Talk:2017 24 Hours of Daytona

To the anon who added qualifying results

YOU'RE THE BEST, THANKS Wicka wicka (talk) 17:23, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 20:16, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Ping me when done. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 21:52, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

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Copy changes

Lead

• in Daytona Beach, Florida from needs an MOS:GEOCOMMA
• João Barbosa started from the pole position for Mustang Sampling Racing by lapping quickest in qualifying, and held the lead Same subject both sides, so no comma. WP:CINS
• with the Mustang Sampling Racing, VisitFlorida Racing, Extreme Speed Motorsports and Whelen Engineering Racing teams be consistent on use or non-use of a serial comma
• Is it necessary to list every driver on a team in the lead except for maybe the winning teams? It results in paragraph 3 being a slog to read.

Background

• It was the fourth year in a row that the race was part of the series calendar, and the 55th 24 Hours of Daytona. Remove comma (CINS)
• Another GEOCOMMA needed
• two each from BAR1 Motorsports and Starworks Motorsport, and one from Performance Tech Motorsports Unnecessary comma
• There was one Vantage GT3 from Aston Martin Racing, and one BMW M6 GT3 from Turner Motorsport Unnecessary comma

Testing

• Ben Hanley' DragonSpeed Typo
• A serious fire, caused by a fuel line (allowing fuel to escape and ignite on the warm engine compartment) in Corvette's No. 4 C7.R Complete the appositive by adding a comma after the parentheses

Practice and qualifying

• Stéphane Sarrazin stopped his Rebellion Oreca on the bank (also stopping practice with 15 minutes left), and was able to return to the pit lane. Remove comma (CINS)
• each class' class's (MOS:'S). also check for "Morris'" and "Mercedes'" etc. later.
• The IMSA arranged the grid Should this be just "IMSA", no definite article? There are six instances of "the IMSA" in this page
• WTR's Ricky Taylor had the pole position for most of qualifying, before Jani's lap demoted him to fourth. Unneeded comma
• on the tyre barrier at the International Horseshoe should this be "tire" to be American English?

Race

• Hartley could not steer due to damage, and stopped on the entrance to the Bus Stop chicane for recovery to the pit lane on a flatbed truck Remove comma (CINS)
• Briscoe's No. 67 Ford sustained rear-wing damage against the barrier at the exit of the Bus Stop chicane after he lost control, and went to the garage for repairs. Remove comma (CinS)
• this dropped the WTR car to second, and promoted Rast's VisitFlorida car to the lead Remove comma (CinS)
• WTR's Angelelli retook the lead from Rast's VisitFlorida entry and Porsche's speed in the rain moved Add a comma after "entry"
• PC leading Performance Tech car Hyphenate "PC-leading"
• Add comma after "pit stop in WTR's Cadillac"
• Angelelli had an anxious moment when he struck a damp curb and lost control of WTR's Cadillac entering the Bus Stop chicane, but retained his lead over Barbosa Add "he" after "but"
• He crashed into the tire wall, and continued by reversing. Remove comma (CinS)
• Ricky Taylor's WTR and Mustang Sampling's Albuquerque dueled for the overall lead and Hand moved the No. 66 Ford back to first in GTLM Add a comma after "lead"
• Race control investigated the collision, but took no action against Taylor Remove comma

After the race

• Reduce direct use of quotes; consider saying things in other words if possible.
• on their Audi which lengthened their pit stops Add comma after Audi

Sourcing and spot checks

Question on 18: What makes Super GT World, a WordPress blog, reliable?

• 23: Confirms all performance changes made. Y
• 29: Mowlem lap time and Davis leading class. Y
• 50: Ford top 3 qualifying sweep. Y
• 55: O'Ward lead in PC. Y
• 71: Race leader sequence shows changes for the lead in the race. Y
• 87: The #31 meanwhile underwent lengthy repairs which cost the car six laps, after damage sustained from the incident with the #88 Starworks PC Oreca... Y
• 92: Hartley, unable to steer the car, then came to a halt on the entrance to the Bus Stop, forcing the organisers to load the Ligier onto a flatbed to get it back to the pits. Y
• 93: This source is now paywalled for me.
• 94: In Prototype Challenge, the No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports entry of Nicholas Boulle retains its four-lap lead over Gustavo Yacaman in the No. 20 BAR1 Motorsports car. Y
• 101: Same as 93.
• 117: Dirk Muller – reunited with Joey Hand and Sebastien Bourdais in the Le Mans-winning No. 66 Ford GT – held off Patrick Pilet’s No. 911 Porsche 911 RSR by 2.988 seconds in a four-car sprint to the finish. Y
• 125: Not paywalled, but 404 not found. Check this link.
• 127: Quotes are accurately reproduced. Y

Earwig falsely flags some tables with names of racers.

Images

Three images, all appropriately licensed. There's even alt text.

• @Sammi Brie: I have made changes to the article based on the points raised in the review EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) 19:47, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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