Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doug Thorley
because the driver meets  points 1, 3, and arguably 8. The NHRA is the top national series of the United States so just competing at a national event for the sanctioning body meets 1 & 3. Then he won which enhances his notability. Having an unofficial world record also enhances notability. http://landspeedracing.com/2013/newsletter290/ This website even goes further than the article does noting his use of a supercharger in his single Funny Car win as being ground breaking and causing all teams in the class to switch from injected-only to injected+supercharged within a few months. Setting that trend was an important milestone of note (and a point of notability) that belongs in the lead and the article. It is very difficult to work on articles for subjects whose notability predates the World Wide Web by several decades since sources are so difficult to find (print only
— User:Royalbroil, 02:09, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NMOTORSPORT (Wikipedia:Notability)