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Text in this article appears to have been copied from reference 2, also found here: http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Articles/04/020104Madding.asp That source appears to have been published in February 2004 before this article was created. 24.130.131.219 ( talk) 07:32, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
First I ever heard that Days Of Thunder was about Tim Richmond. Anyone have any references for that? Ched Davis ( talk) 20:46, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
I always thought "Days of Thunder" was about Jeff Gorden. —Preceding
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15:59, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
I was asked to explain my wikify tag:
When I used the phrase "political game" in my edit explanation, I was responding to the appearance and disappearance of the intro para, which mentions that AIDS cut his career short. The wikify tag is more straightforward: 1) Examples of essay language, unsuitable for an encyclopedia "Everyone thought he was crazy for doing all these things in the mid 1980's. They had no idea how much ahead of everyone else he was" and "Tim was a hit with the ladies at the racetracks". 2) Some statements need references: "Nobody knows how to handle AIDS, especially in a sport as backward-thinking on so many things as this sport is", said Petty" and "many of his fans were outraged at NASCAR's treatment of him". 3) Most of all, the sequence of events isn't quite clear: He knew he had AIDS, but NASCAR tested him for Sudafed and Advil? Then asked him to surrender his hospital records for AIDS? Those events seem to be muddled, somehow. Piano non troppo ( talk) 06:07, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
diff - transferring? — Ched ~ (yes?) 05:57, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
Hey Ched. Finished the copyedit, as requested. With regard to the formatting of the references, You never need to cite a reference more than once in a single paragraph unless either another reference needs to appear in between, or there's a quote in the sentence (every quote should have an inline citation immediately following it). This article has multiple places where the same reference is being cited multiple times in the same paragraph despite that there is no intervening reference or quotation. It's somewhat distracting. To give you an example of how to think about it: Sentence 1. Sentence 2. Sentence 3. Sentence 4. [1] Sentence 5. [2] Quote. [1] Sentence 7. Sentence 8. [1]
In the example, the first four sentence were all from Ref1 so only one cite is needed after the end of Sentence 4; sentence 5 is a new reference; the quote needs its own citation (always), and sentences seven and eight are from the same so they only get one citation at the end. Cheers!-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 07:34, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
I believe this claim, "Richmond was the first driver to change from open wheel racing to NASCAR stock cars, which has since become an industry trend." in the first paragraph of this wiki is incorrect.
I suspected that many others such as A. J. Foyt did so before Richmond. Foyt Won the Indy 500 in 1961 according to his wiki, for example.
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I,as the sound man for the band,"Stranded",do declare we were the personal party band for Tim Richmond.He was a great representitve of Nascar and I really admired him.RIP brother,and thanks for the inside look. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Htos1 ( talk • contribs) 16:18, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Tim Richmond was a great NASCAR driver but their are rumors he knew he had HIV/AIDS, was in denial of having the virus, and withheld his HIV ststus from many women. LaGena Lookabill Greene(a former Miss Hawaiian Tropic model and actress)was Richmond's former fiancee during the late 1980's and met him in 1980 and pursued her for six years, proposing three times. She stated on 60 Minuets that he exposed her to the diease. Among other possible women infected were Karen Beasley, a former Miss Winston (N.C.) that died of AIDS-related illness in 1992. LaGena Lookabill Greene is currenly married to actor Danny Greene, and living a healthy life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.99.36.203 ( talk) 20:32, 22 October 2013 (UTC)