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Any budding writers out there?

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I'm very much interested in getting our Articles section of the website up and running again and I've posted some articles over the past few months.

I don't care what people want to write about for now: A driver profile, a race review, your experiences of being at an event, or driving a race car, or perhaps a Top 10 or Top 5 of something. You know, best F1 races since 2000, worst backmarker Grand Prix teams, dumbest moments, greatest one-time victories. Anything. You can use the forum for your research; create a poll and ask people to vote.

Any willing participants?
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I would but I don't think I can write that good but I can make up lists like
Top 5 One Time Victories in NASCAR
Top 10 Worst Crashes in the French Grand Prix (Non-Fatal)
And some more
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Drivers who raced F1 and Indy simultaneously? Anyone?
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Clark, Stewart, Hill, Hulme and the rest of the late 60s early 70s grid. Also Alberto Ascari tried his hands at it if my memory doesn't fail me at the moment.
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Brian Redman: "Mr. Fangio, how do you come so fast?" "More throttle, less brakes...."
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An Honorable Mention would be Alonso driving at this years indy 500
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MitchC24 wrote:An Honorable Mention would be Alonso driving at this years indy 500
He hasn't qualified yet. (Although I hope he does)

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A less honourable mention would be Clay Regazzoni who said how easy Indy was. Until he crashed.
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EB wrote:A less honourable mention would be Clay Regazzoni who said how easy Indy was. Until he crashed.
I haven't heard that before. I also realised looking through the pictures that he didn't only have the one crash: http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/forums/vi ... ni#p307007
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PTRACER wrote:I'm very much interested in getting our Articles section of the website up and running again and I've posted some articles over the past few months.

I don't care what people want to write about for now: A driver profile, a race review, your experiences of being at an event, or driving a race car, or perhaps a Top 10 or Top 5 of something. You know, best F1 races since 2000, worst backmarker Grand Prix teams, dumbest moments, greatest one-time victories. Anything. You can use the forum for your research; create a poll and ask people to vote.

Any willing participants?
Forgive me for being late.

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Seibara wrote:Forgive me for being late.

If you're looking for a budding writer, I'm your man.
Excellent, thank you! :smiley: I've given you the rank of Contributor on the site, are you able to access the Dashboard? (Either the toolbar at the top of the page here: http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk, or if there isn't one, then in the bottom right hand corner.)
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PTRACER wrote:
Seibara wrote:Forgive me for being late.

If you're looking for a budding writer, I'm your man.
Excellent, thank you! :smiley: I've given you the rank of Contributor on the site, are you able to access the Dashboard? (Either the toolbar at the top of the page here: http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk, or if there isn't one, then in the bottom right hand corner.)
I am. Thank you.
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Good stuff! I see you already have a draft started :happy:

Some things the article will need before it is submitted:

- An excerpt briefly (<30 words) detailing your intentions for the article.
- A 'Featured Image'. Minimum 800 pixels wide.
- A suggested category. I'll plop it into 'Motorsport' naturally anyway, but if there is a sub-category that is relevant, I will probably need to create it.
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PTRACER wrote:Good stuff! I see you already have a draft started :happy:

Some things the article will need before it is submitted:

- An excerpt briefly (<30 words) detailing your intentions for the article.
- A 'Featured Image'. Minimum 800 pixels wide.
- A suggested category. I'll plop it into 'Motorsport' naturally anyway, but if there is a sub-category that is relevant, I will probably need to create it.
The article is finished, actually. It is something I wrote about a month ago. I'll start writing original stories when the college semester ends in two weeks, but for right now I'd like to give you all a taste of what my writing style is like.

I do require a new sub-category, 'ARCA'.
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Very nicely done Seibara!

I have made some minor corrections to the format (mostly how the images are arranged on the page), but otherwise a very good article. I look forward to seeing more in the future :thumbsup: (And if anyone else wants to jump on the bandwagon, feel free)
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