Template:Did you know nominations/2011 NextEra Energy Resources 250

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:54, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

2011 NextEra Energy Resources 250

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... that Michael Waltrip's (pictured in 2008) win in the 2011 NextEra Energy Resources 250 occurred on the ten-year anniversary of his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win in the 2001 Daytona 500 and the death of Dale Earnhardt?

ALT1: ... that Michael Waltrip's (pictured in 2008) win in the 2011 NextEra Energy Resources 250 took place ten years after his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win and the death of Dale Earnhardt?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Mohardt

Moved to mainspace by ZappaOMati (talk). Self nominated at 03:52, 10 January 2014 (UTC).

Article was newly created a few days before being nominated, is long enough, well referenced. Ref #6 supports the hook claims of the ten year anniversary of both his NASCAR win and Dale Earnhardt's death. Pic is PD. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:23, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

The hook is too long: 222 characters (which counts as 211 with the "(pictured)" exclusion). Possible edits include deleting either "in the 2001 Daytona 500 and" or "and the death of Dale Earnhardt"; there currently isn't room for both facts without a rewrite. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:52, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: Rewrote the hook, counted 185. Zappa O Mati 20:53, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

ALT1 hook is proper length, and facts are unchanged from original hook. (I've restored the original one and listed the rewritten version as ALT1 for clarity.) Approval restored per Muboshgu's review. Note to ZappaOMati: unfortunately, replyto, ping, posting a wikilink to the user, and all other ways of notifying someone from within a page don't work in Template space. I saw this in my watchlist, not as a message waiting. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:35, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Oh, I see. Would've been nicer if you had told me earlier in the earlier nom's when I attempted to ping you (Template:Did you know nominations/2001 Protection One 400, etc.). Zappa O Mati 22:18, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

I gotta remember to count hook characters... – Muboshgu (talk) 22:22, 2 February 2014 (UTC)