Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ron Cox (racing driver)

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The result was delete. BD2412 T 23:45, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ron Cox (racing driver)

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Fails WP:NMOTORSPORT as his only starts came in ARCA, a non-professional series. NASCARfan0548 ↗ 18:54, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. NASCARfan0548 ↗ 18:54, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:56, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I'm not sure if he qualifes under wP:NMOTORSPORT (I trust NASCARfan0548 when he says it isn't proffesional but can't verify this myself) But a Google search of "Ron Cox ARCA RE/MAX Series" (the only series which his article has him as racing in) shows that he is a long way from satisfing WP:SIGCOV with only brief mentions in articles and pages on stats sites. The only logical conclusion is that he is not notable for his own page.
SSSB (talk) 10:32, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I found a bunch of sources on him just now and made the article from nothing to having info about him now. He has a pretty interesting story and how he works as a teacher and a football coach in Tennessee in addition to racing in ARCA (when he did, the last time was about three years ago now). I hope the article can be saved or drafted. Also, even though he's only driven in ARCA, he's done so for almost 25 years in a span of three decades. Cavanaughs (talk) 04:20, 11 April 2020 (UTC)Cavanaughs[reply]
Draft: Update... I would like to request that the article be switched to a draft until more sources can be found about him. We do have some now, and it is a start, but we still need more info about him and his driving career. I would think there are some out there, but we'd have to do some digging (looking in any archive we can find that could have info from the ARCA seasons when Cox was competing in). Info like that is lost over time with website redesigns, etc. Cavanaughs (talk) 21:02, 15 April 2020 (UTC)Cavanaughs[reply]

Delete with prejudice against drafting - SSSB, it says in the lead of ARCA Menards Series (sponsorship successor of Re/Max) that it's semi-professional, so you're right, it fails the motorsport guideline. It looks as though Cox's racing career is all but done - meaning that if he's not notable now, it's very unlikely he will meet GNG by works published later. Source 3 looks like the only SIGCOV to me and sill that's about WP:ONEEVENT. If Cavanaughs wants to take a shot at rebuilding the page, he can copy code on to a user subpage and submit it as an AfC project there, I don't think he will ever meet GNG however so I'd keep it out of drafts. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 00:21, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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