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In snowmobile water cross (racing on open water), the caution flag simply warns the racers that one or more racers have sunk and are in the water, however the race will continue as normal. In horse racing, the yellow flag means that there is a serious incident ahead, the horses must be pulled up and the race must be declared void. Most yellow ...
The green flag indicates that the race has started or restarted. It is shown by the official in the flag stand when the leader enters the designated restart zone, which is located a short distance before the start/finish line. Green and White Checkered Flag: The green and white checkered flag is shown to indicate the end of a race stage. After ...
Checkered flag: shown at the finish of the race; The prescribed number of final laps is usually two. If a caution flag is shown within the specified number of laps of the scheduled finish, then the number of remaining laps will not be decremented until the green flag is shown again. The exact provisions vary between organizations.
E.T. (elapsed time) In drag racing, the total time a run has taken from start to finish. E.T. slip In drag racing, a slip of paper turned in by the race timer which denotes elapsed time for both drivers, and who won the race; it may also include reaction time and 60-foot time. This is an official document used for timekeeping. Also known as a ...
The race ended with confusion among competitors, as the checkered flag to end the race was displayed with roughly 1 minute and 30 seconds remaining on the timing clock. By IMSA rules, the race was officially ended at the checkered flag, and so the official time of race was just shy of the full 24 hours.
There were 40 drivers on the starting grid. An audience of 125,000 fans would see 43 lead changes along with 32 laps under a caution flag. The entire race from green flag to checkered flag lasted for four hours and twenty minutes. During the first 100 laps, David Pearson, Darrell Waltrip, and Donnie Allison were fighting for the lead.
Drivers must report to the penalty box immediately after being shown a black flag. Races split into two days have a checkered flag at the end of the first day, signifying the end of the racing session. The race is restarted the next day, usually with the top ten cars being permitted to line up in order, with the car in first place getting the ...
In addition, many drivers felt there was an unwritten "gentleman's agreement" [3] about not racing back to the yellow during the early portions of the race. Many drivers felt that once a yellow came out, that all drivers should hold their position, and not try to take advantage of the yellow flag, especially if it was nowhere near the end of the race.