Wikipedia talk:WikiProject American Open Wheel Racing

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A revamping of the Indianapolis 500 box scores (on the individual race articles) was done earlier this year, refreshing them a bit, attempting to make them more consistent. One aspect that needs some input is under the "Status" column. Typically cars that are on the lead lap are listed as +00.000 seconds. Cars that dropped out list the reason for dropping out ("Crash", "Engine", etc.). But cars that are running at the finish (but not on the lead lap) are a mixed bag. Some say "Running". Some say "Flagged". Some say for example -1 Lap, but some say +1 Lap.

I'd like to see some consistency with the latter situation (cars running at the finish but not on the lead lap). I suggest it be the -1 Lap version. As the car is a lap down, they're minus a lap (or more) to the leader. I've never really understood the +1 Lap way of writing it, because the car is not completing more laps that the winner, they completed less. For lead lap cars, it does makes common sense to use +00.000 seconds, because they're completing the same number of laps, needing more time to do so. But since the lapped cars don't go the distance, it should clearly indicate they did less.

Two existing examples, one with "-", one with "+"

• 1987 Indianapolis 500
• 2024 Indianapolis 500

The remaining box scores that simply say "Running" or "Flagged" (there are several) need to eventually be upgraded to show +00.00 and laps down - after a consensus is made. Doctorindy↔Talk 14:23, 9 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, just bringing attention to this issue. We shouldn't be needlessly adding corporate sponsor names to the entry lists on our season or Indy 500 articles. Today I've reveeted on 2024 Indianapolis 500 and 2013 IndyCar Series but have to go to work now. ― "Ghost of Dan Gurney" (talk)  14:58, 31 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Now that the 2024 Nashville race, and with it the 2024 season, are in the books, we should probably figure out what to do regarding the Nashville race. Although the 2024 edition was moved to Nashville Superspeedway, it's still considered by the series and sponsors a direct continuation of the Music City Grand Prix that was run downtown on the street circuit beginning in 2021, yet that article has only been partly updated to reflect the change in venue and 2024 results. Meanwhile, the Indy Car Racing at Nashville Superspeedway article, which largely covers the series' use of the track from 2001 to 2008, has been updated with the 2024 results. I can't imagine a reason to remove those updates. But the MCGP article needs to be updated that the race venue has been permanently changed; the 2025 schedule has already been announced and next year's edition will be at the speedway. Perhaps a merger of the articles is in order, as with the permanent change of venue there will be only three editions of the race on downtown streets while nine races total, and we have places where all versions of a race in a city are covered in the same article, such as Detroit, so there's precedent for such a move.

Just figured I'd start the conversation. oknazevad (talk) 01:30, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

I think the Music City Grand Prix article should be updated with the 2024 results along with track and venue information, with the main focus being given to that article.

I am opposed to merging Indy Car Racing at Nashville Superspeedway with the Music City GP article.

Could we consider switching the links found under the Schedule and Results sections of the 2024 and 2025 season articles from the Superspeedway article to the GP one? To me this makes more sense that the GP lineage would take precedence; the oval is merely a temporary measure before the event (presumably) moves back down town. RegalZ8790 (talk) 02:06, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

That's the thing, from my understanding IndyCar brass is happy with the speedway and see it as an opportunity to get not only another oval on the schedule, as they (and fans) think the series should have a more balanced mix of race types, but also show other tracks that there's no reason to shut them out. Plus ticket sales were very strong at the speedway.

But all that is largely the politics of race promotion. At the very least, they won't be able to move back to downtown until 2028 at the earliest. This isn't only a couple of years, and is effectively the "new normal" for the Nashville race.

Still, all that is a bit speculative. At the least, the MCGP article should be updated to not describe the street circuit as the present venue, and the latest results added. I was going to do that unilaterally earlier, but thought I should open discussion instead. As for including the 2024 race in the other article, I am not sure what to do there. Putting the 2024 results here as well is completely redundant, but it is exactly what title title describes. (Though said title is incorrect under Wikipedia style guidelines; it should be IndyCar Series at Nashville Superspeedway as IndyCar is one camelcase word when used as a proper noun and "Racing" is unneeded (and incorrectly capitalized as it's not part of a proper noun). I think it's important to avoid such redundancy. That's why I floated the idea of a merge. oknazevad (talk) 04:46, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

This is a tough one. An argument can be made that the oval races and the street course races are different events - but at the same time, it can easily be argued that they are more or less represent a continuous lineage of the same event (e.g., "IndyCar racing in Nashville"). After all, when the street race came in 2021, it was colloquially referred to as a 'return' to the Nashville area. This is somewhat similar to Wiki's Miami mess, that was solved a number of years ago by creating one "superpage" inclusive of all of the races at the different venues. The Detroit article is one, even though it has been held at three different circuits. I would Support merging the two articles, under Music City Grand Prix. Doctorindy↔Talk 14:15, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

I would also support merging. The problem is that there are events and race tracks. And that a certain event can take place on several race tracks and a race track can host several different events at the same time. As an example, we have Formula 1, where the German Grand Prix was held in Hockenheim, once on the AVUS and several times at the Nürburgring. At the same time, the Nürburgring has also hosted the Luxembourg Grand Prix, an Eifel Grand Prix and even the European Grand Prix several times. I would therefore group events in the same cities together, just as the Formula 1 Grand Prix in each country has a collective article. --Mark McWire (talk) 15:07, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply