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Reviewer: Usernameunique (talk · contribs) 12:13, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Lead

  • Ricky Craven ... started from the 32nd position — The chart below says 31st.
  • It was Craven's ... final win of his career — Not mentioned in the body.
Infobox
Background
Practice and qualifying
  • one on Friday and two on Saturday — Was the Friday one held in the morning? If so, maybe "one on Friday morning and two on Saturday" since qualifying was held in the afternoon.
  • used provisionals to enter the race — What does this mean?
    • Added a wikilink to the term MWright96 (talk) 16:53, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      • Can you briefly explain here what it means? From the link, I get the sense that it means their owners had sufficient points for their drivers to automatically qualify. But (maybe because the rules have changed since 2003), the link says that "In the Cup Series four positions are awarded" when here six qualified, and it says that the spots are given "to the fastest qualifying open teams"; I'm not sure what that means.
  • Just out of curiosity, is there anything to be gained by having fast laps in post-qualifying practice sessions, or is it just bragging rights and the promise of a good car to race in?
Race
  • Johnson made contact with Marlin, who was sent veering into an outside barrier on the backstretch. A cut tire disabled the steering on Marlin's vehicle on the run to turn one, and he crashed against a wall. — I'm a bit confused here. So first Marlin got hit by Johnson, sending him into a barrier, and then a cut tire on his car disabled his steering, causing him to bounce from the barrier into a wall? Also, "on the run" is a big jargony.
  • The latter three continued driving — What about the former three?
  • Earnhardt remained the leader from Nadeau and Spencer at the restart on lap 40 — Not sure what "from Nadeau and Spencer" means here.
  • on the circuit as he remained on the same lap as the leader — Not sure you need this.
  • Throughout the article there seems to be some inconsistency between front stretch/frontstretch/back stretch/backstretch
  • Also some inconsistency between "pit road," "the pit road," and "pit lane." Not a problem if they're properly understood as synonyms, however.
  • On lap 289, Craven began to gain on Busch — But somewhere around 278, didn't Busch's spotter tell him that Craven was already gaining?
  • as Craven's car got loose because he could not remove his hands from the steering wheel and drive towards the barrier — Why would he want to drive towards the barrier?
  • As Busch perceived this as the ideal situation, he had no plan for taking the victory — Why was that ideal for him? And what does it mean that he had no plan?
  • Craven is first mentioned around lap 242, when he was in fourth place. Given that he won (and started pretty far back), perhaps some of his progression should be included?
Post-race
  • Craven ... asked his crew who had won the race. Leaving turn two, he glanced to his left to read the scoring pylon informing drivers and spectators of the finishing positions, and learnt he had succeed. — So his crew didn't tell him?

Overall