Template:Did you know nominations/2016 24 Hours of Daytona

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:03, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

2016 24 Hours of Daytona

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... that the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona saw two Chevrolet Corvette C7.R cars be finish within 0.034 seconds of each other ~~in first and second places~~ in the closest class finish in the race's history? Source: Chevrolet Corvette C7.R wins Rolex 24 GTLM class in closest finish ever": Autoweek
- ALT1:... that during the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona, driver Patrick Lindsey ventured to a garage to repair an axle problem by entering an infield section via the race track? Source: Race car driver Patrick Lindsey gets stranded in traffic: ESPN & Rolex 24 driver takes odd detour through Daytona infield: Sports Illustrated

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Georgina Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury

5x expanded by MWright96 (talk). Self-nominated at 13:47, 7 January 2020 (UTC).

Expanded well over fivefold on 7 January, long enough, well referenced, with no copyvio hits on Earwig. The original hook is interesting and cited (I changed "be" to "finish" as "saw two cars be" sounds very unnatural to me). The hook could also be tightened by dropping "in first and second places" as this is implied. I suggest not running the ALT1 hook because as someone unfamiliar with motorsport I don't exactly understand what it means or why it's significant, and the hook doesn't entice me to click the link to find out. QPQ is done. 97198 (talk) 13:42, 12 January 2020 (UTC)