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[charrbq]

Good explanation, Scott. Particularly that on the red flag. I've seen some stupid stuff done at schools when the red was thrown. Things that got the student chewed, at best, and things that got him failed.

Also, heads up on a white flag. Until you see it, you don't know whether it's a slow moving race car or an EV of some sort. Usually, an EV will be covered by a yellow flag at the preceding corner, but not necessarily.

[CaptainWho]

Also, heads up on a white flag. Until you see it, you don't know whether it's a slow moving race car or an EV of some sort. Usually, an EV will be covered by a yellow flag at the preceding corner, but not necessarily.
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If the EV is leaving the incident, yes, but not if it's approaching the incident. If you see a white flag, someone on the corner is worried, so drivers should be vigilant. The EV drivers are pretty darned quick in those big monsters they drive, but you'll still close pretty quickly on them in most IT cars. Slow race cars tend to get off the track and into the runoff area ... well, most of them do. :-)

Also, I've encountered some situations where the EV or slow cars wasn't covered with a white very far behind the car. On the corners, we like to cover them for the two corners behind them, but you can get caught out when the flags are going out or coming in.

And no matter what the color of the flag, watch the flagger's body language. You'll be able to tell how worried they are with a quick glance. :-)

Oh, and on the red flag stop, you should be in sight of at least one manned corner station when you stop, if at all possible. That'd be tough on at some tracks, in some spots, but do it if you can. No need to drive right up to the station, but being able to see flag and hand signals from the station will be a great help.