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}}

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[edit] Scope

A cleanup listing for this work group is available, updated by WolterBot. More information...

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

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[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. There is also parentage to WikiProject Motorsport.

[edit] Requirements

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

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[edit] V8 Supercar team infobox

Toll Holden Racing Team
[[]]
Manufacturer Holden
Team Principal Tom Walkinshaw
Team Manager Rob Crawford
Race Drivers 2. Garth Tander
22. Will Davison
Chassis VE Commodore
Debut 1988
Drivers' Championships 6 (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Round wins 61
Pole positions 59
2009 position 1st (5650 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.

{{Infobox 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}}

[edit] V8 Supercar driver infobox

Mark Skaife
[[]]
Skaife before the 2003 Sandown 500.
V8 Supercar Record
Nationality  Australian
Car number 2
Current team Holden Racing Team
Series Championships 5 (1992, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Races 182
Round Wins 36
Podium finishes 76
Pole positions 37
2006 Championship position 11th (1348 pts)

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.

{{Infobox 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 Championship Series 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)

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