is especially noticable at the end of a season when one section just says None. I'd like to hear suggestions about possibly switching to a Succession template similar to the one used on various driver profiles, such as at the bottom of JJ Lehto, which includes sucession boxes used for 24 Hours of Le Mans winners. The boxes are automatically centered regardless of the length of whatever is in the box. The359 19:02, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Car identification (again)A recent gallery of pictures from the Silverstone Classic has appeared on Flickr under licensing that allows it to be uploaded to Commons. Lots of Historic Group C/GTP as well as old Aston Martin sportscars. However I need some help on identifying some of the cars pictured.
The full gallery is here. I'll start uploading them soon once I have them identified. The359 22:19, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Ooof, I've found a second guy on Flickr who was at the event and released all his picture on Creative Commons. Prepare for a crapload of uploaded Group C/GTP pictures. The359 06:42, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
I figured out the Spice, it is not the Brix Racing car (which had an Acura V6). WSRP lists SE92-025 as having a Chevrolet V8, which was later rebuilt with a narrow cockpit and bi-plane wing. This is the car it had actually started out life as. So the car seen at Silverstone is not in its original racing configuration. The359 05:18, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Yet another one...Found another group of photos of historic cars, having trouble with this one. 908? 910? Something else? The359 00:17, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 2007 Le Mans Series race results up for deletionSoon after posting the results for the 2007 1000km of Spa for the Le Mans Series earlier today, someone had decided to nominate all four results for 2007 in the Le Mans Series (Monza, Valencia, and Nürburgring) for deletion, citing that because they are mostly results tables they are deletable. Please voice your opinion regarding this AfD at this discussion. The359 21:02, 19 August 2007 (UTC) [edit] Nationality of some sports car teamsI've spent some time recently placing articles about auto racing teams into the relevant "<country> auto racing teams" categories. I've done all the teams listed in Category:Sports car racing teams except the following ones, about which I was unsure:
Perhaps someone more knowledgeable than me can put these articles into the right categories (or just advise of the correct country/ies so I can do it). Thanks. DH85868993 02:36, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, 359. DH85868993 04:23, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Here's what I did:
Thanks for all your help. DH85868993 02:26, 5 September 2007 (UTC) FYI -- Fernandez runs under a US License. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.40.249.20 (talk) 16:33, 26 September 2007 (UTC) [edit] And now for a round of "Name That Race"... Hi. I just removed the image on the right from the pages 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans and List of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners. It was described by the original uploader as depicting the 1952 Le Mans event, however, in that race the #22 car was the works Mercedes 300SL of Kling/Klenk, which that car plainly is not. So, any ideas about where it might actually be? Judging by the soldier/policeman, the scenery and the huge volume of sand, I'm guessing Spain, Italy or north Africa. Assuming that it is indeed 1952 (I can find no evidence that it is) then we can also eliminate the Targa Florio on car number grounds. Alternatively, the lead car is almost certainly either a Ferrari 166 S or 195 S, so the date could be up to four years earlier. In fact, I am 99.9% certain that it is the 1949-winning 166MM of Selsdon and (mostly) Chinetti, as shown here. But as I say, the scenery looks wrong for La Sarthe. A similar car ran under the same number in the 1949 Circuito di Pescara, but is the centre spotlight too much of a coincidence? Is the Pescara car in fact this one? Any help pinning it down would be appreciated! Pyrope 09:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
As a separate point linked to the same image, I am fairly sure that any use of it other than for the Auto Sport Review magazine article contravenes fair use as defined in {{Non-free magazine cover}}? However, as the image is now 58 years old, is it still under copyright? Pyrope 11:14, 12 September 2007 (UTC) [edit] Tojeiro troubles... I'm enjoying this game, so this time something a bit different. Not so much "name that car", but "explain that car". I recently snapped this Toj (see right) at the SeeRed meeting at Donington. While it is undoubtedly a Tojeiro Jaguar I'm a bit stumped as to which one it is. I have seen the reg. number 7 GNO on the third car, but it was wearing very different bodywork (see here). This one is plainly D-type based, so I can't imagine that swapping bodies is easy as the monocoque should be partially stressed skin in construction. So, is this car borrowing a number? Is the other? Have they actually gone to the trouble of rebodying it? Anyone able to cast some light on the conundrum? Ta! Pyrope 13:09, 19 September 2007 (UTC) [edit] Expansion of prototype articlesI've been thinking about a way to organize various types of prototypes that have been used in racing since the move from production-based cars to the custom-built prototypes of today. We already have Group C, Le Mans Prototype, and Daytona Prototype. I think we can stand to see an article dedicated to Group 6 (currently a redirect to Group C), as well as a creation of Grand Touring Prototype (currently a redirect to IMSA GT Championship). Finally, Sports-prototype (currently a redirect to Le Mans Prototype) can be made into a short summary page of the various types of prototypes of the years, including some elements seen in sports car racing. Ideas? The359 07:18, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft for Speedy DeletionJust to remind everybody, as the article creator, I have been given a CSD tag although it was sourced from numerous sites. What can I do about this? Willirennen 02:11, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Scuderia Ferrari / FerrariThese two articles are something that I think really needs the attention of this project. After a quick review of Scuderia Ferrari, I found only 2 mentions of Ferrari's early exploits in the Mille Miglia, 1 mention of only 1950s World Sportscar Championship success, 4 mentions of Le Mans victories, and a mention of Ferrari leaving sports cars in 1973. Ferrari on the other hand only mentions the company winning their first Le Mans, and speaks more of the history of Luigi Chinetti and NART than Le Mans itself. I think that one of the most successful manufacturers and teams in sports car racing from the 1950s-1973 deserves a little more attention than this. There is however one quick question that I was curious about and hope someone can answer, while we attempt to expand these two articles at the same time. Scuderia Ferrari participated in the WSC from 1953 to 1961. However from 1962 to 1973, the factory teams were entered under variations of the name SpA Ferrari SEFAC. So my question is, was Scuderia Ferrari still the factory sports car team from 1962 onward, or was the sports car division considered a seperate entity from Scuderia Ferrari in this period? The359 18:05, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Japan Le Mans Challenge cancelled - Merge articles?Word has come that the Japan Le Mans Challenge, which was only created in 2006, has already been cancelled by the ACO. A new, broader Asian series might come in 2009, but for now there's no more JLMC. The series was extremely small and only ran two seasons, most races only having a dozen or so cars. I'm wondering if some articles should be deleted and changed to redirects. There's currently the main article (Japan Le Mans Challenge), two season pages (2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge season and the not updated 2007 Japan Le Mans Challenge season), and three race pages from 2006 (2006 Sportsland Sugo 1000km, 2006 Motegi 1000km, and 2006 Okayama 1000km, with none of the races for 2007 ever written). Merge the few race pages into the season pages? Merge the season pages into just the general article? With a series this short-lived, small, and with so littl einformation about it, I think having specific race/season pages might fail notability. The359 (talk) 18:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC) [edit] 1 YearJust an announcement that today is the 1 year anniversary of this project being started. There are now just over 1000 articles tagged under the banner of this project, and I think that sports car racing has grown a great deal here on Wikipedia in this past year, especially in comparison to other forms of motorsport. Some areas have grown far beyond what I had expected, while there are always areas where I wish more could be done. However, this should not take away from the work that everyone involved in the project has done, no matter how little or how much. Thanks to everyone who has helped get this project off the ground, and hopefully more sports car fans will appear and things will continue to improve. The359 (talk) 16:02, 13 December 2007 (UTC) [edit] ImagesI have a contact at flickr who has a broad racing photostream. He has agreed to change the license on any of his images to Creative Commons Attribution/ShareAlike so that Wikipedia can used them as long as we request which ones. He has uploaded a large set of images from the 2008 Rolex 24 and several images of older cars on display. I already uploaded this image. Here is a link to that image, and here's a link to the set. I'll probably have already secured several images of drivers by the time you read this message. Enjoy - it's wonderful! Royalbroil 04:24, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Part 2He has uploaded another large set of great images from Sebring. A few are current cars and many more were taken during a historic Trans Am race. Let me know what you think and I can ask him. Royalbroil 18:05, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Part 3He has uploaded a third set, this time from the 2008 event at Virginia International Raceway [16]. I can ask him about these images, or you can ask him yourself. Royalbroil 14:54, 30 April 2008 (UTC) [edit] Gulf Oil GA Sweeps Review: On HoldAs part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. I have left this message at this WikiProject's talk page since the article falls under its scope and so that any interested members can assist in helping the article keep its GA status. I'm specifically going over all of the "World History-Americas" articles. I have reviewed Gulf Oil and believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed, and I'll leave the article on hold for seven days for them to be fixed. Please consider helping address the several points that I listed on the talk page of the article, which shouldn't take too long to fix. I left messages for the main contributors to the article so that the workload can be shared. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 04:45, 11 February 2008 (UTC) [edit] Andy LallyI have requested expansion on his sports car career. He seems to have accomplished a lot, and the section is real basic right now. Royalbroil 17:07, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Requesting to move Ferrari BreadvanCan anybody suggest what the article for the 1962 Le Mans special be renamed to, could it be Ferrari "Breadvan" or just Ferrari Breadvan, which the article is already merged to or Ferrari 250GT SWB "Breadvan" considering Breadvan could be as in the van used by bakeries, thats to non-car people. What do you suggest?
[edit] Incorrect image?A comment on Talk:Jacky Ickx suggests that the image on his page labelled as a 956 is actually a 962. I don't know enough to know whether the comment is correct, but I thought someone here might. DH85868993 (talk) 09:50, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Touch of classI've got a request for help. It's been clarified HM=SCCA's Class H Modified, but I'm concerned about over-generalizing. If somebody's got access to a contemporary rulebook (the website doesn't say, & the regs are likely to have changed since the '50s...), it would be a help. I'm also posting to WP Motorsports. Also, I'd welcome clarification on where the Offut & MacDill events were run, & anything else... If you read Italian, you can also help out with the associated links & at Bandini Automobili & its links... Thanks. TREKphiler hit me ♠ 05:58 & 06:16, 27 July 2008 (UTC) [edit] Articles flagged for cleanupCurrently, 1230 articles are assigned to this project, of which 161, or 13.1%, are flagged for cleanup of some sort. (Data as of 14 July 2008.) Are you interested in finding out more? I am offering to generate cleanup to-do lists on a project or work group level. See User:B. Wolterding/Cleanup listings for details. More than 150 projects and work groups have already subscribed, and adding a subscription for yours is easy - just place the following template on your project page:
If you want to respond to this canned message, please do so at my user talk page; I'm not watching this page. --B. Wolterding (talk) 15:59, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] SeendcleeveFYI: This user has recently started making contributions that are significantly contaminated with copy-paste copyvio from other sites. Unfortunately they have been selective and taken a sentence or two from one site, then another couple from another. Those parts that are written in their own words are pretty poor. I have already tagged Len Bailey (a page we desperately need) for deletion for being 99% copyvio, and other such as Alan Mann Racing (another one that I desperately want to find the time and sources to write properly) are a disgrace. The user is new so they are most likely doing this in good faith, but it is likely going to take one or two of use to go through and scrub out all the damaging and messy material. I tried to make a start but ran out of time. I'll keep my eyes on them, but it may be a couple of weeks before I can sit down and go through their contribution history thoroughly. If anyone else could keep tabs on them and offer assistance as required as well it might be a good thing. Their heart is obviously in the right place, they just need guidance. Pyrope 15:58, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Sportscar Points Scoring on WikipediaI must admit, I am only a casual fan of sportscar racing but Wikipedia is where I come to check the points tables for the ALMS and LMS. One thing that puzzles me about the format utilized on Wikipedia is that if a car does not finish the minimum distance for points, it is not rated as "0" points, but instead left blank - so when looking at scores, it becomes impossible to know offhand what cars particpated at each event unless you go to the results page directly. Why not either leave it blank for zero points and a participation and add a "-" if the car did not particpate at the event? Or leave it blank for no participation and add a "0" for participation for no points? Or a "0" for participation and no points and a "-" for no participation at all? It seems relatively easy to do and would make things a little clearer I think - anyways, it's just an idea. Ultimatum (talk) 02:01, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] LMS: Manufacturers' championship?Primarily this is not an improvement suggestion but this puzzles me. In the main article and season articles, there are only driver and team championship points tables. But often drivers or team principals are talking about "winning the Manufacturers' title" and so on. On lemans-series.com -> Classifications there is a PDF that lists manufacturer points. Is it somehow less official championship than Teams' and Drivers' or what is the reason for excluding it? 88.193.39.80 (talk) 16:23, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Sports racing car categoryI've recently spent some time moving articles from Cat:Racing cars into relevant subcategories. One subcategory that is notable by its absence is "Category:Sports racing cars" (there are some more specific categories such as Cat:IMSA GTP cars and Cat:Le Mans Prototypes, but not an overarching "Sports racing cars" category). The kind of cars I would envisage being included in such a category would be the cars that have raced at Le Mans through the years, cars which raced in the various incarnations of the World Sportscar Championship, IMSA cars, etc e.g. Jaguar C-Type, Ferrari 312P, Lotus 23, etc. But before I create and populate the category, there are a few points I'd like to discuss:
Any thoughts would be appreciated. DH85868993 (talk) 11:47, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Possible restructure of Scuderia Ferrari articlePlease add your thoughts at Talk:Scuderia_Ferrari#Possible_restructure. Thanks. DH85868993 (talk) 02:10, 9 January 2009 (UTC) [edit] List of motorsport terminologyPer this discussion at Wikiproject Motorsport I recently created the page List of motorsport terminology. Designed primarily to combat jargon, feel free to drop by and add common motorsport terms (this is going to be a big list). Apterygial 05:03, 18 January 2009 (UTC) [edit] Corvetteat Talk:Corvette, there is a discussion going on if the warship (Corvette (ship) or sports car Chevrolet Corvette is the primary meaning of Corvette. This is listed at WP:RM 76.66.198.171 (talk) 12:00, 21 January 2009 (UTC) [edit] Michael Schumacher under GA reviewHello there, the article Michael Schumacher which falls under the auspices of this Wikiproject, has come under review as part of GA Sweeps and a number of problems have been identified and listed on the talk page. If these problems have not begun to be addressed by seven days from this notice, the article will be delisted from GA and will have to go through the WP:GAN process all over again to regain its status once improvements have been made. If you have any questions, please drop me a line.--Jackyd101 (talk) 22:38, 29 January 2009 (UTC) [edit] Mercedes CLR - French translationI'm doing some research for a possible expansion of the Mercedes-Benz CLR article, and I came across this video convering the presentation and testing of the CLR. Unfortunately it's in French, and I don't know French. So I'd really appreciate it if there was someone who could translate and trascribe what is being said in the video, because I'm sure there can be some usual information. IIIVIX 06:33, 13 March 2009 (UTC) [edit] Le Mans merger proposalI've proposed that the Bugatti Circuit article be merged into Circuit de la Sarthe. This may be discussed here.Mustang6172 (talk) 04:11, 23 March 2009 (UTC) [edit] Ford GT40Ken Miles death in the J-car is described as..."Unfortunately, the fatal Miles accident was attributed at least partly to the unproven aerodynamics of the J-car design, and the team embarked on a complete redesign of the car, which became known as the Mk IV." Doane Spencer told me his version of the story while waiting in the credential line at Road Atlanta in 1981 or 1982, which was that a rear brake rotor fractured and cleaned the caliper off the upright on the following rotation, subsequently leading to the failure of the suspension on that corner. This anecdote came up during a discussion of water cooled brakes and their history and application. Spencer's account clearly insinuated if not indicated he had been present as a member of the crew at that event and was involved in the follow-up investigation and vehicle recovery. Spencer's overall credentials as a master racing mechanic are impeccable and well-known, but I personally cannot authenticate his presence at the J-car event, nor the details of his account. I find it far more believable and detailed than the oft-cited and repeated aerodynamics failure credited with causing the crash. Miles was a development driver precisely because he knew all too well how to drive on the edge of an ill-handling race car, and I believe a catastrophic mechanical failure was more likely to contribute to a crash of that magnitude than general aerodynamic instability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.162.153.50 (talk) 01:59, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
[edit] World Le Mans SeriesI've created World Le Mans Series based on two reliable sources. I hope that you expand this article when time comes. Good bye! --NaBUru38 (talk) 16:47, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
[edit] GT1What happened to GT 1 class and why? Is this going to happened to GT2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.100.133 (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
[edit] GAN backlog reduction - Sports and recreationAs you may know, we currently have 400 good article nominations, with a large number of them being in the sports and recreation section. As such, the waiting time for this is especially long, much longer than it should be. As a result of this, I am asking each sports-related WikiProject to review two or three of these nominations. If this is abided by, then the backlog should be cleared quite quickly. Some projects nominate a lot but don't review, or vice-versa, and following this should help to provide a balance and make the waiting time much smaller so that our articles can actually get reviewed! Wizardman 23:39, 5 September 2009 (UTC) [edit] ALMS class change?Can anyone tell me why GT1 was dropped from ALMS after Sebring this year? I see cars that used to be GT1 in the new GT2 class and the cars that used to run GT2 are not on the track. Where did they go? Now I read that LMP1 and LMP2 will combine to be LMP in 2010 and a new LMPC class will be added. What is the deal? Gjolusczak (talk) 21:26, 26 September 2009 (UTC)Greg Olusczak
[edit] 1000 km races revisitedIs there any reason why 1000km Spa and 1000km Monza have no space between the "1000" and the "km", whereas 1000 km Brands Hatch, 1000 km Buenos Aires, 1000 km Nürburgring, 1000 km Silverstone, 1000 km Suzuka and 1000 km Zeltweg all have a space? DH85868993 (talk) 07:30, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Translation of Emmanuel CollardHi, the article Emmanuel Collard is not very informative. There is a better biography section in French Wikipedia which should be translated. The only problem is I don't speak any French. Could someone translate it, please? --84.171.62.13 (talk) 17:35, 26 October 2009 (UTC) [edit] Should FIA GT Championship be added to the defunct list?Since its been replaced with the GT1 world championship and the gt2 championship, shouldn't it be now recognised as defunct since no races will be held under that name/regulations anymore? - User talk:bergqvistjl —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.11.204.100 (talk) 12:43, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Grand-Am ChallangePlease see here. --NaBUru38 (talk) 18:33, 3 December 2009 (UTC) | ||||||||||||
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